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Abdul Rauf Noor Mohammed	Abdul Rauf Noor Mohammed	Pakistan Express International	Afghanistan/South Asia				20050703
		president of Chicago-based currency trading firm Money Express (formerly known as Pakistan Express International)
	Abdul Rauf Noor Mohammed	Money Express	Afghanistan/South Asia	Pak-American	Arrested	Money Man	20050703
		president of Chicago-based currency trading firm Money Express (formerly known as Pakistan Express International)
Junaid R Noor Mohammed	Junaid R Noor Mohammed	Pakistan Express International	Afghanistan/South Asia				20050703
Noor Mohammed	Noor Mohammed	Jaish-e-Mohammed	India-Pakistan	Kashmiri?	Captured	Tough Guy	20030901
		The raid on the Sikandarabad militant hideout was conducted on the basis of the disclosures made by Noor Mohammed, who was one of the three arrested with a huge cache of arms and ammunition from Sadar Bazaar area. The consignment was to be delivered to two Jaish militants, Habibullah and Zahoor Ahmed, who were killed in the encounter at the park near Nizamuddin bridge.
Noor Mohammed Abdul Ansari	Noor Mohammed Abdul Ansari	Students Islamic Movement of India	India-Pakistan	Indian	Arrested	Tough Guy	20030524
		Arrested in connection with Ghatkopar and Mulund bomb blasts.
	Noor Mohammed Abdul Ansari	Lashkar e-Taiba	India-Pakistan	Indian	Arrested	Tough Guy	20030524
		Arrested in connection with Ghatkopar and Mulund bomb blasts.

India-Pakistan

Lyari ringleader Chhotu killed in Malir ‘encounter’ with Rangers

2017-10-21

[DAWN] A ’commander’ of the Lyari ...one of the eighteen constituent towns of the city of Karachi. It is the smallest town by area in the city but also the most densely populated. Lyari has few schools, substandard hospitals, a poor water system, limited infrastructure, and broken roads. It is a stronghold of ruling Pakistan Peoples Party. Ubiquitous gang activity and a thriving narcotics industry make Lyari one of the most disturbed places in Karachi, which is really saying a lot.... gang warfare allegedly involved in assassination of, among others, three foreigners in the Hub area of Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... was bumped off in an ’encounter’ in Malir by Rangers in the early hours of Thursday, a spokesperson for the paramilitary force said. Acting on information, the paramilitary force encircled the hideout in Murad Memon Goth of Malir at around 2am. On seeing the Rangers’ personnel, the suspects resorted to firing with automatic weapons. Reinforcements were called in by the Rangers and during an intense exchange of fire, one suspect was bumped off while trying to escape in Bachal Goth near Murad Memon Goth. His two accomplices fled taking advantage of darkness, said the Rangers’ official. The spokesperson identified the dead suspect as Ghafoor alias Chhotu, a ’commander’ of gangsters in the Malir locality. "He was a close aide of Lyari gang leader Noor Mohammed alias Baba Ladla," said the Rangers’ spokesperson, adding that the dead suspect had established a reign of terror in the Malir area. Baba Ladla was killed by Rangers in a ’shoot-out’ in Lyari in February. Ladla’s two close associates ‐ Sikandar alias Sikku and Mohammad Yaseen alias Mama ‐ were also killed in the encounter. According to the Rangers, Baba Ladla was a "most wanted" suspect who had been involved in 74 terrorism incidents and other heinous crimes. Another ringleader of Lyari gang warfare was Uzair Jan Baloch, now facing trial in a military court. "Ghafoor Chhotu was wanted in more than 20 heinous crimes," said a Rangers’ statement issued to the media. They included murder of three foreigners, reportedly Chinese nationals, in Hub in 2006. Besides he was also involved in attacks on police and security personnel. Furthermore he had remained involved in extortion, drug trafficking, kidnapping for ransom and other such crimes.

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India-Pakistan

Professor, peon wounded as student groups trade fire on SU’s Larkana campus

2017-08-27

[DAWN] LARKANA: The English dep­art­ment chairman and a peon of the Sindh University, Larkana campus, were maimed when stray bullets hit them during a clash between activists of two rival student organizations on Friday. Neither the organizations invol­v­ed nor the university administration or police appeared ready to share the reason behind the sudden flare-up leading to the armed clash. The student wings of the Pakistain Peoples Party-Shaheed Bhutto (PPP-SB) and Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz were continuing their activities on the campus as usual when some petty matters led to heated arguments between their activists. The situation grew tense when some of the rival activists resorted to firing into the air. However, there is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened... Professor Aamir Magsi, who heads the English department, and a peon, Abdul Karim Leghari, were hit by stray bullets, according to Pro-Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Noor Mohammed Jamali. Heavy contingents of the Waleed police and Sindh Rangers rushed to the spot to contain the situation. Speaking to Dawn Prof Jamali said that Prof Magsi, who had sustained bullet wounds in the chest, and Mr Leghari were rushed to the Chandka Medical College Hospital, where they were being provided treatment. Later, it was gathered that the law-enforcers picked up three students -- Naeemullah Qazi, Tariq Korai and Sadam Jatoi -- from the campus and took them to the Waleed cop shoppe for interrogation. Sources said that the pistol allegedly used during the clash was recovered from Tariq Korai.

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India-Pakistan

Five Karachi gangsters killed in encounter with Rangers, police

2015-08-22

[DAWN] KARACHI: Five suspected gangsters, including one wanted in several cases, were rubbed out in an encounter by a joint task force of the police and Rangers in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... 's Napier area on Friday, said officials. Station House Officer (SHO) Napier, Azam Khan, was critically injured in the exchange. A Rangers personnel and a policeman were also maimed during heavy exchange of firing between the law enforcers and the suspects. According to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) East Fida Hussain Janwari, the police obtained intelligence about the presence of gangsters in Ghulam Hussain Shah Lane near Lea Market after which a joint team of the police and Rangers conducted a targeted raid on an alleged hideout. The suspects, who attacked the raiding team, were killed in retaliatory firing, said SSP Fida Hussain. He identified one of the dear departed as Sadiq Gadani. "He had established a reign of terror in Lyari," claimed the senior police officer. "Sadiq Gadani was linked with Noor Mohammed alias Baba Ladla gang," he said. But some residents said Sadiq Gadani had recently parted ways with Baba Ladla and joined the 'Lashari gang.' The Sindh government had placed a one million rupees bounty on his head. The other deceased gangsters were identified as Salar, Shahnawaz and Raza while a fifth suspect could not be identified immediately, said the SSP.

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India-Pakistan

Police ambushed during operation

2015-07-03

[DAWN] A strong contingent of police led by a DSP came under attack by a gang of dacoits during an operation to arrest its ringleader and members in the Phuladiyoon area on Wednesday. One policeman received gunshot wounds in what was described as the ambush. An FIR was registered at the Phuladiyoon cop shoppe on behalf of the state against Noor Mohammed Marri, Mubarak Marri and Abo Marri. It said that a contingent comprising personnel from the Phuladiyoon, Sindhri and Dilber Maher cop shoppes was ambushed during a hunt for the wanted suspects and their associates in Jumma Marri village, an area surrounded by thick woods. It said that one policeman, Deedar Abro, sustained bullet wounds in the ambush. The attack triggered a shootout but the gangsters managed to disappear in the forest, it added. The Sindhri DSP, who led the police contingent, said that the operation was planned on a credible tip-off about the presence of the wanted outlaws in the area.

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India-Pakistan

Two ‘militants’ among six killed in city encounters

2014-12-29

[DAWN] Six suspects, including two alleged militants, were shot dead in separate ‘encounters’ in the city on Sunday, officials said. In the Mominabad area of Orangi Town two suspected militants — Qasim and Rehmat, alias Rehmati — were killed in an ‘encounter’ early on Sunday, the officials said. “Qasim was a financer of the Tehreek-i- Taliban (Swat) and wanted by the police in more than 20 criminal cases,” said SSP-West Azfar Mahesar. Rehmat was an accomplice of Qasim and involved in land-grabbing and drug trafficking. They were also involved in killing policemen, added the officer. The additional IG of Karachi police and the Karachi police IG announced a cash reward for the police party. The police on Sunday night claimed to have killed two alleged gangsters in an ‘encounter’ in Kalakot. A police party conducted a raid on information of presence of suspects in Khajji Gali on Faqir Mohammed Road, where they were targeted by gunmen. The police returned fire and gunned down two suspects, claimed Kalakot SHO Safdar Mashwani. He identified the dead as Abdul Majid, alias Achanak, and Subhan, alias Haji, allegedly involved in several criminal cases. They were members of the Noor Mohammed, alias Baba Ladla, gang, added the officer. In a separate encounter in Mithadar, a suspected robber was shot dead, the police said. They said that three suspects stormed a shop in Mithadar with the intention to rob it. A police party rushed to the spot after receiving information by a passer-by. The police and alleged robbers exchanged gunfire in which a suspect was killed, claimed City SSP Sheeraz Nazeer. Two accomplices of the suspect, whose identity remained unclear, escaped. The police claimed to have seized a pistol from his possession. In Gulshan-i-Iqbal, another suspected robber was shot dead while his accomplice fled. The police claimed that suspects were looting citizens near the Nipa traffic intersection in the morning when a police party on patrol reached there. On seeing the police the suspects opened fire on them for which the police also returned fire, killing a suspect identified as 22-year-old Fahad Sheikh. His accomplice escaped.

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India-Pakistan

Two suspects killed in Lyari

2014-10-05

[DAWN] KARACHI: After a brief lull, violence broke out in Lyari on Friday as armed gangs launched gun-and-bomb attacks on each other’s strongholds, causing death of an alleged gangster and injuries to several passers-by including four children. "Mahmoud! We gotta go to the matresses!" Officials said that two men riding a motorbike threw a hand-grenade in Afshani Gali and fled. The explosion left a passer-by woman and four children wounded. "It bears da mark of da Tataglias, Mike!" SSP-City Sheeraz Nazeer said that two rival gangs, led by Uzair Baloch and Noor Mohammed alias Baba Ladla, respectively, fought with each in Sabir Lane. A young man was killed in the clash. He was later identified as Sheeraz Rasheed, an alleged member of the gang being led by Uzair Baloch. "He wuz like a son ta me! [Sniff!]" “We are looking for his criminal record,” said the SSP. "We already found what wuz left of him!" Fear and panic gripped parts of Lyari as residents preferred to stay indoors. Shops and other commercial activities were also suspended in the Kalakot area. "Everywhere ya look dere's Barzinis and Balochs!" Later, police and Rangers entered the trouble-hit Sabir Lane area to carry out a search operation. "It's from Sollozzo, Sonny! He wants a meeting!" The area SSP said that the law-enforcers were fired upon by armed gangsters during the operation and they returned fire. As a result, one suspect, identified as Yasin alias Jogi, was killed, but his accomplice managed to escape. "Boss! Dey got Jogi! He sleeps widda fishes!" He said that an AK-47 assault rifle and one hand-grenade were recovered from him. He was allegedly involved in cases pertaining to targeted killings and extortion, claimed SSP Nazeer. "[Sniff!] I remember when Aunt Fatima gave him dat hand-grenade. It wuz his graduation present from reform school!"

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India-Pakistan

Murder suspect, two other 'gangsters' killed in encounters

2014-03-13

[DAWN] KARACHI: Three suspected gangsters, including one allegedly involved in the murder of five men in Mowachh Goth early Monday morning, were rubbed out in alleged encounters in the Mowachh and Lyari ...one of the eighteen constituent towns of the city of Karachi. It is the smallest town by area in the city but also the most densely populated. Lyari has few schools, substandard hospitals, a poor water system, limited infrastructure, and broken roads. It is a stronghold of ruling Pakistan Peoples Party. Ubiquitous gang activity and a thriving narcotics industry make Lyari one of the most disturbed places in Karachi, which is really saying a lot.... areas, officials said on Tuesday. Acting on a tip-off, a police party raided an alleged hideout of suspected gangsters in Ali Mohammed Mohallah of Mowachh Goth at around 11am and in an ensuing shootout, Nazeer Ahmed was killed, said City-SSP Faisal Bashir Memon. He said Nazeer was nominated in the murder of five men -- two brothers and their three relatives -- in the goth. A suspected gangster, Zaheer Khan, was placed in durance vile Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! during the encounter. The dead was shifted to the Civil Hospital Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... (CHK) for a post-mortem examination. 'Policemen's killer' rubbed out in Lyari A suspected gangster allegedly involved in the murder of two coppers was rubbed out in an alleged encounter in the Kalakot area late Monday night. Police said that acting on a tip-off they raided a hideout belonging to the gang led by Noor Mohammed alias Baba Ladla near Dhobi Ghat and during an exchange of fire suspect Saddam Hussain Niazi was killed but his accomplices escaped. The body was shifted to the CHK for a post-mortem examination. The police alleged that Saddam had killed his relative Inspector Asfar Niazi in the SITE area some three to four years back over a domestic dispute. At that time, Saddam lived in Machhar Colony and later shifted to Lyari, where he joined the gangsters. He had also allegedly killed inspector Mohabbat Khan Niazi in Machhar Colony who was investigating the murder case of Asfar Niazi. In another incident, a suspect was bumped off in Kalri late Monday night. Police and Rangers were conducting joint patrolling in Daryabad, Street-4, when they were attacked and they returned fire, killing one of the attackers. He was identified as Faisal Hussain, 25. The police claimed that the dead was a member of the gang led by Uzair Baloch. Banker killed in 'sectarian attack' A banker and close relative of a leader of the Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Mohammedaneen (MWM) was rubbed out in a suspected targeted attack in Federal B' Industrial Area on Tuesday evening, according to police and the party sources. They added that Syed Fazal Abbas, 39, was on his way home on a cycle of violence from a bank in U.P. Mor when gunnies attacked him near Sohrab Goth bridge at Fazal Mills. He was taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead He's dead, Jim! on arrival. "It appeared to be an act of sectarian killing," said F.B Industrial Area SHO Nizamuddin. The victim, who worked as operation manager at Habib Metropolitan Bank Ltd, was a cousin of MWM spokesperson Ahmer Naqvi. He was father of three children. MWM chief Allama Nasir Abbas Jafrey said that along with Syed Fazal Abbas, three Shias were killed on Tuesday in Karachi that reflected on the performance of the government and law-enforcement agencies.

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Afghanistan

Afghan aid groups vow to stay on

2014-01-02

As Nato forces pack up and shift out of Afghanistan, aid groups are determined to avoid following them, but they face rising militant attacks and uncertainty over funding. Projects working on everything from clean water to skateboarding parks sprung up in Afghanistan after the Taleban were ousted in 2001. Now, many Afghans fear that the end of the Nato military mission next year will see a pullout of all but the most resilient programmes, putting at risk the fragile gains of the last 12 years. Talk to your hero, Champ. He's got a Nobel Peace Prize. I'm sure the Taliban will listen to him and restrain themselves... “The international soldiers left here a year ago,” said Noor Mohammed, an elderly man in Kapisa province, north of Kabul. “Fortunately for us, the NGOs (non-governmental organisations) have stayed so far. We still do not have drinking water and irrigation for our fields is a major problem, so we still need help.” Among the aid groups to have stayed in Kapisa is MRCA (Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans), a French organisation established in 1985 that runs health programmes in several provinces. In Darwazagi village, nestled below rocky cliffs, MRCA’s Afghan staff distribute drugs to treat bronchitis as the bitter winter takes hold. Its chief of mission in Afghanistan, Valerie Docher, said it was determined to keep helping some of the country’s most vulnerable people despite 2013 being the deadliest year for aid workers since the Taliban fell. This year more than 30 aid workers have been killed, including six Afghan employees of the aid group ACTED, who were shot dead last month while working on rural development projects in the northern province of Faryab. “There is no single source of problems,” said Docher. “It is a multitude of challenges we face, and it is the variety that makes it so difficult to manage. “If the militants really want to attack us, they can do so tomorrow morning. They know where we are.” The Aid Workers Security Database recorded 164 attacks against NGOs worldwide, with 79 in Afghanistan, making it the world’s most dangerous country even in comparison to South Sudan, Syria and Somalia. Assassination, kidnap, robbery and the ongoing war are some of the many threats — and experts believe the violence is increasing away from the eyes of the international community.

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India-Pakistan

Militant who 'attacked polio team' shot dead

2013-12-20

[DAWN] KARACHI: A suspected krazed killer was rubbed out in an alleged encounter with police while another was nabbed Book 'im, Mahmoud! following their alleged attack on a polio ...Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by infection with the poliovirus. Between 1840 and the 1950s, polio was a worldwide epidemic. Since the development of polio vaccines the disease has been largely wiped out in the civilized world. However, since the vaccine is known to make Moslem pee-pees shrink and renders females sterile, bookish, and unsubmissive it is not widely used by the turban and automatic weapons set... vaccination team in Sohrab Goth on Tuesday, prompting the health authorities to immediately and indefinitely halt the anti-polio campaign, officials said. They said gunnies riding a cycle of violence opened fire on the polio workers in the Ahsanabad area. The police posted for the team's security returned fire. One of the suspects, identified as Noor Mohammed, alias Misbah, was maimed in the shootout and arrested. His accomplice Amir Hamza was also held, said SSP of Malir Imran Shaukat. The maimed man was taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, where he died during treatment. The Malir SSP said the police had arrested four suspected gunnies in Sohrab Goth during a targeted operation on Monday and they had credible information about the krazed killer plot to attack polio workers on Tuesday. So a heavy deployment of police was made in the area for the protection of the polio team. He said Amir Hamza was the chief of a banned krazed killer outfit in Sohrab Goth's Janjal Goth locality. Hamza was allegedly also involved in the murder of Awami National Party worker Deen Mohammed Waziri in Janjal Goth recently, said Mr Shaukat. He said in that attack Amir Hamza was also maimed in the retaliatory firing by friends of the ANP worker but his accomplice Misbah took the maimed man away. Both suspected krazed killers, reportedly belonging to the banned Tehrik-e- Taliban Pakistain, were wanted in several assassinations and extortion cases in Sohrab Goth, the SSP said. Immunisation drive stopped Though Tuesday's botched attack on police guarding polio teams failed to physically harm any of the polio volunteers out to inoculate children in the infamous part of Gadap Town, the authorities sent a prompt signal to halt the immunisation drive. The city's health officials said no polio worker was around when two armed gunnies attacked the coppers standing guard in the Ahsanabad locality of Gadap's notorious union council-4. However, some people cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go... residents and polio workers scurried around after hearing the gunfire. Soon they were asked to abandon their work and return home in escort of the coppers who had killed an attacker and arrested another. "None of our polio workers were harmed because of the incident. All of them are safe," said Dr Zafar Ijaz, the city's chief for health services, while speaking to Dawn. "However, some people cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go... because of the grim situation, we have stopped our immunisation campaign in the area until our workers recover from mental stress and fear," he said. One worker said she was accompanying another volunteer at a house to vaccinate a child when she heard the gunshots. "It was highly terrifying for us but we didn't know what to do," she said. The team took shelter in the house until the gunfire stopped. "Soon my cellphone rang and our group leader asked us to congregate outside to return home," she said. It was the third incident of its kind on polio vaccinators or their guards this year in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... -- second in Gadap. A previous attack on Aug 21 was also reported in Gadap, where more than 30 female vaccinators inoculating children with booster drops against polio were attacked with gunshots by six men, which forced them to take shelter in a nearby school until the police guards returned fire and caught one of the attackers. The police identified the arrested man as an Afghan refugee and claimed that he belonged to the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain. Police seized a hand grenade, a TT pistol and five bullets from him. The first violent attack on polio vaccinators was reported on April 16 when two female siblings were attacked in a similar fashion in Baldia Town's sector 8. The police had arrested the lone attacker. Last year, in the last of the three such attacks on Dec 17 a young volunteer associated with the anti-polio campaign was rubbed out in Gadap Town, stopping the three-day anti-polio campaign in union council 4. In July 2012, a local paramedic associated with polio vaccination was rubbed out and a World Health Organisation doctor, Fosten Dido, from Ghana and his driver were maimed in two separate attacks in the Sohrab Goth area. Despite such attacks, polio workers, belonging to poor families, have little afterthought to abandon the risky job as the 250-rupees-a-day is prized money for them. "I can't desert this job. It is occasional, but the money it offers is help for my family," said a polio worker who survived a similar attack previously. The security situation in Karachi is so dismal that it has not allowed completing the nationwide polio campaign here, which started a month ago and completed in the scheduled duration of four days elsewhere. Officials said many parts of SITE Town were yet to be covered. "Our polio workers depend on the availability of police force during their work and for police polio is not a top priority," said a bigwig.

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India-Pakistan

Three passers-by killed in rival groups fight

2013-10-26

[Dawn] Violence broke out in the strife-hit areas of Lyari ...one of the eighteen constituent towns of the city of Karachi. It is the smallest town by area in the city but also the most densely populated. Lyari has few schools, substandard hospitals, a poor water system, limited infrastructure, and broken roads. It is a stronghold of ruling Pakistan Peoples Party. Ubiquitous gang activity and a thriving narcotics industry make Lyari one of the most disturbed places in Karachi, which is really saying a lot.... on Thursday when a shootout between two gangs left three passers-by dead and four others maimed, law-enforcement agencies said. They added that the killings were the result of a fresh rivalry between the criminal gangs operating in the city's oldest neighbourhood. The officials said the breakdown of law and order in Lyari could be a 'deliberate move' in reaction to the 'targeted operation' by the Rangers that led to the arrest of a number of suspected gangsters during the past one month. The fresh wave of violence that triggered anxiety and fear among residents and caused suspension of commercial and other activities in some localities again prompted the authorities to launch a targeted operation during which several suspects were placed in durance vile Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! and arms and ammunitions seized. According to Chakiwara SHO Ishaq Lashari, seven persons were maimed when the criminals resorted to heavy firing on Tannery Road in Bihar Colony. All the seven victims were rushed to the Civil Hospital Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... where doctors declared three of them dead. The dear departed were identified as Abdul Ghani Lakhiar, 35, Mohammed Waseem, 26, and Mohammed Shahbaz, 25. All the other maimed persons, including 70-year-old Manzoor Ali, Zeeshan Liaquat, 18, Mohammed, 20, and Asif Fayyaz, 27, were admitted for treatment, the police said. According to a medico-legal officer of the CHK, Dr Qarar Abbasi, the relatives took away the bodies of Waseem and Shahbaz without completing legal formalities. He said Abdul Ghani had sustained a single gunshot wound in his chest, fired from some distance. Mr Ghani was stated to be a 'paramedical tutor' at the Civil Hospital Dadu. He was also associated with the Benazir Bhutto ... 11th Prime Minister of Pakistain in two non-consecutive terms from 1988 until 1990 and 1993 until 1996. She was the daughter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, founder of the Pakistain People's Party, who was murdered at the instigation of General Ayub Khan. She was murdered in her turn by person or persons unknown while campaigning in late 2007. Suspects include, to note just a few, Baitullah Mehsud, General Pervez Musharraf, the ISI, al-Qaeda in Pakistain, and her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, who shows remarkably little curiosity about who done her in... Shaheed Youth Development Programme. The killings of three passers-by could be the outcome of 'infighting' between two gangs led by Faisal Pathan and Noor Mohammed alias Baba Ladla, respectively, said Lyari SP Shahnawaz. He said the firing was carried out at a time when the paramilitary force was conducting a targeted action in the Singhu Lane area of Lyari. The senior officer believed that the criminals might have opened fire on the people in order to divert the attention of the law-enforcement agencies there. However, women are made to be loved, not understood... he said, investigation was under way to ascertain the exact motive for the attack. The Lyari SP said they had also received reports that a suspected gangster was killed during a shootout between the alleged criminal groups. But his accomplices took away the body, he added. Following the killings, the Rangers conducted a targeted action in Bihar Colony. According to a Rangers spokesperson, the paramilitary force tossed in the clink Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! eight suspects and seized hand grenades, SMGs and other arms from their possession. The Pakistain Rangers, Sindh, conducted targeted raids in Singhu Lane and other areas such as Liaquatabad, Jut Lines, Burnes Road, Bilal Colony, Khudda Ki Basti, Orangi Town, Al-Falah Colony, Landhi, Angara Goth, Pehalwan Goth, Korangi Town and Rafah-e-Aam Society. The paramilitary force arrested 29 'hardened criminals', including 'Lyari gang war elements' and criminals affiliated with political groups, involved in 'heinous crimes'. According to a police spokesperson, the Sindh police chief while taking notice of the firing incident in Lyari directed the city police chief to adopt "strict measures to restore normality to the area and report to him".

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India-Pakistan

PPP activist among four shot dead in city

2012-07-02

[Dawn] Four people, including an activist of the Pakistain People's Party, were killed on Sunday in different parts of the city, police and witnesses said. They said that the 32-year-old PPP worker, Sarfraz Baloch, son of Haq Nawaz Baloch, was sitting at the office of Mohammed Khan Gabol Goth within the remit of the Sachal cop shoppe along with four other people late in the night when two gunnies came there and fired at him before fleeing. The witnesses said that the victim sustained multiple gunshot wounds and he died before he could be taken to a hospital. The Sachal police later shifted the body to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre where medico-legal sources said that the victim had received three bullets in the upper torso fired from a very close range. The police said that 9mm pistol was used in the attack. The victim was said to be a resident of Chapels City and was instrumental in regularisation of Gabol Goth. Area people said that the victim had opened an office of Gabol Goth on a plot. The police said that no case was registered till late in the night as the medico-legal formalities were still being completed. Two men bumped off Two young friends were killed near the Meena Bazaar in Karimabad. Witnesses said that the victims were going on a cycle of violence when they were attacked by two gunnies also riding a cycle of violence. They said that both the victims died instantly. The bodies were taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where the victims were identified as Noor Mohammed Khan, 35, son of Gul Marjan Khan, a resident of Faqir Colony, Orangi Town, and Shakil Ahmed, 30, son of Bashir Ahmed, a resident of Baldia Town, Saeedabad. Hospital sources said that Noor Khan and Shakil received two and three bullets respectively fired from a very close range as the bullets pierced through their bodies. The Azizabad police said a 9mm pistol was used in the attack. Man found rubbed out A young man was found rubbed out near the Jama Cloth Market within the remit of the Arambagh cop shoppe. The body was taken to the Edhi morgue for want of identification following medico-legal formalities at the Civil Hospital.

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Afghanistan

2 Taliban Commanders Arrested in S. Afghanistan

2010-09-13

[Tolo News] Two Taliban commanders and 8 forces of Evil were jugged in joint operations conducted by Afghan and coalition forces in the southern Zabul province In the operations that were conducted in Qalat, the scenic provincial capital of Zabul, Afghan and coalition forces had no casualties, a NATO Press Release said. Meanwhile, ...back at the ranch... NATO forces say they have killed a top Taliban capo charged with carrying out attacks in the Afghan capital Kabul. Noor Mohammad, a top Taliban commander who had planned to conduct attacks in Kabul ahead of the Afghan parliamentary elections, was killed on Friday in NATO air-strikes, a NATO Press Release says. Two Taliban fighters are also reportedly killed and some ammunitions and equipment used to make bombs were also seized in the battle. Afghan and coalition forces have escalated their counter-insurgency operations in an effort to wipe out Taliban from the country's insecure areas and maintain security ahead of the Afghan parliamentary elections. More than 1000 polling centres have been closed due to the increasing insecurity all across Afghanistan. Total for this report: two emirs plus eight cannon fodder arrested, Noor Mohammed plus two more cannon fodder killed. No doubt other things happened behind the scenes. No casualties on our side. Not bad, not bad at all. And the locals will have to decide how they feel about being locked out of voting.

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