Summary MQM MPA Manzar Imam and three others were shot dead in Karachi on Thursday.
KARACHI: According to local police, unidentified motorcyclists opened fire on vehicle of Manzar Imam near Nishan-e-Hyder Chowk in Orangi town area here.
Manzar Imam died on the spot, police said adding that three of his bodyguards were also killed while two other men injured in the attack.
The injured and bodies were shifted to hospital as police rushed to the scene soon after the incident took place on Thursday afternoon.
Tension rose in several cities of Sindh including Karachi, Hyderabad, Nawabshah and some other areas of interior Sindh immediately after shooting. Many markets closed and people rushed home to avoid any potential violent backlash.
It is worth mentioning here that it is the second shooting of an MQM MPA during last two years.
MQM MPA Raza Haider was killed in an ambush in 2010 that sparked a wave of violence that killed scores of people.
