Mohammad Junaid, an advocate of the Sindh High Court, was killed in Gulberg, on Wednesday night in what police said appeared to be a targeting related to his work.
The 35-year-old lawyer was standing outside his house in Block 17, Federal B Area when he was shot twice by two armed men on a motorcycle. He was rushed to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where he died. The attackers used a 9mm pistol and two empty shells were found at the crime scene, said the police.
It seemed that the killing was the reaction to the investigation of advocate Mukhtar Abbas Bokhari, who was killed on Saturday. Bokhari was gunned down in Sheesha Market in Bohra Pir, the Eidgah Police said that the incident took place when Bokhari was going home in his silver Toyota Corolla from the City Courts to Abbas Town in Gulshan-e-Iqbal when assailants shot him.
Junaid was investigating cases of suspects from the banned Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) and his colleague, Bukhari, dealt with suspects affiliated with the banned Sipah-e-Mohammad Pakistan.
Gulberg SHO Fasihuddin said that the shooters were identified as workers of the Ahle Sunnat wal Jamaat (ASWJ), formerly known as the SSP.
The president of the Karachi Bar Association, Mohammad Aqil, condemned the killings of both lawyers. He said that Junaid enrolled in 2007 as a lawyer of the subordinate courts and became a high court lawyer two months ago. He demanded that the government arrest the culprits.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 28th, 2011.
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Condemned the killing and request the Govt to take nessary actions against the killers