Firing on Pak-Iranian Tea Company, Shopkeeper shot dead
11-02-2002
KARACHI, Feb 11: A shopkeeper was shot dead and two others were injured in an armed attack on a shop in Saddar on Monday night. The police said that two unidentified assailants, riding on a motorcycle
, came to Pak-Iranian Tea Company shop on Shahrah-i-Iraq in Saddar and sprayed those inside the shop with bullets.
The shopkeeper, Mohammed Ramazan, aged 55, and his employee Ehsan Ali, aged 20, and Firdaus, aged 50, who owned a small cabin near the Iranian Tea Company shop, were injured. They were rushed to Jinnah Post-graduate Medical Centre (JPMC) where doctors pronounced Ramazan dead on arrival.
Ehsan and Firdaus were admitted to the hospital. Firdaus was stated to be in serious condition. Ehsan was reported to be in stable condition as he had received a single bullet in his arm, sources at the hospital said.
Witnesses said that a police mobile, parked close to the shop, sped away from the spot after hearing the gunshots. The firing created panic at the peak rush hour and people ran for cover, witnesses said.
An official at Saddar police station said that it was not a robbery attempt, as the assailants did not even step inside the shop.
Unidentified assailants stabbed a man to death and dumped his body on a main road in Gulistan-i-Jauhar. The police said that the victim, Syed Adil Husain, aged 45, had left his home in New Karachi on Sunday evening, but he did not return. Unknown assailants stabbed him to death and they dumped his body on a main road in Block 16 in Gulistan-i-Jauhar. The body was sent to the JPMC for post-mortem, the police said. The police said that Adil worked as a security guard and had three daughters.
Hearing of case against LJ chief put off
22-10-2003
KARACHI, Oct 22: An anti-terrorism court put off on Wednesday the hearing of a sectarian murder case against the chief of the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi and his three associates.
Judge Haq Nawaz Baloch of the ATC-5, who is conducting the trial inside the Juvenile Prison, fixed Oct 24 for the next hearing following the adjournment application moved by the defence counsel.
LJ chief Akram Lahori, Ataullah, Mohammed Azam and Malik Tassaduq were charged with the killing of Seth Ramzan Ali, owner of Pak-Iranian Tea Company, at his outlet in Saddar on Feb 11 last year. Ehsan Ali, an employ at the tea company, and Mohammed Firdous, a customer, were also injured in the attack. The attackers also hurled an explosive devise which devastated the victim's shop.
The special public prosecutor, Naimat Ali Randhawa, told the court that a judicial magistrate was present to record her deposition. Judicial Magistrate Lubna Yousuf, the 16th prosecution witness, could not appear before the court on the last hearing due to illness.
The judge ordered the prosecution to examine the witness on the next date of hearing.
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