KARACHI, Pakistan– In  a target killing incident, three innocent Shia lawyers were killed by the armed terrorists of Sipah Sahaba and Lashkar Jhangvi at Pakistan Chowk in Karachi.

According to our sources, the lawyers were on their way in a car when unidentified gunmen riding in motorbikes targeted them at Pakistan Chowk near City Court. The  gunmen opened fire from the two side of the car and the 3 shia lawyers were killed on the spot.

The terrorists managed to flee from the scene afterwards. The Shia lawyers were identified as Shakeel Jafferi, Kafeel Jafferi and Badar Munir.

“It was a target killing incident, they all were lawyers. Two of them are father and son,” a police official told, adding that the dead bodies and injured have been shifted to civil hospital Karachi for medico-legal formalities.

About 80 doctors were killed in a crescendo of target killing in 2000, and the majority were Shias. Many worked in the underserved and overpopulated areas of Karachi.

Ahmedi is, of course, almost an expletive in Pakistan. In the recent past, in Punjab, Ahmedi physicians have been killed in broad daylight. And, for all the legal recourse that the return of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry allegedly brought, no suo motus occurred, no one was apprehended and no trials were set.

Thirty-year-old Dr Babar Mannan was working in Hussaini Health Home in the Irani Camp locality of Orangi Town when two young men barged in and emptied their guns on him. In another recent episode, motorbike gunmen intercepted Dr Haider Abbas near Metroville III, killing him on the spot. In the same wave of madness, Dr Junaid Shakir and Dr Hasan Haider were killed gin New Karachi and Railway Colony respectively.

Sad, and seemingly powerless, physicians on the Dow Medical College alumni list mourn the victims. Dr Tariq Chundrigar writes poignantly: “A childhood friend of mine used to run a dental clinic in Nazimabad. He shared the clinic with a GP. This tireless, never out of temper gentleman had a following of patients that warmed one’s heart. One day, in 1989, someone walked into the GP’s clinic, pretending to be a doctor, put a gun to his head and shot him twice. And calmly walked out, to a waiting motorcycle, and rode off.This was late 2000.”

The US constitution guarantees the right to bear arms; Pakistan’s does not. De-weaponisation must be immediate, without ifs, ands, or buts. Perhaps the Supreme Court needs to step in for a government that is as usual ineffective, unwilling and incapable of protecting its citizens.

At least 19 Shia were killed and over 35 others were injured when a blast hit a passenger bus in Balochistan on Monday morning, a private TV reported, adding that a large number of casualties are feared as most of the injured are in critical condition.

The incident happened at about 9:20 a.m. (local time) when a bomb targeted a passenger bus carrying over 50 people at the main highway in Mastung, a district in the country’s southwest province of Balochistan.

Officials confirmed the death of two people. State-run television reported that nearly 50 people, including women and children, were injured, and 6 people were killed. The condition of seven of the injured was critical, doctors at a local hospital said. The injured were taken to a nearby hospital and those in a critical condition were later shifted to Quetta.

Police said that the intended target of the bombing have been a bus with Shia pilgrims that passed the area minutes before the explosion.

SRW( Shia Rights Watch) – Scholar and poet Dr Shabihul Hassan Rizvi was killed due to firing of Anti-Shia terrorists in Lahore. Dr Rizvi was a known educationist.

The terrorists riding motorcycles targeted Mr. Rizvi who was standing outside his college. He was seriously injured due to firing on Friday night. He was rushed to services hospital for treatment where he succumbed to his injuries in the wee hours of Saturday.

Police has sent Dr Shabih’s body for post mortem and registered case on request of his brother Sharif ul Hassan.

His murder has evoked condemnation from many eminent figures and parties. Shia scholars and parties also condemned the killing. They said that target killings of Shia Muslim continued in all over Pakistan. They demanded of the government to play an effective role to stop the genocide of Shia Muslims.

Source:ABNA.com

Four Shia Muslims were killed in Karachi due to firing of Anti-Shia terrorists in three incidents on Monday and Tuesday.

1. Nasir Ali alias Kallu was targeted in Nayabad Lyari.

2. Ahsan Abbas Naqvi and Syed Zia Mehdi were on their motorcycle when they were fired upon near Karimabad.

Ahsan Abbas was killed and Zia Mehdi was rushed to hospital for treatment. He succumbed to fatal wounds. They were residents of Federal B Area Block 19 and 20.

Another Shia Muslim was killed in Karachi due to firing of Anti-Shia terrorists on Tuesday. The incident occurred in North Karachi.

The killed Shia was identified as Hassan Akhtar Naqvi. He was an active member of Al-Haider Scouts. By profession, he was a security guard.

The body was taken to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for post-mortem. He was fourth Shia killed in Karachi since Monday night.

Shia organisations have condemned the murder of four Shia Muslims. They demanded of the government and relevant higher authorities to adopt measures for a stoppage to genocide of Shia Muslims and arrest of the terrorists and severe punishment to them.