Target killing: Ahmadi leader shot down in Karachi
Mukarram Naeem Ahmed Gondal, 52, was on his way to work in the morning when two people on a motorcycle approached him and shot him in the head killing him on the spot. Gondal was working at the State Bank of Pakistan as an assistant director.
SHO SITE Police Station Rao Rafique told The Express Tribune that the deceased was the son of Abdul Waheed, and a resident of Meteroville SITE. He was shot once by two men on a motorcycle, he confirmed.
An FIR, 374/2012, for the murder has been lodged by the police and investigations are underway, he said. The officer did not offer any insight on the perceived motive behind the murder.
This is the second killing of an Ahmadi in Karachi and 11th in Pakistan this year. Earlier this year in January, Ahsan Kamal was shot in the head at a mobile phone franchise in Manzoor Colony. Several other Ahmadis have been attacked but they escaped death.
There are around 20,000 Ahmadis living in the city and their leaders say that the areas where they feel the most threatened include Drig Road, Orangi Town, Baldia, Mauripur and Steel Town.
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Its so sad. Allah punish all those who are involved in this act. Allahs curse will fall on them & Allah All Mighty Alone is enough to take revenge.
Five pilars of Islam are: Bearing witness that there is no God but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah Observance of Prayer Paying Zakat Fasting during Ramadhan Pilgrimage to the house of Allah.
Now why extremist Muslims try to prove that Islam was spread with the help of sword or arms?
@Zaikam: its because Ahmadis are killed for having a different set of beliefs, not because they did something wrong. what may be wrong in terms of religion in your eyes may be right in theres. and why is it that only ahmadis are targeted? there are so many other religions in the world but majority of muslims tend to express their hate towards ahmadis specifically.
Until n unless Don's in Karachi are not eliminated this city will continue to be in mess. The way people are mudered, kidnapped n buthcered in this city, it's obvious that its has a set purpose in the background. It's not based upon sect or ones faith, but planned slater. Blaming law n order authorities won't be fair nor because it's a big city and therefore it comes in growing pain category, it's routed in the minds of karachi Don's under political emberallas. And how can you touch these Don's when our soo called elites (mostly) themselves are Don's.
Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi razewoon.....Jinnah never had any dream of such a Pakistan !
Ahmedies are peace loving people & thats why many Ahmedies families have been migrated to other countries in search of peaceful life. May his soul rest in peace & Allah All Mighty grant him excellent place in paradise. Allah punish them who are creating disorder in the world.
When Maulana Aslam Sheikhupuri was murdered in the same karachi in daylight, why his sect and religion was not mentioned? Why emphasizing on qadyanis? If you will not do the justice with everyone this bias will not take you anywhere.
we believe in love for all hatred for none .. while others believe on love for power extreme hatred for ahmadyat!!! this is what the difference is !!! I dont know what was in killer's mind but before killing or doing such shame ful act one should think that above all i.e his faith or any other religious association the person was human being created by Almighty Allah ,no body has right to take away right of living from any one ...beautiful land of PAK is occupied by sick brains!!!!!!!!
May Allah almighty protect the innocent and give our society the strength to higher its standards of thoughts, open heartness and peace. Ameen A very tragic and sad incident for the Ahmadia community
@Londonstaani: What's wrong with you man?? Now you're acting as the "creator" as well?? Holy Prophet (S.A.W) said that anyone who says the Kalima and faces the Qaabah while praying is a muslim..And yeah for your information We follow the Holy Quran with all our heart! Now its upto Allah to decide whats in our hearts and surely only he is the one who knows the secrets of the heart.. So why take the responsibility of deciding something which is to be decided by the Divine himself?? Soch Soch Soch!!
Root cause is lack of law and order. Anybody can shoot anybody and getaway with it with minimal effort as police is largely ineffective or themselves scared.
I feel lucky that my grandparents didnt go to pakistan in 1947.
very sad incident...can't expect anything good for government...
@Ahmadi Muslim:
anyone who does not believe in the finality of prophethood, rejects Quran and therefore is outside of the fold of islam.
you claim that we are infested by mullah's narrow mindedness, on the contrary it is you who believes in a Cult which is merely hundred years old.........
Love for all hate for none: learn to love your killers also
@Zaikam: The government of a nation is supposed to protect its minorities as good as its majority community. In Pakistan however the government itself has decided to act against its minority by enacting a law which bans Ahamadis from practicing their religion in their way and have defaced their places of worship. Such murders will continue to happen until this discriminatory law is repealed and any mullah preaching against Ahmadis is punished severely.
@Rizwan: When they all are dead. That is the truth, however sad it may be.
Inna Lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji'un - To Allah we belong and to Him is our return, InshAllah People of this world have given their verdict and now it is upon Allah to reward those killers in this world or the hereafter. One thing is sure that Allah has given glad tidings to all those believers of Allah who were killed ruthlessly because of their faith, "And never think of those who have been killed in the cause of Allah as dead. Rather, they are alive with their Lord, receiving provision [Quran 3:196] Now it is not you and me to decide but InshAllah Allah will and He is not unjust or unaware of truth. Innocent blood of Ahmadi, Shia, Sunni or any other human being did not, and will not, go in vain, InshAllah.
@OP: And you sir I presume have taken the responsibility of the "Divine" to decide who is a muslim or not after he recites the Kalima... Time to reboot your mullah infested narrow minds else who knows.. Today you're acting like the "Creator", Tomorrow you might claim to be one =)
@Op: Yeeah sure ... But then can you suggest who gives you the right to decide on who is Muslim and who is not??? The same attitude of 'common people' is taking the country down. But then you have no right to complain that why because of the sins of only few the whole country is going down the drain. you all put in your share so own this destruction.
All, can we please wait for the proper judicial process to take its course and give us some reliable answers? For beating their drums, ET readers need no input from either the police or the judiciary.
surly to Allah we belong and surly to Allah we shall return, ameen. May Allah give his family strength
These days the terrorist outfit of jehadi groups and group of ulema-e-sue who are the tools for vested interest people are being used to target Ahmadies because they are the soft target who do not take revenge or protest on the street. They leave the fate to Allah.
Insha Allah they will be punished & brought to justice soon by Allah.
is this act right? this is thae question which i want to ask to our beloved nation........is this a lesson that Hazrat Muhammad s.a.w taught us that if you have any obection on any religion's beliefs then you kill him?????????? what happened in day of judgement when this innocent blood will satand againt the nation and specially against the master mind of this killing???????????
think about it and find the answers by your self.........
To Allah we belong and to Him we shall return!! Very sad incident indeed ='(
@Zaikam: It is simple. Ahmadis are being killed because they are Ahmadis, while Sunnis are not killed because they are Sunnis. You really do not need post-doctoral research experience in political science to understand this.
@Waqar: Look its called "IBADAT GAAH" not mosque. Mosque is for Muslims.
@Waqar: What r u talking about Waqar...... The day they destroyed Kharian Minaret , the next day there was an earth quake.... They don't realize, for them killing us is sawab, destroying our mosques is a good thing . They don't care because what we will do nothing. We will not retaliate. .... But there is one power Allah who will take care of us and innocent man's family who is killed for no reason. Innallilah-e-Wainaalleh Rajeoon
What a catastrophe this is so unreasonable the way people are unconcerned and not even feel sympathetitc when it comes to Ahmadis cruelty has led to extreme in Pakistan God knows whom are these people following whereas in the teachings of Prophet Muhammad (saw) he was sympathetic towards jews christians or anyother caste or creed and even let them pray in his mosque I wonder when will people educate themselves on humanitarian basis only if not religious ly i wonder people start thinking about the herafter at least in this holy month and stop their silence at least when it comes to barbarism and killing the innocent and true citizens of Pakistan ! May God Bless all Love For All Hatred For None !
Rasool Allah (saw) protected Jews And Christians and had mutual defense pacts with them. Today the followers of the rahmat al alameen (saw) are at an internecine killing spree. May Allah bless the shaheed and show the right path to all.
@@Zaikam: What a point you have raised. Sunnis are the great majority here. It is possible some Sunnis may also have been killed in the past by people of other sects in retaliation, but when the majority sprouts some elements who are intolerant of other sects, and starts killing them on sectarian grounds, the first thing that comes to mind in a case of wanton killing is the victim’s sect. In most cases, Lashkare Jhangvi or some such group claims responsibility for the murder, and then the motive becomes evident. But I want to remind you of a poem written during the second world war, when the Nazi party ruled Germany and people were killed merely because they were Jews, or Gypsies, or communists or trade union leaders, which went something like this: When they came for the trade unionists, I didn’t speak up, because I was not a trade unionist When they came for the Gypsies, I didn't speak up, because I was not a Gypsy When they came for the Jews, I didn't speak up, because I was not a Jew, When they came for the communists, I didn't speak up, because I was not a communist; .... Finally they came for me, but there was no one left to speak for me.
The point is not what you have focussed on. The point is that members of the minority sects or groups are being targeted simply out of hate. But the majority does not speak up. The majority ought to raise its voice against wanton killings of sectarian or ethnic minorities, or killings on other grounds. We all have to protest against this suicidal trend in our society. Ask the fanatics one question: Were all minorities to be wiped out by some magic wand (which is impossible) would that satisfy you? Believe me, they will then mark members of their own majority sect whom they do not see eye to eye with, and start targeting them. This will go on ad infinitum... Is this what you want? We should value people irrespective of their religion, sect or ethnicity. That alone is the key to survival and progress!!!
May Allah have mercy upon his soul and give his family patience and endless showers of blessings.
This cold blooded murder must be condemned. Pakistan is rapidly becoming unsafe for the minorities. If Pakistan is truly an Islamic country, then it should protect all the minorities living within its boundaries.
A colleague writes about him on twitter... "he was a gentleman ,a harmless person, has no dushmani with anyone" National Spokesperson of Jamaat Ahmadiyya Pakistan Mr.Saleem ud Din sahb says "Very recently the Anti Ahmadiyya wall chalking started in his area & this seem to be the immediate affect of the hate mongering." Also...News came in of Tremors in morning in Islamabad n Pindi today... "#Islamabad tremors strike a second time, reports of some highrise buildings being evacuated" It is high time Pakistan realizes its crime of killing God's beloved people or else we do remember what happened on 8th Oct 2005...when more than 80k lives were lost(Just a day after 8 ahmadi's were martyred in a mosque in Pakistan on 7th oct) May God protect Pakistan from going down that road again...
Kudos to ET for highlighting atrocities and brutality towards minority. Deafening silence on other leading news websites. God bless.
Very sad. When will Ahmadis stop suffering in Pakistan?
let us talk something else. This is no more a new in Pakistan as it happens everyday.
@Zaikam: "Why this much emphasis on Ahmadi? I didn’t see anybody mention so many others who get killed everyday as sunny."
Seems that being Ahmadi was his only "crime" or "fault." Sunnies and other sects have been implicated in mutual retaliatory killings but I have not heard of any Ahmadi killing someone because of their religious sect. Oh well who am I trying to reason with, silly me?
May Allah bless the family Mukarram Naeem Ahmed Gondal and grant him a entry into Paradise, Ameen.
Poor man got killed for no rhyme or reason ---- it's nothing but madness, when everyone is after everyone else. I don't think that his 'Belief' had anything to do with this tragic death, Karachi is above such small mindedness of sectarianism. We have great tolerance for our fellow citizens irrespective of their ethinicity or religioous commitments and they know it very well.
It is awful incident, what killers can gain here and hereafter
@Zaikam: The reason that the story mentions his religion is because it is noting that it is the possible cause for his assassination. Whereas political leaders' party affiliation and position of offices are often listed in other target killing stories to highlight possible causes of the assassination. And since the Karachi police is too inept to do anything about these killings, we are left to speculate as to why the murder occurs.
Sad!
Why this much emphasis on Ahmadi? I didn't see anybody mention so many others who get killed everyday as sunny.