ET: KARACHI: Security in-charge Bilawal House, Bilal Sheikh was killed along with three police officials in a blast that took place in the Jamshed Quarter area, near Gurumandar, Karachi on Wednesday, Express News reported.

Explosives were placed inside the car of security in-charge Bilawal House, which went off when the car was passing near Jamia Binoria.

The explosion killed Sheikh along with this three security guards.

Nine people were reported injured.

The injured were taken to Jinnah Hospital, where three of the injured were described to be in a serious condition, reported Express News. 

Source: Dawn

KARACHI: A suspected suicide explosion targeting President Asif Ali Zardari’s chief security officer killed at least three people in Karachi on Wednesday, police said.

Eleven others were injured in the powerful explosion which rocked the busy New Town neighbourhood in the heart of Karachi, less than a kilometre from the Quaid’s mausoleum.

“Three people, including the president’s chief security officer, Bilal Sheikh, were killed in the bombing,” said Superintendent Police Usman Bajwa.

Bilal Sheikh was also an active worker of the Pakistan People’s Party, the ruling party in Sindh province.

A spokesman for the Bilawal House, President Zardari’s private residence in Karachi, confirmed Sheikh’s death. Sheikh’s driver was also killed in the explosion.

Bajwa said the attack appeared to be a suicide bombing. “Bilal Sheikh’s vehicle was the target of the attack,” he said.