At least seven people were killed in separate incidents of violence in Pakistan's biggest city and financial hub Karachi, while businesses were forced to close down across the city at gunpoint by unidentified gunmen.        

Panic and fear spread across the metropolis as reports poured in of unidentified gunmen firing in many parts of the city, forcefully closing down businesses and blocking roads. Unknown individuals also torched vehicles and set tyres on fire in the worst affected areas.        

Soon after the violence began the Mutthaida Qaumi Movement, the single largest party in Karachi, also appealed that businesses and public transport remain shut in the city until those responsible for the Abbas town bombings three days back which killed 48 people and left around 135 injured were arrested.