Expressing serious concern over the recurrence of targeted killing every 4-5 months in Karachi, Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik deplored that the criminals arrested in this regard have never been taken to t ask for lack of evidence. During a media briefing alongwith Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah on Monday, the minister said that all the miscreants nabbed during the crackdown named one party or the other to show their affiliation, but when we contact the parties, they out rightly deny links with them. The DG Rangers and IG Sindh have been directed to take strict action against all those copped criminals disregarding their party affiliations. The minister vowed to eliminate the desperadoes who wanted destabilize the country. Rehman warned that all the illegal arms holders would be sentenced to 10-year term. Earlier, a high-level meeting, chaired by Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah, was held in Karachi to review the law and order situation. The meeting was being attended by Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik, DG Rangers, IG Sindh and other significant officials. The meeting mulled over ways to curb the ongoing targeted killing and firing incidents besides overall security situation of the province. In the meantime, around 39 people have been killed in three days of unabated targeted killing. A hand-cuffed body of one Basit Baloch has been found from Malir graveyard, while Asifs body has been found from the limits of Malir Police Station. Another dead body of a 30-year-old Anees was found near Met Department at Gulshan Sikandrabad. In Lanhdi, three men Asmat Ullah, Shah Muhammad and Niaz got killed in firing by some unidentified motorcyclists; in PECHC two people got injured in firing incident. Some miscreants torched a bus in New Karachi Ayub Goth and in Saddar, some gun-toting men got the shops shut. Unknown men opened fire at three brothers Qamar, Imran and Rameez who got hurt and died on the way to the hospital. Security has been stepped up in the city while 61 suspects have been held.
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