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
|