Civil society activist Khurram Zaki shot dead in Karachi
Zaki along with friend Khalid Rao were sitting at a tea shop in Sector 11-B, North Karachi when gunmen opened fire
Police picked up Khurram Zaki while he was protesting outside Lal Masjid last year. PHOTO: EXPRESS
KARACHI:
Unidentified assailants gunned down rights activist Khurram Zaki in Karachi on Saturday night.
Zaki along with friend Khalid Rao were sitting at a tea shop in Sector 11-B, North Karachi when gunmen opened fire.
"Two armed men riding a motorcycle opened indiscriminate fire on them [victims]," said a witness. "The job was done within a few seconds."
The victims were shifted to the Aga Khan Hospital where Zaki passed away whereas Rao was said to be in a critical condition.
Police reached the site and initiated an investigation.
"We recovered as many as 19 empty pistol shells," said Sir Syed police station SHO Muhammad Iftikhar.
Price to pay: Fear dominates lives of activists fighting banned outfits
Head of Majlis-e-Wahdatul Muslimeen (MWM) Allama Nasir Abbas, in a statement, condemned the attack.
Zaki was vocal against extremist elements - started a campaign against Maulana Abdul Aziz when the latter refused to condemn the December 2014 Peshawar attack.
An editor for the blog, ‘Let Us Build Pakistan’ and a former television journalist; he had been actively campaigning against sectarian violence as well.
The blog was recently blocked by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority for viewers in the country.
Unidentified assailants gunned down rights activist Khurram Zaki in Karachi on Saturday night.
Zaki along with friend Khalid Rao were sitting at a tea shop in Sector 11-B, North Karachi when gunmen opened fire.
"Two armed men riding a motorcycle opened indiscriminate fire on them [victims]," said a witness. "The job was done within a few seconds."
The victims were shifted to the Aga Khan Hospital where Zaki passed away whereas Rao was said to be in a critical condition.
Police reached the site and initiated an investigation.
"We recovered as many as 19 empty pistol shells," said Sir Syed police station SHO Muhammad Iftikhar.
Price to pay: Fear dominates lives of activists fighting banned outfits
Head of Majlis-e-Wahdatul Muslimeen (MWM) Allama Nasir Abbas, in a statement, condemned the attack.
Zaki was vocal against extremist elements - started a campaign against Maulana Abdul Aziz when the latter refused to condemn the December 2014 Peshawar attack.
An editor for the blog, ‘Let Us Build Pakistan’ and a former television journalist; he had been actively campaigning against sectarian violence as well.
The blog was recently blocked by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority for viewers in the country.