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Sindh Timeline- 2012


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Incidents
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January 1
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An unidentified decomposed body
of a young man was found packed in a gunny bag within the limits
of Jamshed Quarters Police Station.
The year 2011 was one of the deadliest
years for the residents of Karachi. 1,354 people were reportedly
killed in terrorist attacks and target killing incidents throughout
the year. Target killing incidents escalated in the third quarter
of 2011 and some 602 people were targeted on political or ethnic
grounds. July and August remained the deadliest months of 2011
as some 552 citizens were killed, including 301 in July and 251
in August. Some 50 people were killed in September, 44 in October,
28 in November and 31 in December.
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January 2
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Sindh University Director of Student
Affairs Professor Bashir Ahmed Chanur was killed in an armed attack
by unidentified assailants in the varsity's premises in Jamshoro
District. One of the assailants got injured when a security guard
retaliated by firing. However, they managed to escape.
Unidentified armed militants shot
dead a local leader of ANP, identified as Furqan Shaha, in Hasrat
Mohani Colony within Pak Colony Police precincts in Karachi, triggering
indiscriminate fire that left five people injured.
Police found the body of an unidentified
man from a drain in Nasir Colony, Korangi within the limits of
Zaman Town Police Station.
At least four people, including
two security guards, Zafar and Younus, and two passersby were
injured when militants attacked a mobile company franchise near
Hyderi market within the remit of North Nazimabad Police Station.
Chief of ASWJ Aurangzaib Farooqui
and three others were booked in December 31, 2011 murder case
of Shia leader Askari Raza on Rashid Minhas Road in Karachi, while
SSP of the CID's AEC Chaudhry Aslam also came under interrogation.
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| January 3 |
A leader of the ANP and two activists
of the MQM were shot dead in Karachi.
The President of the ANP, Said
Ahmed Khan, was killed and one of his associates, Bashir Ahmed,
was wounded in an attack at his house in the Metroville area of
SITE, while one of the assailants was shot dead by a Police Constable.
Two MQM activists, identified
as Habibullah and Maqsood alias Kala Guddu, were shot dead in
Orangi Town by two unidentified armed assailants. The killing
heightened tension in the area.
An unidentified dead body of a
young man was dumped from a fast-moving car in Murad Memon Goth
in Malir area.
TTP Karachi Chapter 'commander'
Abdul Qayum and his three accomplices were arrested in Karachi
along with a suicide jacket, a rocket, a BM missile, two Kalashnikovs
and bullets of different types. The IG CID said that the accused
were involved in the killing of 20 people including a Police Officer.
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| January 6 |
Supporters of the People's Aman
Committee clashed with the Police on II Chundrigar Road in Karachi
during a protest rally that was making its way towards Bilawal
House to express their grievances.
Following the killings of political
workers on January 5, several parts of Karachi fell into intense
wave of tension suspending all commercial and social activities.
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| January 7 |
The CID claimed to have killed
an alleged TTP Balochistan Chapter 'chief' Syed Yasin Shah alias
Asghar Baloch and arrested his accomplice, Syed Yar Shan, in a
brief encounter near Rasheed Minhas Road at Sharah-e-Faisal Police
limits of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.
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| January 8 |
A former activist of ST, identified
ad Abdul Aziz alias Bhayya (36), was shot dead by unidentified
armed assailants in an incident target killing at Tonga Stand
Street, Jutt Lines within the precincts of Brigade Police Station
Karachi.
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| January 9 |
Four people, including a Police
Officer and a member of MQM Elders Committee, were shot dead in
Karachi in separate acts of violence. A shia man, identified as
Syed Qalb-e-Abbas Rizvi, who was also the member of MQM Elders
Committee succumbed to his injuries.
Police found an unidentified bullet-riddled
body of a youngster from old Truck Stand within the precincts
of Kalri Police Station.
A man, identified as Asif (32),
was shot dead two unknown militants near Pehalwan Goth within
the jurisdiction of Gulistan-e-Jauhar Police Station while he
was on his way home.
ASI Anwar Sheikh (40) of the Foreign
Security Cell deployed at the American Consulate was shot dead
by unknown armed assailants at the consulate situated within Jackson
Police precincts.
Different departments of the Sindh
Police claimed to have arrested two target killers and an extortionist
in separate raid in Karachi. CPLC and Bahadurabad Police in a
joint raid claimed to have arrested an extortionist Allah Ditta
from Gizri area of Defence.
SP Mazhar Mashwani of the CID,
along with his team conducted a raid at Regal Chowk, Saddar and
arrested two target killers namely Fahim and Shakeel, besides
recovering their weapons.
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| January 10 |
A worker of the Muttahida Qaumi
Movement (MQM), identified as Ahmed (31), was shot dead by unidentified
armed assailants in an act of target killing while two others,
Nadir Bharam (25) and Imran (32), sustained injuries in the same
incident at Cantt Bazaar within Shah Faisal Colony in Karachi.
CID claimed to have arrested an
activist of a SNP, identified as Saifal Bugti alias Suriya over
the charge of committing terrorist activities in Sindh from Quaid-e-Azam
Park located in Gulshan-e-Hadeed area in Steel Town of Karachi.
The Police also recovered a TT pistol and several rounds of bullets
from his possession.
Rangers conducted a raid in Hasrat
Mohani Colony, Pak Colony area and arrested three suspects besides
recovering three pistols from their possession.
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| January 11 |
Police found an unidentified body
of a woman cut into six pieces at Shaheed-e-Millat Road within
the remit of Firozabad Police Station in Karachi.
A head constable, identified as
Sher Afzal Mehsud alias Dali (35), was shot dead by unidentified
armed assailants in Muzaffarabad Colony within the jurisdiction
of Quaidabad Police Station while was sitting in front of his
house.
A detained TTP Karachi chief,
who was arrested by the CID on January 5, 2012, confessed to his
involvement in the blast at the house of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information
Minister that had claimed the life of his son. Police claimed
to have arrested four militants, including TTP Karachi chief Abdul
Qayyum Mehsud, Muhammad Sharif, Habib Mehsud and Usman.
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| January 12 |
Unidentified armed assailants
shot dead two rickshaw drivers in two separate incidents in Karachi.
A driver, identified as Muhammad Haroon Baloch, was shot dead
by two assailants while he was sitting in his rickshaw in Malir
Shamsi Society within the limits of Al-Falah Police Station.
Another rickshaw driver, Ghulam
Rasool, was shot dead near Al Rehmania Mosque within the same
police limits by unidentified armed assailants.
Police found an unidentified body
of a man near Naval Flats, Lyari within the limits of Kalri Police
Station. Police said the victim had several marks of dagger attacks
as unidentified armed militants killed him at an unknown place
and after killing, threw his body.
A teenage girl, identified as
Zahra (17), was killed by a stray bullet in a slum area of Shahzad
Moor within the jurisdiction of Pirabad Police Station.
A former lieutenant commander
of Pakistan Navy, identified as Asghar Ali Dogar, now heading
the Security Department of a private hospital who was shot and
injured in Korangi area on the night of January 11 succumbed to
his injuries.
The CID of Sindh Police claimed
to have arrested a militant of LeJ, identified as Riyaz Ahmed
alias Riyaz Afghani alias Zahid Hussain Gilgiti from Hub River
Road in Karachi and recovered two hand grenades, one repeater
and two pistols from his possession.
During his interrogation, he confessed
that he had given money to Usman Choto for killing of Shia leader
in Karachi but Choto was arrested before committing the crime.
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| January 13 |
Four people, including two members
of MQM, were shot dead in the recent wave of recent target killings
in Malir town of Karachi. At least six persons have been killed
in the last three days and out of the six deceased, five persons
appeared to be Baloch. One MQM Elder Committee member, Muhammad
Hanif Sheikh, (62) was shot dead within the limits of Al-Falah
Police Station.
Another man, identified as Shahnawaz
Baloch, was killed when in Siddique Goth area near Gul Muhammad
football ground within Al-Falah Police limits.
A man, identified as Rashid (28),
was shot dead at his poultry shop in Jamia Millia, Malir area.
A Shia man, identified as Syed
Mushtaq Hussain Zaidi, (50) was shot dead and another, Kamran,
was injured by unidentified militants near UP Morr within the
jurisdiction of New Karachi Police Station.
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| January 14 |
Police found the body of man,
identified as Nasir Ali Baloch (25), from Shah Waliullah Road,
Lyari within the precincts of Kalri Police Station in Karachi.
Police found a dead body of a
man, identified as Rafiq (25), from a drain at Shafiq Mor within
the jurisdiction of FB Industrial Area Police Station.
Officials of the Anti-Extremism
Cell claimed to have foiled a terror plot to attack the main Chehlum
procession, and arrested a TTP 'commander', Mohammad Daud, who
was involved in a number of terrorist cases in Ittehad Town in
Karachi.
The Police also recovered 50 kilograms
of explosives, four suicide jackets, one light machinegun, a rocket
launcher, two rockets, 10 hand grenades, two Kalashnikovs, two
TT pistols, 1,000 bullets, a 20-foot detonating cord, and five
detonators. The suspect revealed that he was trained in Waziristan
to handle arms, including rocket launchers, and make suicide jackets.
CID team raided a place along
the National Highway near Abbot Factory and arrested two alleged
TTP militants namely Azeem Ahmad Sheikh alias Anees and Zubair
Alam alias Munna. The raid was conducted on a tip-off and CID
also claimed to have recovered five rockets, two triple-2 rifles
and several rounds from their possession.
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| January 16 |
Police found the dead body of
a teenager boy, identified as Shahzaib Baloch (17), from Mawatch
Goth within the jurisdiction of Mauripur Police Station in Karachi.
One Policeman, identified as Ghulam
Mohammad (27), hailing from Gilgit-Baltistan, was shot dead in
a sectarian attack in Alamgir Market near Bara Maidan within the
limits of North Nazimabad Police Station.
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| January 17 |
Police found an unidentified seven-day-old
dead body of a young man from the Lyari Expressway area within
the limits of Shershah Police Station in Karachi.
Police found another unidentified
dead body of a man bearing torture marks from Khayaban-e-Qasim
area within the limits of Darakhshan Police Station. A Police
Officer said that the victim appeared to be Punjabi.
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| January 19 |
A Sub-Inspector, Asghar Ali Tarar
(50), was shot dead by unidentified armed militants while he was
sitting in his car in Orangi Town within the precincts of Mominabad
Police Station in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.
The victim had played a pivotal
role in Karachi Operation during 1992-96. SSP CID Chaudhry Aslam
said that more than 300 Policemen involved in Karachi Operation
had been killed in the recent years, adding, that Tarar was working
against the militants of banned outfits besides performing on
and off tasks for the Special Branch (Orangi Town).
Police found an unidentified dead
body of a strangulated man from Zafar Town, within the limits
of Shah Latif Police Station. Police said the victim appeared
to be Pakhtoon.
One Maaz Farooqui, an activist
of the Islami Jama'at-e-Talaba (IJT), a student wing of the Jama'at-e-Islami
(JeI), who had been missing since December 18, 2011, returned
home safely.
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| January 20 |
Three people, including a MQM
activist, were killed in different acts of violence in Karachi,
the provincial capital of Sindh.
Police found dead body of a man
near Crown Cinema within the limits of Kalri Police Station. SHO
Safdar Mashwani said Police also found a TT pistol and a motorcycle
near his body.
Police found another dead body
of a man from Gulistan-e-Jauhar within the precincts of Shahrah-e-Faisal
Police Station.
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| January 21 |
Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar
Muhammad Chaudhry warned that he would not tolerate any violation
of the orders of the apex court. "Any violation of the orders
of Supreme Court would be taken seriously and would entail strict
action." Taking notice of the killings of lawyers and other citizens
in Sindh, CJ Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry assured the people of
Karachi and Sindh that the judiciary would not leave them alone
and would monitor the actions of the State apparatus.
Addressing members of the bar
and bench after administering oath to the newly elected office
bearers of the Karachi Bar Association here on Saturday, the Chief
Justice especially referred to the target killing of lawyers in
Karachi and said this was "really very frustrating." He asked
the chief justice of the Sindh High Court to summon the Chief
Secretary, Sindh IG, Rangers DG and other officials in his chambers
in the presence of members of the bar and look into the issue.
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| January 22 |
A Kenyan aid worker, identified
as Tom Amimo, and his Pakistani driver, Attaullah Kori, were abducted
from Khairpur District while travelling from Sukkur to Dadu District.
Amimo works for Care International NGO. Their car was found abandoned
in Bhirya town of Naushahro Feroz District. Osman Ibrahim, Kenya's
acting High Commissioner to Pakistan said that the mission was
working to confirm whether the foreigner was a Kenyan.
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| January 23 |
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. ASWJ spokesman Maulana Taj Hanfi
said that Ali was their legal adviser and Nauman was the member
of the core committee.
A bystander, identified as Ishaq, was killed in
Memon Society when unidentified assailants restored to firing
to protest target killings of the ASWJ activists.
Police found an unidentified torture-marked dead
body of a person from the Nigar Cinema area of Lea Market within
the jurisdiction of Kharadar Police Station. An officer said that
the victim appeared to be of Katchi descent.
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| January 25 |
A fresh wave of sectarian violence in the city
has claimed the lives of four persons, including three lawyers.
In the first incident, unidentified men shot dead three members
of the Shia Lawyers' Forum on Maulana Din Muhammad Wafai Road
of Karachi.
A member of the Tableeghi Jamaat was shot dead
near Hashmi Masjid in of Orangi Town. DSP Tariq Malik said the
deceased, identified as Mehtab, was attacked when he was on his
way home from a mosque.
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| January 26 |
An unidentified person was shot dead at Jinnah
Road of Street No 1 within the limits of Shershah Police Station
in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh. SHO Shahid Jabbar
said the victim appeared to be Baloch speaking.
The CID of Sindh Police claimed to have arrested
three alleged target killers and recovered weapons from their
possession near the Capri Cinema within the limits of Soldier
Bazaar Police Station. The three target killers had affiliation
with a political party and were identified as, Sher Alam Mehsud
alias Langra, Shaheen Mehsud alias Salman, and Gul Khan Afghani.
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| January 27 |
A Police constable, identified as Yousuf Ali (45),
was shot dead near Kausar Medico, within the precincts of Arambagh
Police Station in Karachi while going on his duty.
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| January 28 |
A former trustee of Aal-Aba Imambargah, identified
as Jaffar Mohsin Rizvi (60), was shot dead in the Gulberg area
of Karachi. SHO Raja Tariq said that there was a possibility the
incident was linked to the recent wave of sectarian killings in
Karachi.
An activist of the MQM, Muhammad Aslam alias Achra,
was killed while three other party workers, Tahir, Azeem and Ali,
sustained severe bullet wounds in a drive-by shooting in Ram Swami
Area within the jurisdiction of Garden Police Station.
An unidentified young man was shot dead near Mehmand
Hotel, Lyari within the limits of Baghdadi Police Station. The
victim appeared to be Mianwali.
Police found an unidentified 10-day-old dead body
of a man from a drain at Singer Chowrangi within the limits of
Awami Colony Police Station.
Tension gripped the city after two assailants
hurled a hand grenade at Green Hardware Shop near Dak Khana Chowrangi
in Liaquatabad area, leaving five persons wounded. The injured
included the shop owner Obaid Raja and four others, Asad Aslam,
Sohail Aziz, Sardar Ghayasuddin, and Mukhtiar Hussain.
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| January 29 |
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.
Baldia Police found a dead body of a man, identified
as Saleem Akhter, from Saeedabad area.
One MQM-H cadre, identified as Atif, was injured
in an exchange of fire that took place outside the residence of
Chairman Afaq Ahmed at Landhi. MQM-H Chairman Afaq Ahmed had called
a workers meeting at his residence when some armed assailants
of a rival organisation opened indiscriminate fire and also abducted
18 to 20 workers of the MQM-H.
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Note:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.
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