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Curfew imposition is under consideration in different parts of Karachi whereas Rangers helicopters have started patrolling over different areas of the cosmopolitan as a part of surveillance, Dunya News reported on Wednesday. On the other hand eight more people have lost their lives in fresh incidents raising the death-toll to 38 during the last 24 hours. Rangers have arrested several suspects during search operations carried out in the city. An exchange of firing also occurred in Malir between rangers and terrorists whereas furious and angry people set several shops ablaze. A dead body tied in a gunny bag has been recovered from the limits of Azizabad Police Station, while an 18-year-old Talha and Ayaz Khan (21) have been shot dead in Alfalah and Abul Hassan Isfahani Road. Hameed Sarbazi, 45, was shot dead in the Mominabad police limits after unidentified men kidnapped, tortured, and threw his body in the area. Investigation revealed that the deceased was the President of People's Aman Committee Faqeer Colony Ward.Residents of Mominabad and Faqeer Colony staged a protest and demanded of the authorities to arrest the killers. Abid Baloch and Saleem Baloch were shot dead by unknown motorcyclists in the Risala police limits. Police said the deceased cousins were targeted in the Orangzeb market in the Risala area. The deceased belonged to Gawadar and had come to the city a few days back.In a separate case, Nawaz Baloch Khaskheli was shot dead in the Nabi Baksh police limits. Police said the incident happened near the Abbasi Cloth Market. Armed men riding a motorcycle came and asked Khaskheli about his caste and then shot him dead.Ubaiduallah was shot dead in the Landhi police limits. Police said the deceased was kidnapped from outside his house in Sector-37D, Landhi, and shot dead. The deceased was an activist of the MQM-H.During a crackdown the Rangers nabbed a dozens suspects. Meanwhile, private educational institutes transport and business centers remained shut; however, the government institutes opened besides all exams being held in Karachi University, Federal Urdu University and Dow University have been suspended. Karachi Transport Alliance president Syed Irshad Hussain Bukhari while talking to Dunya News said that public transport would not run on roads. Chairman Karachi Traders Action Committee Siddiq Memon said that all business centers and markets would remain closed due to killing of traders and burning of shops.
