As law and order situation of Karachi continues to deteriorate, the wife of a Pakistan People's leader was attacked by unidentified assailants in the Orangi Town area of Karachi on Tuesday, according to ARY News.
Panjgur Deputy Commissioner Zakir Hussain Baloch was killed and four others were injured in a firing incident on the Quetta-Karachi National Highway near Mastung on Monday, according to officials, Dawn reported.
The report stated that more than 90,000 street crimes were reported in Karachi in 2023, in comparison to 80,000 in 2022, showcasing an 11 per cent rise.
As the crackdown by Pakistani defence forces on protestors continue to intensify, members of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) alleged that the Karachi police had lodged "bogus complaints" against the Baloch protesters.
A massive gathering by civil society activists took place at the streets of Karachi on Saturday, against the state crackdown on Baloch protesters in Sindh and Balochistan, Dawn reported.
Convoys of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders and workers, on the call of party founder Imran Khan, have departed from Karachi to hold the rally in Swabi on August 5.