Fear grips Karachi: 12 killed, 35 hurt

KARACHI: Fear prevails in the city on Saturday night before the by-polls start at PS-94. Twelve people have been shot dead while 35 others wounded in different areas after the announcement of Awami National Party's (ANP) boycotting the polls due unfavorable situation in the constituency.

Two buses have been set on fire in Gulistan-e-Jauhar while markets and shopping centers have been closed after the recent wave of target killings in the city where a dozen people have been killed in less than five hours.

Police said three people have been shot dead in Garden, while one man was killed in Sector 13 of Orangi Town. 

Unknown gunmen started fire on a bus in Bukhari Colony where Zaffar, 25, and an unknown man killed. Zaffar Abdul Razzak, 18, was killed and four others wounded in Baldiya Town when unknown men fired in the area.