KARACHI: A man was shot dead on the city`s outskirts on early Monday morning.

Sachal police said 35-year-old Abdul Khalig was on a motorcycle when armed pillion riders shot and killed him near Ali Complex, Sachal Mor on Superhighway.

Area SHO Aurangzeb Khattak ruled out the possibility of a robbery attempt. He said the motive could not be ascertained immediately. The body was shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for legal formalities.

Meanwhile, a man was shot at and injured critically in Korangi on Monday.

Korangi Industrial Area police said a man, 35-yearold Irfan Khan, was found from Jam Sadiq Bridge with bullet wounds on his head. He was shifted to the ICU of the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre.

The police said that initially, rescue services had declared him dead but after examination, doctors at the hospital told the investigators that he was alive but in criticalcondition.

The police during the initial probe found that Irfan was a bike rider of a private factory. He had married a divorced woman recently. The police suspected involvement of the former husband of the woman in the attempted murder.