KARACHI: Four unknown suspects robbed former member of provincial assembly of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Kamran Akhter, at gunpoint in Karachi.

Police said the MQM leader was standing before his house when the robbers arrived on two bikes and snatched cash and other valuable items from him at gunpoint on Tuesday night.

They succeeded in fleeing from the scene. Police have filed a case and launched a search operation for the culprits.