Passer-by killed in crossfire.

KARACHI -- A passer-by was shot dead during an encounter between police and suspected criminals in Nazimabad No 1 on Friday evening, according to Rizvia Society police.

They said that a police party conducted an action in Kabuli Bazaar near Saifullah hotel where an exchange of fire took place between the officers and alleged drug peddlers.

Central SSP Murtaza Tabassum told reporters that a seller of potato chips identified as Usman Khalid...