The police said the deceased belonged to a Shia family, the murder was a case of target killing. PHOTO: FILE
Also known as Prince, Haider, a resident of Kachi Mohallah, was at Dora Chowk when unidentified men on a motorcycle opened fire at him. He was grievously injured. Haider was rushed to the Lady Reading Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The police told The Express Tribune Zulqarnain belonged to a Shia family and they believed his murder was an incident of target killing.
Attacks making marks of those from Shia families have been on the rise since the start of 2013.
On January 9, Dr Riaz Hussain was shot dead outside his clinic in Dabgari Gardens. This was followed by the death of Dr Shah Nawaz Ali on January 22. He was attacked inside his clinic in Saddar.
On February 8, Advocate Malik Jarar Hussain was shot dead on Gulbahar Road while on his way to drop his children to school.
The targeted attack on Akbar Ali, a trader in Kochi Bazaar, on March 2 was the 11th such attack over the preceding two months. More have died in similar incidents since.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 3rd, 2013.
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@Cool D:
They don't name every crime as sectarian unless it fits a trend or pattern, which is the research mentioned in the above article. Its unfortunate, and I find it odd, that you would find the term 'sectarian' or 'Shia' or 'Sunni' to correctly identify the crime or victim more dangerous than the actual motives and acts of violent extremist hate crimes continuously being committed in these names by the culprits.
@Stranger:
Even with or without this latest act of murder, there have been thousands of deaths and evidences that has proven the existence of sectarianism, so the chances of being 'cheated' is slim. Its unfortunate denial is adopted as a defensive mechanism response, to avoid culpability in being associated with the extremists' sects, but excuses only makes it look worse. A better response would be for moderates of said sect to acknowledge the problem and distance themselves by condemning extremists and pro-actively tackling the issue.
Shia of Peshawar are now a target.... May Allah Protect all righteous Muslims...
@Usman: Sometimes eyes and ears get cheated. The best way to judge is by investigating.Please lets not start accusing some one or some sect.
Why our media esp ET is so concerned about giving name to everything as sectarian violence. Do they have carried some research about it before using such dangerous term?
@Muslim:
Your comment highlights sectarian bias, prejudice and bigotry, in this case anti-Shia resentment and conspiracy mongering (dominating BBC...wow) by a privileged non-moderate conservative Sunni.
The Pak media is now, after so many years, if not, decades, correctly mirroring the fact based reality and evidences of the higher statistical frequency of targeted attacks against random Shia sect minority citizens as compared to random Sunni sect majority citizens based on sectarian motives by sectarian militants which are most frequently committed by Wahhabi/Salafi/Deoband/Sunni extremist backgrounds rather than any other groups such as Sunni Barelvi, Sufi or Shia militants.
BBC and every other independent 3rd party groups have objectively and correctly depicted the sectarian bigotry and crisis in Pak long ago, which was rather taboo to openly discuss in Pak and only recently have Pakistani newspapers come around to honestly recognize it. It is not the media that is flaring up violence, it is your own local citizens who are frequently indulging in such hate, intolerance and crime.
Muslim:
This is because anti-Shia terrorists have openly announced that they are killing Shias as a policy.
On the other hand, no Shia party has stated that they are killing other sects as a policy.
Furthermore, the balance of killings is overwhelmingly against the Shia.
@Stranger: How do you know that it is not a sectarian strike? Please stop being blind to what is happening around you.
How do U know that its a 'sectarian' killing ?for all you know it could be due to some personal enemity. Please dont give a religious colour to everything.