Former Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) senior director of health and eye specialist Dr Birbal Genani was shot dead by unidentified assailants on the Lyari Expressway in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, on March 30, report Geo News. Police said Dr Genani along with his assistant lady doctor was heading to Gulshan-e-Iqbal from Ramswamy when unidentified assailants targeted their car near Garden interchange on the Lyari Expressway. Dr Genani died on the spot while his assistant sustained bullet injuries.
Four Policemen narrowly survived a grenade attack on their mobile van in Shah Latif Town of Karachi in the wee hours of March 30, reports Dawn. No one claimed responsibility for the attack in which the police van was partially damaged. The Police said that the incident took place at Haji Ismail Jokhio Goth off National Highway at around 4:15am when the mobile van was stationed and Policemen were busy in snap-checking of vehicles. Malir Town Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Hasan Sardar said that three unidentified persons, riding on two motorbikes, came close to the mobile van and one of them threw a grenade targeting the Police vehicle and sped away. The grenade missed the target — the mobile van — and exploded after hitting the ground. All the Policemen remained safe as they were not standing very close to the van.