Dont know who was targeted, and this is the onset of Ramadan.
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A blast was heard near Guru Mandir on Wednesday evening, ARY News Reported.
The blast was so severe that the explosion was heard in far areas including Gulshan-e-Iqbal. it is believed the blast occured in a car.
Police, Rangers and rescue teams have started reaching the area. the area has been cordoned by security agencies.
Around 5 policemen were injured, who have been rushed to Jinnah hospital Karachi.
Blast heard near Gurumandir area in Karachi
PS: on tv, its reported 2 ppl lost their life
Re: Blast in Guru Mandir (Karachi)
According to Dunya News 5 people are confirmed dead. It seems as if the vehicle of Chief Security Officer of Bilawal House was targeted.
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After Ziarat Residency tragedy, I hope adequate security cover has been put around Quaid's mausoleum. After all, Karachi is more unstable than Quetta or Peshawar.
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Bilal Sheikh, Chief Security officer of Bilawal House is confirmed dead.
Re: Blast in Guru Mandir (Karachi)
According to Dunya News 5 people are confirmed dead. It seems as if the vehicle of Chief Security Officer of Bilawal House was targeted.
yes ary news reporting, bilal sheikh was targeted , he is severly injured taken to hospital but hospital is not telling about his condition.police is saying he is in critical situation.
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Bilal Sheikh, Chief Security officer of Bilawal House is confirmed dead.
yup just reported now
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He was targeted earlier as well. Sad news.
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President Zardari’s security officer, two others killed in Karachi bombing
KARACHI: A loud explosion rocked Karachi’s congested New Town neighbourhood on Wednesday, killing three people including the chief security guard of President Asif Ali Zardari, police said
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Kiya hooa - did the security officer become an information threat to Zardari? Did he know more than he should have known...
don't forget we are talking about Ex PSF student leader & President's Security Officer Bilal Shaikh. He was the last member of the PSF 1988-1990 Team. Najib, Nisar Satti, Khalid Dalmia, Khalid Shahanshah all died before.
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Ok...so he was attacked in 2011 as well - that time it was said that Zulfiqar Mirza was behind it...
from another pakistani politics forums:
Zardari trusted body guard is attacked by terrorists of Uzair Baloch (Peoples Amn Committee) run by Zulfiqar Mirza. It is now clear Zulfiqar Mirza and his gang of terrorists working under the name of Peoples Amn Committee is behind all the Crimes, Extortion and Target Killings in Karachi.
KARACHI: **
**At least 15 armed men ambushed Bilal Sheikh, the security officer of President Asif Ali Zardari, at 2:15 am on Sunday. He was unhurt but two of his police guards were injured.
Sheikh was returning to his house from Bilawal House, Clifton. The 15 men in two cars and motorcycles attacked him close to his house in Firdous Colony.
“My gunman and driver were also in my car while fifteen police guards were in three mobile units behind me,” Sheikh told The Express Tribune.
He said the culprits fired at least two rockets and they also hurled hand grenades at his car. “The rockets and grenades hit my vehicle and the police mobiles. They also opened fire.” The security officer said he remained safe as the guards fired back. One of the suspects was also injured in the crossfire along with Sheikh’s two guards. The two police guards, Sarfaraz and Mehmood, were taken to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where their condition was declared stable. “They escaped but they left their white Toyota Corolla and some ammunition behind,” Sheikh said. “They also took their injured companion with them.”
He named Lyari gangsters as the suspects. “Recently, I was being threatened by Lyari gangsters belonging to the Uzair Baloch group. They wanted to create [some sort of] controversy between the Pakistan Peoples Party and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement to disrupt the city’s law and order situation,” he explained.
Two of Uzair Baloch’s aides, Shahid Dikkat and Ahsan Mohajir, were leading the attackers and they are the commanders of the Haji Mureed Goth close to Firdous Colony.
After receiving the threats, he had informed Sindh Inspector General of Police Fayyaz Leghari and asked him for protection after which, he was provided the police guards with the three mobiles.
An FIR has been registered against Lyari gangsters under sections 147, 148, 149, 353, 324 of the Pakistan Penal Code and 7 of the Anti Terrorism Act on the complaint of Gulbahar police head constable Shahnawaz.
Following the incident, the police formed an investigation team headed by Anti-Extremist Cell chief SSP Chaudhry Aslam Khan and the team has started raiding areas.
When asked if the attack could be related to a property dispute, Bilal Shaikh said, “I am a security officer of the president and I am mostly in Islamabad. I have no business of property here or anything else.”
The Gulbahar police have impounded the car. Police said that it was snatched from Gulshan-e-Iqbal two days before the incident and the police have recorded the owner’s statement. A rocket launcher, one hand grenade and one TT pistol as well as 250 empty shells were also seized from the crime scene.
Investigators have also recorded the statements of witnesses.