KARACHI: Karachi could not return to normalcy even after passage of four days of assassination of PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto, as rumors about attack on MQM headquarters Nine Zero and aerial firing of some miscreants in various areas on Monday once again hit hard the city trying to limp back to normalcy.
Many markets and commercial centers of the metropolis opened Monday morning, but the incidents of aerial firing at M A Jinnah Road and Burns Road and other areas following the rumors of killing of Deputy Convener of Muttehida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Dr Farooq Sattar created panic amongst traders, transporters and citizens.
The public transport went off the roads and all markets and shopping centers were due to fear of fresh spat of violence.
All major markets including Saddar, Empress Market, Zainab Street, Tower, Eidgah, Boltan Market, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Tariq Road and others were closed the rumors and aerial firing.
The petrol pumps and CNG stations, reopened after four days, were against closed. The police and LEAs beefed up security and intensified patrolling in various areas of the city.—Agencies