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Sectarian Violence in Sindh - 2010

S.N.

Date

Place / District

Incidents

killed
Injured
1

January 5

Ferozewala / Karachi

An Ahmadi leader Muhammad Yousaf (70) was shot dead allegedly for seeking Police protection against sectarian zealots in Ferozewala Police Station area of Karachi.

1
0
2

March 11

Nazimabad / Karachi

An attempt was also made on Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Nadeem, a leader of the SSP, in which he was injured, while his son lost his life. Maulana Ghafoor Nadeem was shot at on his way to the city courts near Annu Bhai Park in Nazimabad in Karachi.

1
5
3

March 11

Sohrab Goth / Karachi

The noted religious leader and chief of the Aalmi Majlis-e-Tahafuza-e-Khatam-e-Naboowat (AMTKN), Mufti Saeed Jalalpuri, was shot dead along with three associates in Karachi.

4
0
4

May 10

Mominabad / Karachi

A doctor was shot dead in suspected sectarian attack in Karachi of Sindh. The victim, Haider Abbas, was on his way to the AKM Specialist Hospital in Mominabad in his car when two persons on a motorcycle fired at him, killing him on the spot.

1
0
5

May 28

Orangi / Karachi

A person belonging to the Shia community was killed and some others were wounded in a clash between two rival sects at Islam Chowk in Orangi Town of Karachi in Sindh.

1
NS
6

May 31

Awami Colony / Karachi

Nine persons were injured in a clash in Sector 19 of Awami Colony in Karachi in Sindh.

0
9
7

June 1

Nazimabad / Karachi

A person belonging to Shia community, Asif Raza Rizvi (42), was killed in an alleged sectarian targeted killing near the Inquiry Office at Nazimabad of Karachi City in Sindh.

1
0
8

June 3

Railway Colony / Karachi

A doctor, identified as Hassan Hyder, belonging to the Shia sect was shot dead by unidentified assailants near the Railway Colony of Karachi.

1
0
9

June 5

Gulbahar / Karachi

In a suspected sectarian attack, unidentified assailants riding a motorcycle shot dead a SSP cadre, Shehzad (25), in Petal Wali Gali under Gulbahar Police Station area of Karachi in Sindh in the night.

1
0
10 June 9 Karachi

A person belonging to the Shia community was shot dead at Karachi in Sindh in the continuing wave of sectarian violence in the city. The victim was identified as Shahzad Raza Rizvi.

1
0
11 June 12 Karachi

Two persons were shot dead in two sectarian targeted attacks at Karachi in Sindh and violence continued for the third consecutive day, sparking riots in various parts of the city.

2
0
12 June 14 Mobina Town / Karachi

A leader of the SSP was shot dead by two unidentified assailants in the Mobina Town Police limits at Karachi in Sindh.

1
0
13 June 17 Karachi

A doctor was shot dead in a sectarian attack in Karachi in Sindh. According to eyewitness accounts, the victim identified as Dr Zahid Hussain was in his car when unidentified assailants opened fire on him and managed to escape from the incident site. He was rushed to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre where doctors pronounced him dead.

1
0
14 July 1 Khokhrapar / Karachi

A cadre of the SSP, Qari Noor Muhammad (35), was shot dead in Khokhrapar Police Station area of Karachi. Sources said Qari Noor Muhammad, a Pesh-Imam of a mosque, and his friend Muneer (35), received bullet wounds when four assailants riding on two motorcycles opened fire at them while they were sitting outside the mosque.

1
1
15 August 11 Tariq Road / Karachi

A Shia person, Zakir Hussain (24), was shot dead by unidentified assailants riding a motorcycle in sectarian attack near the Madni Mosque in the Tariq Road area of Karachi in Sindh.

2
0
16 August 14 Hirabad / Sindh

A woman, Sabra, and a boy, Dilshad, were killed and eight other persons injured in a clash between two sectarian groups in Hirabad town in Sindh in the night.

2
8
17 August 16

Shalimar Park / Nazimabad / Karachi

Khadim Hussain (37), the son of Shia Action Committee chief and MWM central leader Maulana Mirza Yousuf Hussain, was shot dead in a sectarian attack near the Shalimar Park in the Nazimabad locality of Karachi.

1
1
18 August 17

Nishtar Road / Nabi Bux / Karachi

A prayer leader Mufti Furqan (50), son of Babu Ansari, belonging to the Deobandi sect, was shot dead by unidentified assailants while he was heading home in Marwari Mohalla on his motorcycle near Sabri Masjid on Nishtar Road under Nabi Bux Police Station in Karachi.

1
0
19 September 1

Empress Market / Karachi

At least seven persons including a Police constable sustained minor injuries when unidentified assailants in a building near Empress Market of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, opened fire near the main Youm-e-Ali procession at 5:30 pm (PST).

0
7
20 September 19

Old Golimar Chowrangi / Karachi / Sindh

A person belonging to the Shia community was killed in the Rizvia Police Station area in Karachi, the province capital of Sindh. DSP said the victim, identified as 37-year-old Tanveer Abbas, was at Old Golimar Chowrangi area when two unidentified assailants on a motorcycle shot him dead and managed to escape.

1
0
21 September 27

Gulshan-e-Hadeed / Karachi / Sindh

A person belonging to the Shia community, identified as Zaheer Abbas, was shot dead in a suspected sectarian attack near his house in Gulshan-e-Hadeed area of Karachi.

1
0
22 October 7

Abdullah Shah Ghazi / Clifton / Karachi / Sindh

Nine persons, including two children, were killed and over 65 others sustained injuries when two suicide bombers blew themselves up at the shrine of Abdullah Shah Ghazi in the Clifton area of Karachi in Sindh.

12
65
23 November 29

Mehmoodabad / Karachi / Sindh

A Shia leader, Nayyar Zaidi (50), the president of Pasban-e-Aza, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in a suspected sectarian attack in Mehmoodabad area of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.

1
0
24

December 17

Khanpur / Shikarpur / Sindh

SFs shot dead a suspected militant who tried to enter the Ashura procession along with a bag in a village near Khanpur in Shikarpur District of Sindh. The attacker managed to explode a grenade before he died, injuring four persons, including a Police official.

1
4
25 December 27 Karachi / Sindh

Five persons, including a minor girl, were killed and three others were injured in sectarian violence in different parts of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.

5
3
Total
44
103

Note:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.

 

 

 

 

 
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