ZUBAIR Baloch, the brother of gangster Uzair Baloch, was seriously injured after unidentified assailants attacked him in the Lyari area of Pakistan’s Karachi, local media reported, citing police. Two passersby were also injured in the attack that took place on Chakiwara Road in Lyari. Zubair Baloch suffered multiple gunshot wounds, including to his chest and abdomen, Pakistan-based daily ‘Dawn’ reported. South Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Syed Asad Raza said that Zubair Baloch was sitting outside his home in Singu Lane when gunmen opened fire on him and fled from the spot. Raza said that police were carrying out the probe from various angles, including whether the shooting was linked to gang rivalry or political enmity.

 

He said that Zubair Baloch was arrested in seven criminal cases in 2012 and was released in 2025. In March, an anti-terrorism court (ATC) had rejected bail applications of Uzair Baloch in seven cases related to police encounter, murder and possession of explosives, ‘Dawn’ reported. Earlier in May, data released by the Citizens-Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) revealed that Karachi witnessed a rise in street crime, with people being robbed of hundreds of vehicles and mobile phones alongside an increase in killings and extortion cases from the January-April period this year, local media reported.