Unknown gunmen have killed a Shia Muslim college student in Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh, Press TV reports.
Pakistani officials said armed men opened fire on the student identified as Sibte Jaffar in Liaquatabad area of the port city of Karachi on Monday.
The Monday assault was the latest in a series of attacks on the Shia community in Pakistan over the past few weeks.
On March 3, over 45 people were killed and 150 others wounded in a car bomb attack carried out in Karachi. Women and children were among those killed and injured.
On February 16, a bomb attack targeting Shia Muslims in the main bazaar of the southwestern city of Quetta killed at least 90 people, including women and children, and injured more than 200 others.
Also on January 10, a twin bomb attack at a crowded billiard hall in Quetta, which is the capital of Balochistan Province, killed more than 90 people, mostly Shia Muslims.
Reports say the anti-Shia terrorist group of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) was behind most of the attacks on Shia Muslims in Pakistan.
Human Rights Watch says more than 400 Shias were killed in Pakistan in 2012, which was the deadliest year on record for the Pakistani Shia Muslim community.
Shia Muslims in Pakistan say the government must take decisive action against the forces involved in the targeted killings. They also accuse Islamabad of failing to provide security for the Muslim community.
Monday, March 18, 2013
Gunmen kill Shia student in Pakistan
Unknown gunmen have killed a Shia Muslim college student in Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh, Press TV reports.
Pakistani officials said armed men opened fire on the student identified as Sibte Jaffar in Liaquatabad area of the port city of Karachi on Monday.
The Monday assault was the latest in a series of attacks on the Shia community in Pakistan over the past few weeks.
On March 3, over 45 people were killed and 150 others wounded in a car bomb attack carried out in Karachi. Women and children were among those killed and injured.
On February 16, a bomb attack targeting Shia Muslims in the main bazaar of the southwestern city of Quetta killed at least 90 people, including women and children, and injured more than 200 others.
Also on January 10, a twin bomb attack at a crowded billiard hall in Quetta, which is the capital of Balochistan Province, killed more than 90 people, mostly Shia Muslims.
Reports say the anti-Shia terrorist group of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) was behind most of the attacks on Shia Muslims in Pakistan.
Human Rights Watch says more than 400 Shias were killed in Pakistan in 2012, which was the deadliest year on record for the Pakistani Shia Muslim community.
Shia Muslims in Pakistan say the government must take decisive action against the forces involved in the targeted killings. They also accuse Islamabad of failing to provide security for the Muslim community.
KARACHI: Poet and former principal of Liaquatabad College Professor Sibte Jafar was shot dead in Karachi on Monday, Express News reported.
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Jafar’s body was shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.
Police have started its investigation and more security personnel were summoned to keep the security situation in the area under control.
Evidence collected from the crime scene suggested that a 9mm pistol was used in the crime.
In the immediate aftermath of Professor Jafar’s murder, professors and lecturers in the province have announced a boycott of educational activities on Tuesday.
Apart from his educational duties, Professor Jafar was well known for his sozkhwani and marsia recitals. He was also known for his poetry.
It has not been confirmed as yet if this was a sectarian attack.
The Shia Ulema council has announced three days of mourning and demanded that the killers be arrested immediately.
Shia community members have been targeted in the city by extremists. Recently, at least 50 people were killed in a terrorist attack in a Shia-neighbourhood of Abbas Town.