Former Malir Bar president, son killed in shooting

Salahuddin Haider and his son were driving to work when unidentified gunmen opened fire on them.


Web Desk March 24, 2012

KARACHI: Salahuddin Haider, former president of the Malir Bar association, and his son were killed by four unidentified gunmen who opened fire on them in the Memon Goth area on Saturday, Express News reported.

Chief Minister Sindh Qaim Ali Shah called for an immediate arrest of the perpetrators, while chief justice of Sindh High Court also took notice of the incident.

Haider and his son were driving to work when four gunmen on two motorcycles opened fire on their vehicle, injuring both of them. The victims died on the way to the hospital.

The motive of this attack is still unknown, although there has been speculation that it was an act of terrorism.

Afaq Ahmed’s security squad attacked, 2 policemen injured

Unidentified men fired at Mohajir Qaumi Movement (MQM-Haqiqi) chairman Afaq Ahmed’s vehicle, injuring two security policemen in the Landhi 6 area on Saturday.

According to reports, the security squad was exiting a petrol pump after refueling when suddenly unidentified men opened fire on the car, injuring two policemen. According to DSP Mirza Majeed, it has not yet been confirmed whether the unidentified men were robbers or terrorists.

The injured policemen have been taken to Jinnah Hospital whereas the unknown gunmen fled the scene.

Operations to take place against target killings, extortion: Manzoor Wassan

Sindh Home Minister Manzoor Wassan, speaking to the media in Karachi, said that the Sindh government has decided to carry out operations against target killings and extortion in the city.

“Police will work further to end sectarian killings… like the target killing of former Malir Bar association president today,” he said.

He added that the police will be assisted by the Rangers in eliminating the practice of extortion in the city.

COMMENTS (17)

ashok | 11 years ago | Reply

Looks like essentially there are only two sects of Muslims left in Pakistan:

Already eliminated

and

Waiting to be eliminated

Zia Ur Rehman | 11 years ago | Reply

A wave of killings on sectarian grounds continues to plague Karachi as several people, especially lawyers, were targeted in the city since start of this year. The militants are mainly targeting the lawyers who are fighting the cases of activists of their rival sectarian groups and the killings of lawyers on sectarian grounds have created fear among the legal fraternity. Law enforcement officials and security experts are of view that banned ned sectarian outfits, especially Deobandi Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) and Shia Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan (SMP), have become active in the city and targeting people, especially lawyers and doctors, of rival sects. Banned sectarian outfits are taking advantage of the existing ethnic and political violence to kill each other’s workers and sympathisers.Government ban on these sectarian organisations led them to operate under different names. Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) began operating under the names of Millat-e-Islamia and ASWJ while the SMP started working as a new organisation with a different name.

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