At least three activists of a religious party were gunned down in two separate shootings in Karachi late yesterday night, police said.
In the first incident a drive-by shooting at Islampura Chowk in Orangi Town left Akhtar Hussain, 50, dead and his son seriously injured.
According to sources, Hussain was associated with the proscribed outfit the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ).
The dead and the injured were shifted to Abassi Shaheed Hospital.
In the second shooting, two AWSJ men were picked off by a couple of biker gunmen near Malir Halt area of the metropolis. Both of them died of the bullet wounds then and there.
Police have registered a case and commenced investigations.
