S.N.
|
Date
|
Place / District
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
January 30 |
Karbala Maula Imambargah / Lakhi Dar / Shikarpur
District
|
At least 61 Shias were killed and 50 others were
injured in a bomb explosion at Karbala Maula Imambargah in Lakhi
Dar area of Shikarpur District of Sindh.
|
61
|
50
|
2
|
February 1 |
Malir Halt / Malir Town / Karachi
|
Two carders of the ASWJ, identified as Naseem
Khan (28) and Mohammed Asif (24), were killed in a sectarian attack
on the main National Highway near Malir Halt in Malir Town.
|
2
|
0
|
3
|
February 1 |
Pakistan Bazaar / Orangi Town / Karachi
|
A shopkeeper and a cadre of ASWJ, identified as
Akhtar Hussain (55), was shot dead while his son, Athar Hussain
(26), was injured when unidentified militants opened fire at them
at Islam Chowk near the Farooq-i-Azam mosque in Pakistan Bazaar
area of Orangi Town.
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
February 18 |
Ali Garden / North Nazimabad Town / Karachi
|
Two people, including an Ismaili Shia, identified
as Karim Hashwani, and his driver, Nawaz (45), were shot dead
in a sectarian attack at Ali Garden in North Nazimabad Town of
Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.
|
2
|
0
|
5
|
February 24 |
Korangi Town / Karachi
|
The District President of ASWJ Molana Sahbir Ahmed
Haidri was shot dead in Korangi Town of Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
7
|
February 27 |
Orangi Town / Karachi
|
Two Shia men, identified as the employees of Qatar
Hospital, Saleem Akbar and Ali Haider Rizvi, were shot dead at
Ghausia Chowk in Orangi Town of Karachi, while they were returning
home from their duties.
|
2
|
0
|
8
|
February 27 |
Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town / Karachi
|
A leader of ASWJ and a Peshimam (prayer leader)
of a mosque, identified as Yaseen, was killed in a sectarian attack
at Safoora Chowk next to Johar Complex in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town
of Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
9
|
March 4 |
Paracha Chowk / Sher Shah / Karachi
|
Two persons, including the General Secretary of
ASWJ, identified as Dr Muhammad Fayaz, and his driver, were killed
when unidentified militants opened fire at his vehicle near Paracha
Chowk in Sher Shah locality of Karachi.
|
2
|
0
|
10
|
March 4 |
Korangi Town / Karachi
|
A senior Shia lawyer, who was also a counsel for
several activists of the MQM, identified as Advocate Ali Hasnain
Bukhari, was shot dead by two unidentified militants in Korangi
Town of Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
11
|
March 20 |
Saleh Mosque / Saddar Town / Karachi
|
Two Shia Bohras were killed and several others
were injured in a sectarian attack when an IED fixed to a motorcycle
exploded outside Shia-Bohra community's Saleh Mosque in Saddar
Town of Karachi during the Friday prayer.
|
2
|
NS
|
12
|
March 20 |
Bahadurabad / Gulshan Town / Karachi
|
ASWJ militants killed two Shia Bohras and injured
four others in a sectarian attack in Bahadurabad area of Gulshan
Town in Karachi.
|
2
|
4
|
13
|
April 13 |
Gulberg Town / Karachi
|
The Deputy Director of KMC, identified as Ashraf
Abbas (50) alias Ashu, was shot dead and his daughter who
was accompanying him in his car was injured in a targeted sectarian
attack in Azizabad area of Gulberg Town in Karachi of Sindh. Ashraf
was a Shia and was the trustee of Azizabad Imambargah Sakina.
|
1
|
1
|
14
|
May 9 |
Eidgah Ground / Shah Faisal Town / Karachi
|
Unidentified assailants opened fire at Shia Police
officer, DSP Syed Zulfiqar Abbas, and his friend, identified as
Shahzad, killing them on spot in a targeted sectarian attack at
a restaurant near Eidgah Ground in Shah Faisal area of Shah Faisal
Town.
|
2
|
0
|
15
|
May 9 |
Paposh Nagar / North Nazimabad Town / Karachi
|
A Shia homoeopathic doctor, Dr Anwar Ali Abidi,
was shot dead while another person sustained injuries when unidentified
militants opened fire at his clinic in Paposh Nagar area of North
Nazimabad Town.
|
1
|
1
|
16
|
May 13 |
Safora Chowrangi / Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town / Karachi
|
At least 45 Ismaili Shias were killed and 24 others
were injured when unidentified militants opened fire on their
Bus in Safora Chowrangi area near Dow Medical College in Gulshan-e-Iqbal
Town of Karachi.
|
45
|
24
|
17
|
May 15 |
Pehlwan Goth / Gulistan-e-Johar / Karachi
|
A Shia SSP, Ejaz Haider, was killed in a sectarian
targeted attack on May 15 when unidentified assailants opened
fire his vehicle near Pehlwan Goth in Gulistan-e-Johar area of
Karachi.
|
1
|
3
|
18 |
May 21 |
Malir Town / Karachi |
Three persons, including a local leader of the
ASWJ, identified as Syed Abdul Wahab (65), and his two sons, were
shot dead by unidentified armed assailants at Khyber Hotel in
Bagh-e-Malir near Malir City in Malir Town. A 'spokesman' for
ASWJ Umer Muavia claimed that Syed Wahab was their leader of Malir
District and termed it an act of sectarian violence.
|
3
|
0
|
19 |
May 21 |
Liaquatabad Town |
An unidentified man was shot dead near Bab-e-Fatima
Imambargah at Liaquatabad furniture market in Liaquatabad
Town.
|
1
|
0
|
20 |
June 9 |
Shah Latif Town / Karachi
|
A Shia DSP Majeed Abbasi was killed when militants
belonging to Swat Chapter of TTP opened fire at his vehicle in
Shah Latif Town of Karachi in Sindh.
|
1
|
0
|
21 |
July 25 |
Marton Quarters / PIB Colony / Gulshan-e-Iqbal
Town / Karachi
|
An Imambargah trustee, identified as Syed Rais
Jafferi (57), was shot dead while he was on his way to Central
Prison to attend a court hearing near Marton Quarters in PIB Colony
of Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town in Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
22 |
August 18 |
Orangi Town / Karachi |
The Deputy Secretary of the ASWJ, Dilshad Moavia
(40), was shot dead in a sectarian attack near Noorani restaurant
in Orangi Town.
|
1
|
0
|
23 |
August 28 |
Hassan Square / Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town / Karachi
|
A Shia advocate of Sindh High Court (SHC), identified
as Syed Ameer Hyder Shah, was shot dead by unidentified militants
while he was travelling in his car near Hassan Square in Gulshan-e-Iqbal
Town.
|
1
|
0
|
24 |
September 9 |
Hassan Square / Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town / Karachi
|
A shopkeeper, identified as Imran Iqbal (30),
and his employee Waqas (27), were shot dead in a sectarian attack
at their Al-Madina Bakers in Sector-5-B-1 of North Karachi Town
in Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
25 |
September 9 |
Shah Faisal Town / Karachi
|
A cadre belonging to the ST, identified as Mohammed
Qasim (28), was shot dead in a sectarian attack in Shah Faisal
Colony of Shah Faisal Town in Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
26 |
September 18 |
Astana Zinda Pir shrine / Korangi Town / Karachi
|
At least two devotees were shot dead while four
others were injured in an attack on Astana Zinda Pir shrine in
Korangi Town of Karachi.
|
2
|
4
|
27 |
September 18 |
North Nazimabad Town / Karachi
|
A Shia general store shopkeeper, identified as
Syed Irfan Zaidi, was shot dead in a targeted sectarian attack
in the North Nazimabad Town of Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
28 |
October 12 |
Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town / Karachi
|
Three Ahmadis, identified as Saleem Rafaqat (55),
and his nephews, Shahmir Ahmad (17), and Moaaz Ahmad (20), were
shot at and injured in a targeted gun attack while they were returning
home in their car in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town of Karachi.
|
0
|
3
|
29 |
October 23 |
Lashari / Jacobabad District
|
At least 22 persons including eight children were
killed in a suicide blast targetting a 9th Muharram (Shia mourning
period) procession near a park in the Lashari area of Jacobabad
District in Sindh in the evening. 40 others including several
children, have been injured in the attack.
|
22
|
40
|
30 |
November 14 |
Sachal / Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town / Karachi
|
Two Shia Policemen, identified as Police constables
Ali Raza (50) and Ghulam Jaffer (46), guarding Ismaili community's
residential complex were shot dead by four unidentified militants
at a checkpoint outside Jeewani Heights in the Sachal area of
Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town in Karachi.
|
2
|
0
|
Total*
|
164
|
131
|