| |
|
Shia Lawyers killed in Pakistan: 2001-2018
|
|
Incidents
|
Killed
|
Injured
|
|
2001
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
2002
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
2003
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
2004
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
2005
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
2006
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
2007
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
2008
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
2009
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
2010
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
2011
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
2012
|
2
|
4
|
0
|
|
2013
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
|
2014
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
2015
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
|
2016
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
2017
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
2018
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Total*
|
8
|
8
|
1
|
*Data till June
17 , 2017
+The exact number is not specified
2007
|
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
|
1
|
May 6
|
Multan / Punjab |
Unidentified gunmen shot dead
two Shia clerics in a suspected sectarian attack at Chaubara
town near Multan in the Punjab province. The attackers, reportedly
Sunni militants, attacked the clerics who were sleeping in
the guesthouse of a Shia leader. The clerics died on the spot
while another guest, a Shia lawyer, was wounded.
|
0
|
1
|
|
Total
|
0
|
1
|
2012
|
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
|
1
|
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.
|
3
|
0
|
|
2
|
October 19 |
Lahore / Punjab |
Unidentified armed militants shot dead
a Senior Lawyer and Shia activist Shakir Ali Rizvi near
the Jain Mandir area in Lahore District while he was
heading to the Lahore High Court with a colleague.
|
1
|
0
|
|
Total
|
4
|
0
|
2013
|
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
|
1
|
February 8
|
Gulbahar / Peshawar
/ KP |
Unidentified assailants shot
dead a senior Shia lawyer, Malik Jarrar Hussain, in the Gulbahar
area of Peshawar in KP.
|
1
|
0
|
|
2
|
March 18 |
Dalazak Road / Peshawar
/ KP |
An unidentified assailant shot dead a Shia
lawyer and injured his assistant seriously on Dalazak Road
in Peshawar.
|
1
|
1
|
|
Total*
|
2
|
0
|
2014
|
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
|
1
|
April 11
|
Martin Quarters / Martin Road / Jamshed
Town / Karachi / Sindh |
A Shia lawyer, identified as Advocate Syed
Ghulam Haider (52), was shot dead in Martin Quarters on Martin
Road in Jamshed Town of Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
|
Total
|
1
|
0
|
2015
|
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
|
1
|
March 4
|
Korangi Town / Karachi
/ Sindh |
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 in Sindh.
|
1
|
0
|
|
2
|
August 28 |
Hassan Square / Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town / Karachi
/ Sindh
|
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
|
|
Total*
|
2
|
0
|
2016
|
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
| 1. |
May
6 |
DI
Khan / KP |
Two Shia lawyers, identified as Atif
Zaidi and Ali Muntazir, were shot dead in a targeted
attack on Gird Road in DI Khan District. Police said
all the four were victims of target killings and belonged
to Shia community.
|
2
|
0
|
|
Total*
|
2
|
0
|
2017
|
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
|
Total*
|
0
|
0
|
2018
|
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District |
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
|
Total*
|
0
|
0
|
*Data till June
17, 2018
Note:Compiled from news reports and
are provisional.
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