A local PPP activist was gunned down in Karachi’s Pak Colony area late on Friday night, police said on Saturday.
South Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Syed Asad Raza told Dawn that the shooting occurred at Qaim Khani Clinic, located near Warisi Mosque in Hasrat Mohani Colony, within the jurisdiction of Pak Colony Police Station.
“Political and social figure Abdul Rasheed Qureshi was present at the clinic where he was receiving medical treatment and was receiving an intravenous (IV) drip due to ill health,” DIG Raza said.
“During this time, unknown assailants, for reasons yet to be determined, opened fire, as a result of which Qureshi died on the spot,” he said.
The DIG added that Qureshi was immediately moved to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead.
“Upon receiving information about the incident, the Pak Colony station house officer (SHO), along with a heavy contingent of police, reached the scene,” the DIG said.
“Police are investigating the incident from various angles,” he said.
In November 2025, a young PPP worker was gunned down in Karachi’s Orangi Town.
Iqbal Market SHO Shahbaz Yusuf said that Mohammed Shoaib Iqbal, 23, was on his way home in Yaqoobabad, Sector 11 ½ at around 2am when unidentified assailants targeted him.
He was shot multiple times and taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival, he said.
