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Sectarian Violence in Sindh - 2012

S.N.

Date

Place / District

Incidents

killed
Injured
1

January 7

Surjani Town / Karachi / Sindh

A Shia man, identified as Syed Qalb-e-Abbas Rizvi, who was also the member of MQM Elders Committee succumbed to his injuries. Surjani Police said that the victim had been shot and injured on January 7 by unidentified armed assailants while at a general store in Surjani Town.

1
0
2

January 24

Pan Mandi Jodia Bazaar / Risala PS / Karachi / Sindh

Unidentified assailants shot dead two cadres, identified as Muhammad Ali alias Mama, (33), and Muhammad Nauman, (22), belonging to ASWJ, near Pan Mandi Jodia Bazaar within the precincts of Risala Police Station in Karachi. The Police claimed that it was a sectarian killing.

2
0
3
January 25 Maulana Din Muhammad Wafai Road / Karachi / Sindh

Unidentified assailants shot dead three members of the Shia Lawyers' Forum on Maulana Din Muhammad Wafai Road of Karachi in Sindh.

3
0
4
January 28

Gulberg / Karachi / Sindh

A former trustee of Aal-Aba Imambargah, identified as Jaffar Mohsin Rizvi (60), was shot dead in the Gulberg area of Karachi.

1
0
5
January 29

Usmanabad / Garden PS / Karachi / Sindh

Two activists of ST, identified as Sohail Ahmed and Saleem Qadri, were shot dead in an incident of sectarian killing near their party's office in Usmanabad area within the precincts of Garden Police Station in Karachi.

2
0
6
January 30

Ancholi / Karachi / Sindh

A Shia man, identified as Syed Taseer Abbas Zaidi (24), was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Ancholi area of Karachi.

1
0
7
January 31

Malir railway crossing / Saudabad PS / Karachi / Sindh

Doctor Ashfaq Ahmed Qazi was shot dead in a sectarian attack near Malir railway crossing within the precinct of Saudabad Police Station in Karachi.

1
0
8
January 31

Mughal Hazara Goth / Karachi / Sindh

Naeem Abbas (25) was standing in Mughal Hazara Goth of Karachi when unidentified militants opened fire on him, injuring him seriously. Police said that the victim belonged to the Shia community.

1
0
9
February 7

Surjani Town / Karachi

A local leader of the ASWJ, identified as Qari Asghar, was shot dead in the Surjani Town Police limits of Karachi in Sindh.

2
6
10
March 24 Malir City / Karachi

Former President of Malir Bar Association Salahuddin Jaffery (64), and his son, identified as Ali Raza Jaffery (35), were shot dead in the fresh spate of sectarian target killing within the jurisdiction of Malir City Police Station in Karachi.

2
0
11
April 6

Sector L-1 / Maymarabad Mosque / Surjani Town / Karachi

A seminary teacher, Naeem Sheikh (55), was also shot dead in an act of "sectarian" killing in Sector L-1 near the Maymarabad Mosque in Surjani Town of Karachi in Sindh.

1
0
12
April 7

Akbar Baloch Goth / Steel Town / Karachi

A prayer leader, Arif Ejaz Khan, was shot dead outside a mosque situated in Akbar Baloch Goth in Steel Town in a drive-by shooting.

1
0
13
April 7

Ghazi Town of Karachi

A seminary student, Mohammad Daud (17) was shot dead in Ghazi Town of Karachi.

1
0
14
April 7

Lasbela Road / Karachi

Sarwar Bahadur, a leader of the ASWJ, formerly known as banned SSP, was injured when armed militants shot at him on Lasbela Road of Karachi.

0
1
15
May 8

Chamcha Hotel / Orangi Town / Karachi

A Shia man and an activist of MQM, identified as Mirza Sarfaraz (38), was shot dead by two unidentified armed assailants near Chamcha Hotel in Orangi Town within the limits of Orangi Town Police Station in Karachi.

1
0
16
May 10

Site B Police Station / Karachi

A Shia man, Syed Zain Hassan (24), was shot dead at Labour Square, Site within the jurisdiction of Site B Police Station in Karachi.

1
0
17
May 13

Rangoonwala Hall / Dhoraji / Karachi

Four unidentified armed assailants attacked prominent Deobandi religious leader and scholar Maulana Aslam Sheikhupuri's car in a sectarian target killing near the Rangoonwala Hall in Dhoraji area killing him and his driver.

2
2
18
May 13

Bhutto Nagar / Karachi

Two dead bodies of Hazara men, identified as Bahadur Khan (36) and Shay Shah Faisal, were found in Bhutto Nagar area.

2
0
19
May 15

Inquiry Office / Nazimabad / Karachi

A Shia man, identified as Syed Mehdi Raza (32), was killed in a targeted sectarian attack near the Inquiry Office in Nazimabad area while he was going to offer prayers at Jamia Imamia Imambargah.

1
0
20
May 30

Hariana Colony / Orangi Town / Karachi

Two Shias, identified as Syed Mehdi Raza (35) and Ahmer Raza (22), were killed in a sectarian target killing in the Hariana Colony of Orangi Town in Karachi.

2
0
21
June 7

Ayesha Manzil / Azizabad PS / Karachi

One Adnan (26) was killed in an act of sectarian killing at Ayesha Manzil in the limits of Azizabad Police Station in Karachi while he was going to Madni Mosque with his friend Tahir.

1
0
22 June 17

Safari Park / University Road / Karachi

Two persons lost their lives and 18 others sustained injuries after a roadside bomb went off when participants were on their way to Youm-e-Quds rally near Safari Park on University Road in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.

2
18
23 June 17

Petal Wali Gali / Gulbahar PS / Karachi

A young man Abbas Raza, son of Aqeel Raza, belonging to the Shia sect was gunned down in a targeted killing incident in Petal Wali Gali within Gulbahar Police limits of Karachi.

1
0
24 June 18

Taqwa Mosque / Gulberg / Karachi

Unidentified men barged into Taqwa Mosque in Gulberg area of Karachi and shot injured two members Qari Asif and Qari Shakirullah of the mosque committee who succumbed to their injuries later.

2
0
25 June 18

Sector 5C-4 / North Karachi / Karachi

Three Deobandi were shot dead in Sector 5C-4 of North Karachi. Police said Maulana Muhammad Yahya, Faizan Ilyas and Mujahid Aleem were sitting outside their house when gunmen, riding motorcycles, opened fire on them.

3
0
26 June 18

Disco Mor / North Karachi / Karachi

Armed motorcyclists opened fire at a teashop in Disco Mor of North Karachi, killing five Deobandi. Police said the victims were identified as Hafiz Syed Sharjeel Ali, Noor Rasheed, Zahoor Ahmed, Shaukat and Atif Ali.

5
0
27 June 18

Gulberg / Samanabad PS / Karachi

A Deobandi, identified as Qari Ahsan, was also gunned down in Gulberg in the limits of Samanabad Police Station in Karachi.

1
0
28 June 18

Baitul Mukaram Mosque / Aziz Bhatti PS / Karachi

A man from the Deoband school of thought was killed near Baitul Mukaram Mosque, in the vicinity of Aziz Bhatti Police Station, in Karachi. Identity of the deceased could not be ascertained until the filing of this report.

1
0
29 August 25

Rizvia Society / Rizvia PS / Karachi

A Shia man, identified as Syed Faraz (25), affiliated with MWM was killed at Rizvia Society within the limits of Rizvia Police Station. Police suspected that he was killed over sectarian bias.

1
0
30 August 25

Baldia Town / Baldia PS / Karachi

A Policeman belonging to the Shia community, identified as Gohar Abbas (48), was shot dead in Baldia Town within the jurisdiction of Balida Police Station.

1
0
31 September 6

Gulistan Colony / Karachi

A Government schoolteacher belonging to the Ahmadi community, identified as Abdul Ghaffar (35), was shot dead in Gulistan Colony within the limits of Chakiwara Police Station.

1
0
32 September 18

Hyderi Market / North Nazimabad / Karachi

At least seven people belonging to the Dawoodi Bohra community, including a three-month-old baby Shabbir, a 12-year-old girl Umema and a woman, were killed and 22 others injured in twin bomb blasts on a road between two apartment buildings - Qasr-e-Kutbuddin and Burhani Bagh - in Block C of North Nazimabad, commonly called Bohra Compound.

7
22
33 September 22

Mehmoodabad / Karachi

The former Ahmadi legislator, Malik Atta (60), was shot dead in Mehmoodabad within the precincts of Baloch Colony Police Station.

1
0
34 September 22

Orangi Town / Karachi

A Shia, identified as Ali Hassan (26), was shot dead in Chishti Nagar within the vicinity of Orangi Town Police.

1
0
35 September 27

Ayesha Manzil / Karachi

one Qasim Raza (35) was shot dead near Ayesha Manzil by armed militants wielding automatic weapons

1
0
36 September 27

North Karachi / Karachi

The caretaker of the Wali Hassan Imambargah, Shabeer Hussain (40), was shot dead just outside the Imambargah in North Karachi within the Bilal Colony Police jurisdiction

1
0
37 September 27

Tipu Sultan / Karachi

One ASWJ cadre, Maulana Kaleemullah, was shot dead unidentified assailants in the Tipu Sultan area while he was on his way home.

1
0
38 September 30

Anda Morr / New Karachi / Karachi

A supporter of ASWJ who was barber by profession, identified as Sultan, was shot dead at his shop near Anda Morr in New Karachi.

1
0
39 October 4

Nashter Road / Karachi

The bullet-riddled dead body of a trustee of the Imambargah Bara Imam, identified as Qamar Allah Ditta (43), was found from his car on Nashter Road within the precincts of Garden Police Station.

1
0
40 October 5

Landhi / Karachi

A cadre of ST as well as Dawat-e-Islami, identified as Fida Ali (23), was shot dead in Landhi within the limits of Landhi Police Station

1
0
41 October 8

Nazimabad / Karachi

A Shia man, identified as Qamber Naqvi (30), associated with MWM was shot dead in a sectarian attack at an inquiry office in Nazimabad within the precincts of Rizvia Police Station.

1
0
42 October 8

Orangi Town / Karachi

A cadre of ASWJ died during treatment at the Aga Khan Hospital. Police officials said that the victim was injured in a targeted attack at his shop in Orangi Town on October 5, 2012.

1
0
43 October 15

Mobina Town / Karachi

Four cadres of ASWJ were shot dead within the precincts of Mobina Town Police Station near Siddique-e-Akbar mosque in Karachi.

4
0
44 October 15

Gulberg / Karachi

A cadre of ASWJ, identified as Abdul Hannan (29), was shot dead at his shop within the limits of Gulberg Police Station in Gulbahar area.

1
0
45 October 15

Bilal Colony / Karachi

A cadre of ST, identified as Usman Qadri alias Lara, was shot dead at his party office under the jurisdiction of Bilal Colony Police Station in New Karachi area.

1
0
46 October 17

Qasba Colony / Karachi

A Shia man, identified as Ali Raza, was shot dead near Imambargah in Qasba Colony.

1
0
47 October 19

Gulistan-e-Jauhar / Karachi

Three cadres of ASWJ and students of the Darul Khair Madrassa in Gulistan-e-Jauhar, identified as Qari Mujahid, Qari Azizur Rehman and Abdul Rauf, were shot dead in a suspected sectarian attack on Abul Hasan Ispahani Road, near the SUI Head Office.

3
0
48 October 19

Baldia Town / Karachi

A man belonging to the Ahmadiyya community, identified as Saad, was killed and his father, Farooq, brother, Hamad, and uncle, Nusrat were injured while they were returning home in a car from their worship place in Ghaus Nagar, Baldia Town.

1
3
49 October 22

Khadda Market / Lyari

A Shia sport reporter of Janbaz Newspaper, identified as Ali Raza, was shot dead within Baghdadi Police remits at Khadda Market in Lyari.

1
0
50 October 24

Landikotal Chowrangi

A cadre of ASWJ, identified as Waheed, who was injured in a targeted attack along with his brother Isamil on October 23, 2012 near Landikotal Chowrangi succumbed to his injuries.

1
0
51 October 24

Bandhani Colony

Two cadres of the ASWJ, Shafiq and Zubair, were shot at and injured in a targeted attack at Bandhani Colony.

2
0
52 October 25

FB Area

At least five cadres of ASWJ were shot dead in a sectarian attack at 'Gulzar-e-Habib' restaurant in FB Area.

5
0
53 October 29 Gulbahar area / Karachi

In a sectarian attack, a man, identified as Mehmood Abbas, was killed and his friend Ejaz was injured in Gulbahar area.

1
1
54 October 31 Nazimabad / Karachi

One Shabbir (54), belonging to Bohra community, was shot dead in Nazimabad area of North Karachi.

1
0
55 November 3 Hyderabad city / Hyderabad District

Two men belonging to the Dawoodi Bohra community, identified as Shabbir and his cousin Murtaza, were shot dead and another brother Hatim was injured in an incident of target killings near former Rahat cinema in Hyderabad city of Hyderabad District.

2
1

56

November 6

Risala Road / Hyderabad District

At least three more people, belonging to Bohra community, were killed and three others sustained injuries when unidentified militants opened fire at a shop on Risala Road in Hyderabad District.

3
3

57

November 6

Sadar / Brigade PS / Karachi

Two men belonging to Shiite community, identified as Allama Agha Aftab Jaffery (42) and Mirza Shahid Ali were shot dead in a sectarian attack near Parking Plaza, Sadar within the precincts of Brigade Police Station in Karachi.

2
0

58

November 6

Liaquatabad / Karachi

Two participants of Allama Jaffery's funeral procession, identified as Ali Hassan and Qasim Ali, were killed and five others, were wounded in firing by Rangers in Liaquatabad Town

2
5

59

November 6

Bahadurabad Chowrangi / Karachi

A cadre of ST, identified as Syed Mumtaz (40), was shot dead in a targeted attack at his cosmetic shop at Al-Madina market near Bahadurabad Chowrangi within the limits of New Town Police Station.

1
0

60

November 7

Liaquatabad / Karachi

Three Shia men, identified as Faraz Haider, Qasim Ali and Waseem Ali were killed in a sectarian attack in Liaqutabad area of Karachi.

3
0

61

November 7

Baldia / SITE B / Karachi

A man belonging to Shiite community, identified as Shaban Ali (40), was shot dead at Haroonabad, Baldia area within the precincts of SITE B Police Station.

1
0

62

November 7

North Nazimabad / Karachi

One Sajjad Hussain Rizvi was killed while Jawwad Hussain Rizvi received injuries when unidentified militants opened fire on them at KDA Chowrangi, North Nazimabad within the vicinity of North Nazimabad Police Station.

1
1

63

November 8

Pirabad PS / Karachi

Two men belonging to Shiite sect were shot dead at Orangi Town within the precincts of Pirabad Police Station

2
0

64

November 10

North Nazimabad / Karachi

A cadre belonging to ASWJ was shot dead in North Nazimabad. According to Police, Irfan was on his way when two armed bikers shot him and escaped, killing him on the spot.

1
0

65

November 10

Gulshan-e-Iqbal area / Karachi

At least six students from the Deoband school of thought were killed and 14 others were injured while they were sitting in a tea shop in the Gulshan-e-Iqbal area of Karachi.

6
14

66

November 11

Orangi Town / Karachi

Three Shias were shot dead and another was injured by unidentified armed assailants near Islam Chowk in Orangi Town in Karachi.

3
0

67

November 11

Soldier Bazaar / Karachi

A Shia person was shot dead by unidentified armed assailants within the Soldier Bazaar Police Station.

1
0

68

November 11

Jamshed Quarters / Karachi

Another Shia person, identified as Mukhtiar Zaidi, was shot dead in Jamshed Quarters Police Station.

1
0

69

November 11

Manghopir / Karachi

A prayer leader, identified as Haroon, was killed inside a mosque at Sultanabad in Manghopir area.

1
0
70 November 12

Gulshan-e-Iqbal / Karachi

A member of the clergy affiliated with ASWJ was killed at Disco Bakery, within the precincts of Gulshan-e-Iqbal Police Station.

1
0
71 November 12

North Karachi / Karachi

An cadre of the ASWJ, identified as Muhammad Irfan, was shot dead in Sector 5B-1 of North Karachi within the limits of Khawja Ajmair Nagri Police Station

1
0
72 November 14

Nishtar Road / Karachi

A prayer leader who was a supporter of ASWJ, identified as Imran (25), was shot dead at Nishtar Road within the precincts of Jamshed Quarter Police Station.

1
0
73 November 14

Dhorajee Colony / Karachi

A Deobandi seminary teacher, identified as Maulana Samiullah (33), was shot dead in a sectarian attack while he was going somewhere after offering Asr prayer at Dhorajee Colony within the precincts of Bahadurabad Police Station.

1
0
74 November 14

Korangi / Karachi

A man affiliated with Tablighi Jama'at, identified as Aslam (28), was killed while he was returning home after work in Korangi area within the limits of Korangi Police Station

1
0
75 November 14

Orangi Town / Karachi

A Shia teenage boy, Shaujat Ali Naqvi (18), was shot dead near the Toori Bangash Police kiosk at Raja Taveer Colony in Orangi Town in a suspected a sectarian attack.

1
0
76 November 18

Abbas Town / Karachi

At least three persons, identified as Azhar Ali, Irfan Lai and Anwer, were killed and 12 others were injured when a five-kilogramme IED planted on a motorbike, exploded near an Imambargah Mustafa in Abbas Town, within the Mobina Town Police Station in Karachi.

3
12
77 November 21

Orangi Town

At least three persons, including a suicide bomber, were killed and 11 others were injured in two bomb blasts near the Haider-e-Karrar Imambargah in Orangi Town area within Peerabad Police Station of Karachi.

3
11
78 November 25

Khairpur District

A person, identified as Noor Mohammad (28), was killed and three others were injured in an attack by armed assailants, outside an Imambargah in Kolab Jeeal town of Khairpur District.

1
3
79 November 28

Gulbahar / Karachi

A trustee of a Jamia Imamia Imambargah from Shiite community, identified as Hassan Mohsin (70), was shot dead by two unidentified armed assailants in Nazimabad area within the precincts of Gulbahar Police Station in Karachi.

1
0
80 November 30

Ferozabad / Karachi

A Shia man, identified as Nazar Abbas (45), was killed and his daughter was injured by unidentified armed assailants near Jail Chowrangi within the precincts of Ferozabad Police Station

1
1
81 November 30

Baldia Town / Kiarach

Two Shia persons, a father, identified as Ghulam Qadir (63), and his son, identified as Ghulam Abbas (32), were shot dead in Yousuf Goth, Baldia Town, within the limits of Saeedabad Police Station.

2
0
82 November 30

Green Town / Karachi

A Shia person, identified as Riaz Hussain (48) was killed and another identified as Mehdi Shah (40) was injured near an Imambargah in Green Town.

1
0
83 December 11

Salman Farsi mosque / Toori Bangash Colony / Orangi Town / Karachi

Two persons, Hashmat Ali and Zaheer Hussain, were killed in sectarian attack outside Salman Farsi mosque in Toori Bangash Colony of Orangi Town.

2
0
84
December 20

Thanvi Masjid / Lines Area / Brigade PS / Karachi

The dead body of Ashiq Abbas (45), a Shia community member was found near Thanvi Masjid in Lines Area of Brigade Police Station in Karachi.

1
0
85
December 23

Shah Faisal colony / Shah Faisal colony PS / Karachi

A Shia trader, identified as Azmat Ali, was killed inside the area of Shah Faisal Colony within the limits of Shah Faisal colony Police Station.

1
0
86
December 24

Nazimabad No 2 / Karachi

Three Shia traders were killed within a couple of minutes in Nazimabad No 2 of Karachi.

3
0
87
December 24

North Karachi / Karachi

A Sunni prayer leader was gunned down outside a mosque in North Karachi town of Karachi in sectarian killing.

1
0
88
December 25

Moti Mahal / Gulshan-e-Iqbal / Karachi

Information Secretary of the ASWJ, Maulana Aurangzeb Farooqi, survived an armed attack at Moti Mahal of Gulshan-e-Iqbal area in which his driver, a private security guard and four Policemen were killed.

6
0
89
December 25

Orangi Town / Karachi

Two cadre of ASWJ were killed by unidentified armed assailants in Orangi Town.

2
0
90
December 25

Raees Amrohi Colony / Orangi Town / Karachi

A Shia man, identified as Shahid Hussain (28) was killed in his vegetable stall in Raees Amrohi Colony in Orangi Town.

1
0
91
December 25

Gulshan-e-Hadeed / Karachi

A cadre of the ASWJ was injured in firing by the Law Enforcers in Gulshan-e-Hadeed.

0
1
Total
151
105

Note:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.

 

 

 

 

 
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