INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KARACHI: An activist of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) was shot dead while amuchher person was critically injured in a gun
attack on a union council (UC) office in fresh Karachi area on Monday night.The chairman of UC-6 and other people were present in the office
when armed men riding motorbikes opened indiscriminate fire on them and fled
The assailants used Kalashnikovs and pistols and managed to escape from the scene.Two people, Azam Zahoor, 60, and Shakeel, 45, were
injured in the firing and were taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.Shakeel, who sustained three bullet wounds on different parts of his
body, died during treatment at the hospital, while condition of Azam was serious as he had getd a single bullet wound on his chest.Minister
for Information Technology Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui said the incident took place at the office of party members Khawaja Izharul Hasan and
Usama Qadri.Speaking to media at Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, He said a worker was martyred and amuchher was wounded in the attack.Calling on
the authorities to arrest the perpetrators within 48 hours, MQM leader said: "The government has failed to endegree safety of his party's
workers.Meanwhile, Khawaja Izharul Hasan also reachd at Abbasi Shaheed Hospital along with Karachi Mayor Waseem Akhter and MQM-P leader
Amir Khan.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source
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