ASWJ leader injured in firing incident in Karachi
Unidentified persons open fire at Mohyuddin Shah, who is the ASWJ President of district Malir, in Landhi.
Unidentified persons open fire at ASWJ President of district Malir Mohyuddin Shah in Landhi. PHOTO: FILE
KARACHI:
Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) President of district Malir Mohyuddin Shah was injured in a firing incident in Landhi area of Karachi, Express News reported on Wednesday.
Unidentified men opened fire at the ASWJ leader and managed to flee after the incident.
Shah was taken to a local hospital for medical assistance.
Previous incidents
Attacks on the ASWJ have increased in recent months.
On January 21, unidentified persons had opened fired at ASWJ leader Maulana Zareen in Karachi. Luckily, Zareen was not hurt in the attack.
Two activists of ASWJ were shot dead and five others including President ASWJ of Bhakkar District Maulana Abdul Hameed Khalid were injured in Sargodha on January 18.
Unidentified armed assailants on a motorcycle opened fired at Khalid’s car near Noori Gate, sources had told The Express Tribune.
On January 4, ASWJ Islamabad General Secretary Mufti Muneer Ahmed and an ASWJ office bearer Asad Mehmood were shot dead by two unidentified individuals. The bodies of the two ASWJ men had remained on the road as members of the ASWJ protested following the killing.
Many members of ASWJ were the victims of target killings in 2013 as well.
Three members of a family, associated with the ASWJ, were gunned down in Karachi in December, 2013.
In the same month, Maulana Shamsur Rehman Muawiya, the chief of ASWJ’s Punjab chapter, was killed after unidentified gunmen opened fire on his car along Ravi Road in Lahore.
Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) President of district Malir Mohyuddin Shah was injured in a firing incident in Landhi area of Karachi, Express News reported on Wednesday.
Unidentified men opened fire at the ASWJ leader and managed to flee after the incident.
Shah was taken to a local hospital for medical assistance.
Previous incidents
Attacks on the ASWJ have increased in recent months.
On January 21, unidentified persons had opened fired at ASWJ leader Maulana Zareen in Karachi. Luckily, Zareen was not hurt in the attack.
Two activists of ASWJ were shot dead and five others including President ASWJ of Bhakkar District Maulana Abdul Hameed Khalid were injured in Sargodha on January 18.
Unidentified armed assailants on a motorcycle opened fired at Khalid’s car near Noori Gate, sources had told The Express Tribune.
On January 4, ASWJ Islamabad General Secretary Mufti Muneer Ahmed and an ASWJ office bearer Asad Mehmood were shot dead by two unidentified individuals. The bodies of the two ASWJ men had remained on the road as members of the ASWJ protested following the killing.
Many members of ASWJ were the victims of target killings in 2013 as well.
Three members of a family, associated with the ASWJ, were gunned down in Karachi in December, 2013.
In the same month, Maulana Shamsur Rehman Muawiya, the chief of ASWJ’s Punjab chapter, was killed after unidentified gunmen opened fire on his car along Ravi Road in Lahore.