One person was shot dead and 10 others were injured as violence erupted in Karachi on Thursday during the NA-240 (Korangi Karachi II) by election , with competing political parties — Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP), Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) — pointing fingers at each other.
Police surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed confirmed to Dawn.com that the casualties were brought to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre from the Landhi area.
She said Saifuddin Kaleem was brought dead to JPMC and had suffered bullet injuries on his head.
Some of the injured were identified as 18-year-old Waleed Qudrutullah with bullet injuries on his knee, Mohammed Idrees, 30, Khalid Chohan, 42, Salman Aslam, 35, Zeeshan Waris, 34, Aslam Ali, 35 and Nabeel Habib, 38, who suffered injuries on their head and other areas caused by hard and blunt instruments.
A spokesperson for the Edhi Foundation said that one of the injured, Iftikhar Alam, was shot at in the poll-related violence and transported to Liaquat National Hospital. He saidAlam was a former MPA and a central PSP leader.The PSP alleged that its senior leaders and election office were attacked during polls.
In a series of tweets, the PSP accused TLP workers of firing at its party chairman Syed Mustafa Kamal during a media talk. It added the party's central leaders were also injured.
