Sectarian target killings in Karachi

[pak-marine]

=ice_man;962782]nope the thread title says KARACHI my friend!!! secretarian violence was started by ZIA-ul-haq! pakistan has been divided ever since!!! so yes any target killings in karachi is done by MQM period!!
as for other parts of the country....those secretarian violence is done by TTP mostly! like the attack on ahmedis or the attack on FIA headquarters!

another typical master piece , in your opinion al sect voilence are caried out by mqm in khi since 90's whereas the similar happened in all over pakistan , you think its TTP ...

TTP came into being after WOT started we are talking 90's You need some real really .. shall i presume u lack of info or is it plain stupidity or simply ignorance<national denial mode>?

 

[ice_man]

another typical master piece , in your opinion al sect voilence are caried out by mqm in khi since 90's whereas the similar happened in all over pakistan , you think its TTP ...

TTP came into being after WOT started we are talking 90's You need some real really .. shall i presume u lack of info or is it plain stupidity or simply ignorance<national denial mode>?

nope not the case. tell me what secratarian violence are you talking about in the rest of pakistan in the 90's please give sources to your "claim" of ALL OVER PAKISTAN SECRATARIAN VIOLENCE HAPPENED?? and where was this violence in karachi before the RISE OF BHAI KI PARTY MQM!!??? karachi was city of lights sukun kaa shaair until the rise of BHAI!


didn't BHAI SAY LEARN JUDDO KARATE BUY GUNS DIDN'T BHAI ORDER 12TH MAY???

 

[RescueRanger]

Yes sadly having spent a few years of my youth in Karachi i can say from first hand experience that MQM does play a role in stoking the fires of ethnic strife. I wont comment on antying prior to the 90's but if you just consider the incidents in Lyari, Goli Mar etc...

In recent events the ANP is also a very guilty party, drawing battlelines between MQM workers the exploting the fear of the minority pashtun's was a dastardly act.

The MQM had been playing the same old harp of accusing the local Pathans of supporting terrorism and AQN. Do you remember the calls on radio and press for Karachiites to arm themselves and form chowkidar's in their communities?

I remember that time and what is happening today is no different, same of bunch of rotten apples.

 

[pak-marine]

Surgeon shot dead in Karachi&#8217;s Nazimabad area By Our Staff Reporter
Thursday, 19 Aug, 2010 Deputy inspector-general of the west zone of police, Sultan Khawaja, said the killing seems to have a sectarian motive. &#8212; Photo by AP Metropolitan
Home Minister directs increase in security for ulema KARACHI: An orthopaedic surgeon was shot dead near the board office traffic intersection in Nazimabad on Wednesday afternoon, police said.

They added that Dr Javed Shakoor, son of Abdul Shakoor, was the owner of M.O. Memon Hospital located in Husainabad and resident of Gulshan-i-Iqbal.

The police said that the 50-year-old doctor was heading to Nazimabad from the hospital in his car (AHQ-177) when unidentified men sprayed him with bullets at 1.15pm.

Nazimabad SHO Jehanzeb told Dawn that the victim suffered five bullet wounds in his chest and shoulder from the right side. &#8220;The victim was rushed to the nearby Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival,&#8221; he said.

The police later collected seven spent bullet casings from the crime-scene, the SHO said, adding that the assailants used a 9mm pistol in the attack.

&#8220;It is not yet clear if the attackers were riding a motorcycle or travelling in a car,&#8221; the official said. Similarly, he said, the police were not certain about their number, as eyewitness had not shared any information with the police so far despite the fact that the attack was carried out on a main road in the presence of dozens of people.

The official said the family had not lodged the FIR, telling the police that they would do so after the burial of the victim.

The deputy inspector-general of the west zone of police in the city, Sultan Khawaja, said there seemed to be a sectarian motive behind the killing, but other possibilities could also not be ruled out at this stage.

Security guard, cashier killed

A security guard and a cashier were killed in the Pak Colony area on Wednesday over what police described as a property dispute.

The police said that the attackers did not deprive the victims of Rs900,000, which the latter had collected from different shops as outstanding dues.

An official at the Pak Colony police station said that Wazir Shah, the cashier of the pharmacy company in SITE, and the private guard, Murad Gul, were returning in a car after collecting payments from different shops when unidentified persons intercepted them near the Bismillah Hotel and sprayed them with bullets before fleeing.

The police official said that the victims suffered two bullets each in the chest and neck and died before they could he shifted to the hospital.

A 9mm pistol was used in the targeted killing, according to the investigators.

Liaquatabad SP Naveed Khwaja said initial investigations indicated that the killings were carried out over a property dispute.

Till the filing of this report, the FIR of the murder had not been registered.
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[pak-marine]

Karachi’s sectarian time bomb



KARACHI: Of recent there have been indications that long-dormant Shia militant outfits may be reorganising themselves in order to take on hard line Sunni groups in Karachi.

On Jan 2, police claimed to have arrested several suspects belonging to the proscribed Shia organisation Sipah-i-Muhammad Pakistan (SMP) in an encounter.

Wanted in a host of cases, police claim members of the group were actively involved in the targeted killing of sectarian rivals.

These arrests have raised questions such as whether Shia militant groups really are forming in the metropolis, what (if any) is their link to the SMP of the past and what are the reasons behind this development.

SMP first came to light in the early 1990s, when the sectarian conflict was at its peak in Pakistan. A largely Punjab-based outfit, it lost steam by the middle of the decade and in the early 2000s was banned by the Musharraf regime.

In this particular instance all of the suspects hail from Karachi. If the police’s claims are true, it means that a new, extremely dangerous dimension in Pakistan’s sectarian war may be opening up in the metropolis.

Observers have said that as the state has failed to stem the tide of targeted killings, radicalised youth are willing to take the law into their own hands to settle scores.

To further complicate the situation there has been a constantly growing nexus between proscribed Sunni sectarian outfits such as Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) and its dreaded offshoot Lashkar-i-Jhangvi (LJ) with the Taliban and other jihadi outfits.

This has caused the Shia groups to react as jihadi and sectarian extremists combine forces against a common ‘enemy’.

Karachi’s police chief has said the arrested men belong to the ‘Mehdi Force’, supposedly a breakaway faction of the SMP. However, analyst Amir Rana says that there is little evidence linking the ‘new’ and ‘old’ SMP.

“When action was taken against the SMP in Punjab [in the mid-’90s] the activists fled, some abroad, some to other parts of Pakistan, including Karachi. The organisation always remained active in Quetta. [The presently active] SMP in Karachi is not a continuity of the original organisation. SMP is being used as a brand name. It became active in the city in March 2009, when lawyers representing SSP members [were killed].”

Shia leaders are sceptical of the police’s ‘encounter’ claim, with some suggesting the men were actually picked up from their homes 10-12 days before the alleged encounter.

“The organisation known as Sipah-i-Muhammad does not exist. It ceased to exist years ago. Its leader is in jail in Punjab. Why does this organisation not release any statements if these men belong to it? It needs to be proved that the arrested men have links to the so-called SMP,” said Allama Abbas Kumaili of the Jaffria Alliance.

Targeted killings during 2010 remained a major law and order issue in Karachi, with over 350 people (according to police figures) killed due to their political, ethnic or religious affiliations.

Taj Hanafi of the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat — the current working title of the SSP — feels that targeted killings continue because action against perpetrators is not even-handed.

“Our countless workers have been gunned down over the last year. Yet there has been no action against the culprits. Hence people get emotional. Also, people’s sentiments get worked up when religious personalities are insulted.”

Allama Kumaili feels that the network of terrorism must be dismantled if targeted killings are to be controlled.

“Arrest the real culprits. Cut off their funding. Arrest those responsible for brain-washing people. Shut down the nurseries producing terrorists.”

Experts of Karachi’s complex ethnic-cum-sectarian warfare believe if the state fails to protect the lives and property of its citizens, vigilantes claiming to represent their respective communities are bound to fill the gap.

And this is exactly what is happening in the city, where militant groups are themselves becoming judge, jury and executioners.

 

[Uchiha]

GREAT!! first PESHAWAR then LAHORE and now KARACHI!!


first shia vs SUNNI then muslims vs AHEMDIS and now family killings in karachi!!


foreign hand is playing a beautiful game here!! make everyone fight each other make pakistan unstable from within!

Ahmedis arent a threat, more like an annoyance.

 

[salmakh84]

have created a thread for this: http://www.defence.pk/forums/national-political-issues/126148-poll-biggest-threat-pakistan.html

 

[Solomon2]

“The exact reason behind the fresh violence is not clear, but it’s a dispute among people of the same family, who are followers of different schools of thought,” said an official at the New Karachi Industrial Area police station. “A few months ago a man was gunned down over the dispute within the family allegedly by the followers of the rival school of thought. So the family dispute turned into a sectarian issue for both parties.”

Other than power, what do the warring parties think they are fighting for?

 

[Black Widow]

Other than power, what do the warring parties think they are fighting for?

Totalarian control over Karachi...

Ahmedis arent a threat, more like an annoyance.

I don't think using such term for any ethnic/religious group is good. Remember everyone loves his religion and no religion is made by god, all are made by us only..

GREAT!! first PESHAWAR then LAHORE and now KARACHI!!
first shia vs SUNNI then muslims vs AHEMDIS and now family killings in karachi!!
foreign hand is playing a beautiful game here!! make everyone fight each other make pakistan unstable from within!

What is happening there is really heart breaking. Our sympathy on those who are dead (innocents). Let me clear one thing, foreign hand are busy in saving there A**. India is going thru mass movement. America is suffering thru financial crisis. Israel is busy in Palestine. Britain is going thru worst riots.

All foreign hands are busy to save their castle. Don't act like Rashid Alvi, DogVijay singh and Manish tiwari by giving foreign hand comment.. (These 3 gentlemen are well known for their stupid comments)

 

[third eye]

http://www.dawn.com/2011/08/23/surgical-operation-in-karachi-on-cards.html

&#8216;Surgical operation&#8217; in Karachi on cards

KARACHI: As the wave of violence gripping Karachi for a almost a week continued unabated and at least 12 lives were lost on Monday, the government decided to launch a surgical operation immediately without discrimination in all areas which have become combat zones because of target killings, extortion, land grab and politicised turf wars.

This was stated by Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon on Monday night while briefing newsmen about the decisions taken by the government after two marathon sessions of the Sindh cabinet at the Chief Minister&#8217;s House with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in the chair.

Terming the meetings as fruitful which will give positive results, Mr Memon said there was a detailed discussion on the situation in the city and different options were taken into consideration.

He said the government had decided to ensure protection of the life and property of people by foiling all conspiracies being hatched against democracy because if Karachi was disturbed, the entire country was disturbed.

He said no pressure would be tolerated and the operation would be launched across the board and all coalition partners and Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad, who was present in one of the meetings, were taken on board. They endorsed the decisions.

Asked if the army&#8217;s help would be required for the operation, the minister said the army is our heart. &#8220;Our police were demoralised by the killing of those police officials who had taken part in the last operation. However, now the IG Police and the DG Rangers have asked the government to have faith in their force saying they have full capability and capacity to eliminate the network of terrorists despite whatever weapons they had or whichever country&#8217;s support the terrorists enjoyed.&#8221;

Referring to allegations hurled by the MQM leadership against the PPP and the government, Mr Memon termed them baseless and said it could be because of some misunderstandings or due to wrong information. The allegations were not true. &#8220;The PPP is a federal party which exists not only in all provinces but in each and every part of the country and Azad Kashmir.&#8221;

He said the PPP never harboured terrorists and neither body-bags nor extortion was its culture.

He said the PPP considered the MQM as a federal party. Its complaint against one community was not justified. He said not only Urdu-speaking people were killed in the recent spate of killings, but also people who speak other languages.

The Urdu-speaking people were in majority in the PPP in Karachi and were &#8216;our brothers&#8217;.

The minister said he would not respond to similar allegations despite many PPP workers and leaders like Abdullah Murad and Munawwar Suhrawardi were killed because such attitude would only help anti-state forces who want to see the nation divided.

&#8220;We don&#8217;t like peace to be disturbed and that is why we want reconciliation with the MQM in accordance to the policy laid down by Shaheed Benazir Bhutto.&#8221;

Mr Memon said the MQM had raised an issue with reference to the Amn Committee and Lyari gang war. He said Lyari was a constituency from where Shaheed Benazir Bhutto and President Asif Ali Zardari were elected.

It was clear to everyone that when the drug and gang war was introduced in the locality. He said it was a fact that Rehman Baloch was killed during the PPP government and it was PPP government which had arrested 107 target killers and even the killer of MQM MPA Raza Haider was arrested, therefore there was no truth in the allegation that the killers were not being arrested.

He said there could be a delay but the government was determined to take every criminal to task.

He said the government was determined to make the city weapon-free so that Karachi should once again become a cradle of peace.

The minister also appealed to the media not to report any speculation without confirmation. He said some of those who had
attacked policemen in Chakra Goth were arrested and others would soon be nabbed.

 

[pak-marine]

‘One Shia after another is killed and you want us to stay silent?’

By Our Correspondent
Published: January 31, 2012

Shahrah-e-Pakistan was blocked for hours as a protest erupted amid the funeral for two men, leading to baton charge and tear gas shelling by the police on Monday. At least 25 men have lost their lives this month. PHOTO: RASHID AJMERI/EXPRESS
KARACHI:
Protesters blocked Sharah-e-Pakistan for more than six hours on Monday, causing a massive traffic jam during and after the funeral procession of the two Ahle Tasheeh activists murdered earlier o.n. One of them, Jaffar Mohsin Rizvi, was killed on Saturday while the other one, Syed Taseer Abbas Zaidi, was gunned down on Monday morning.
Some men among the mourners forming the funeral procession also gave vent to their anger with volleys of aerial firing, which sent the message to shopkeepers in Ancholi and its surrounding areas that they had better go home.
Police and Rangers had to work hard to avert a clash between the protesters, who were returning from the burial, and the Pakhtun residents at Sohrab Goth. As the protesters set fire to road-side stalls and set ablaze a bus, police baton-charged the crowd.
With Monday’s victims, the toll in sectarian and political violence for the first month of 2012 stood at 25. The Sindh police chief held a meeting in the evening which was also reportedly attended by representatives from both sects.
Zaidi was gunned down near his home in Samanabad police limits. He was an employee of the Karachi Electricity Supply Company and was also a member of the Anjuman Tanzim-e-Hussaini. His elder brother, Raza Abbas, is a nauha khawan, one who recites elegies at mourning sessions.
According to witnesses, Taseer was waiting for company transport near his residence when men shot and killed him. “Hardly five minutes after Zaidi’s car came on the road, he was shot dead,” said a shopkeeper, Usman, not his real name. “The killers did not leave the spot, till they were sure that he was dead,” he added. He was shot thrice in the face, chest and abdomen and died on the spot. His body was taken to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.
The combined funeral of Zaidi and a 59-year-old Rizvi, who was gunned down on Saturday in Gulberg in the same manner, were offered at Imambargah Khairul Amal in Ancholi after Zohr prayers.
As their bodies were being taken to Wadi-e-Hussain graveyard, scores of protesters gathered on main Shahrah-e-Pakistan, blocking the traffic for hours. They also set tyres on fire. They attacked media personnel and damaged their cameras to prevent them from covering the violence, which spread after the participants of the funeral procession returned from the graveyard. They fired in the air and set a passenger bus on fire. “One Shia after another is being killed and we are not allowed even to protest,” lamented an angry young man. “If we decide to retaliate, nobody would be able to stop us,” he warned.
The scuffle between the police and protesters also took place when the law enforcers tried to disperse them. The law enforcers, however, charged at them with batons and fired tear gas at the mob and detained about one dozen men.
DSP Nasir Bukhari confirmed that Monday’s incident was an act of targeted killing. “But it is fallacious to assume that there is a sectarian motive behind the killing of every Shia and Sunni,” he said.

 

[pak-marine]

Target killing: Man shot dead after Zuhr


By Our Correspondent
Published: January 26, 2012

KARACHI: A member of the Tableeghi Jamaat was gunned down near in Sector 11.5, Orangi Town on Wednesday, said the Pakistan Bazaar police. The man was identified as 46-year-old Mehtab. He was shot on his way back home from the mosque after Zuhr. DSP Tariq Malik said that Mehtab was the organiser of Tableeghi procession in Orangi. He added that the victim was shot at six times. The body was taken to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital. He leaves behind five children. No case was registered when this report was filed.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 26th, 2012.

 

[pak-marine]

Sectarian & ethnic attacks?: One killed in Gulberg, 3 in New Karachi

By Faraz Khan
Published: January 30, 2012

Protestors clashed with the security forces deployed in the area. Police fired shots into the air and arrested 20 men. Booths under the bridge and a bus were also set on fire during the protests. PHOTO: NNI

KARACHI: A wave of killings continue to plague Karachi, as another man from the Shia sect was targeted in the limits of Gulberg Police Station on Monday.
Taseer Abbas Zaidi was killed in FB Area Block 20 when two men on a motorbike open fired on him.
He was the brother of noha khawan Raza Abbas. The deceased will be buried at Wadai-e-Hussain.
Tension gripped the area immediately after the incident and unidentified men forced shopkeepers to close their stores in Ancholi and the Water Pump areas. Shara-e-Pakistan is also reported to be blocked.
Protestors also blocked the media and targeted media personnel. They were present on the Ancholi side of the Sohrab Goth bridge and members of Pashtun community were on the other side.
Protestors clashed with the security forces deployed in the area. Police fired shots into the air and arrested 20 men.
Booths under the bridge and a bus were also set on fire during the protests.
The city has been under the grip of sectarian and political violence during the last couple of weeks, with the death toll standing at above 20 in the month of January.
In another act of targeted killing, 59-year-old Jaffar Mohsin Rizvi, alias doctor, the son of Syed Baqar Rizvi, was gunned down in Gulberg on Saturday.
Three men killed in New Karachi attack
Three men were killed on Monday when unidentified men opened fired at their vehicle in New Karachi.
The men were fired upon outside Pir Bazaar near Powerhouse roundabout in North Karachi.
SHO Ilyas Shah of Bilal Colony police station, who immediately reached the spot, said that three men were sent to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital in an injured condition.
However, they succumbed to their injuries while being moved to the hospital. The dead were identified as Adnan, a resident of New Karachi, Nizamuddin alias Adil, a resident of Orangi town and Irfan alias Shahrukh.
SP Chaudhry Asad though told The Express Tribune that the men belonged to the MQM. However, he refused to confirm whether this was an ethnic attack. “Investigations are still underway,” he said.
Police has set up a cordon at the scene of the crime. Shops in the area have been closed following the incident. Reports of tensions from New Karachi, North Karachi, Nazimabad, FB area and Nazimabad have been received.

 

[Irfan Baloch]

Most these killers are on a pay roll of some politician Most bastard politician in Pakistan think they are safe and free to rob since people are busy fighting one another so they make it happen.

they changed their name from Sipah Sahabah
but they havent changed their methods


the Govt thinks by banning the "name" they can will away the secterian violence
this is the kind of "peaceful" Pakistan some of us want when the only people dying are of religious minority

 

[VCheng]

This type of sectarian violence upsurged in the 90s too. Is there a specific political reason for it to flare up again this time?