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Targeted killing: Hazara man shot dead in Quetta
By Our Correspondent
Published: November 25, 2013
The body of the victim was shifted to the Bolan Medical Complex Teaching Hospital. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE
QUETTA:
A man was shot dead in an attack apparently triggered by sectarian hatred on Kirani Road in Quetta on Sunday.
According to police officials, gunmen riding on a motorcycle opened fire on the victim, Arif Hussain, killing him on the spot. The gunmen fled the scene soon after the shooting.
The body of the victim, who belonged to the ethnic Hazara community, was shifted to the Bolan Medical Complex (BMC) Teaching Hospital.
Police registered a case against unidentified men and have launched an investigation into the incident.
In a separate incident, a man identified as Abdul Ghafoor was shot dead when gunmen opened fire at his shop in the Saryab Mill area on the edge of Quetta.
It wasn’t immediately known who killed Ghafoor and why.
There have been two major attacks against the Hazara community in Balochistan this year.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 25th, 2013.
Published: November 25, 2013
The body of the victim was shifted to the Bolan Medical Complex Teaching Hospital. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE
QUETTA:
A man was shot dead in an attack apparently triggered by sectarian hatred on Kirani Road in Quetta on Sunday.
According to police officials, gunmen riding on a motorcycle opened fire on the victim, Arif Hussain, killing him on the spot. The gunmen fled the scene soon after the shooting.
The body of the victim, who belonged to the ethnic Hazara community, was shifted to the Bolan Medical Complex (BMC) Teaching Hospital.
Police registered a case against unidentified men and have launched an investigation into the incident.
In a separate incident, a man identified as Abdul Ghafoor was shot dead when gunmen opened fire at his shop in the Saryab Mill area on the edge of Quetta.
It wasn’t immediately known who killed Ghafoor and why.
There have been two major attacks against the Hazara community in Balochistan this year.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 25th, 2013.
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
سریاب روڈ پر نامعلوم موٹر سائیکل سواروں کی فائرنگ ایک شخص جاں بحق
کوئٹہ ( قدرت نیوز)سریاب روڈ پر نامعلوم موٹر سائیکل سواروں کی فائرنگ ایک شخص جاں بحق تفصیلات کے مطابق منگل کی شام سریاب روڈ سدا بہار ٹرمینل کے قریب نامعلوم موٹر سائیکل سواروں نے فائرنگ کرکے ایک شخص محمد قاسم ولد اختر محمد کو شدید زخمی کردیا زخمی کو فوری طور پر سول ہسپتال پہنچایا گیا جہاں پر وہ زخموں کی تاب نہ لاتے ہوئے چل بسا پولیس نے نامعلوم افراد کے خلاف مقدمہ درج کرکے تحقیقات شروع کردی
Friday, November 15, 2013
Afghanistan’s Band-e Amir National Park Hires First Female Park Rangers
Afghanistan’s first-ever women park rangers at Band-e Amir National Park. Photograph by Naseem Sultani/Wildlife Conservation Society.
Posted by Sonia Harmon of National Geographic on November 14, 2013
Did you know that women weren’t allowed to be park rangers in the United Statesuntil 1969? And it wasn’t until 1978 when women in the National Park Service were allowed to wear a service badge or the “male” uniform. Employment opportunities for women in America have come a long way since then, and now a national park in Afghanistan is taking steps to do the same. Band-e Amir National Park recently hired four women—Sediqa, Nikbakht, Fatima and Kubra, all of whom were formerly housewives—to become their first female park rangers. They joined a staff of 23 rangers at the park, which was established in 2009 and is known for its beautiful blue lakes and rare wildlife.... Continue Reading...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Monday, November 4, 2013
Gunmen kill four Shias in Karachi
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| Dr. Sher Ali Shaheed, General Secretary of Hazara Mughal Yekjehti Forum is at a press conference : File Photo |
Published 2013-11-04 18:29:24
KARACHI: At least four Shia Muslims, including two doctors, were gunned down Monday and three others were injured in different parts of Karachi, police officials said.
A doctor was shot dead in Manghopir neighbourhood in the western district and another was gunned down around noon at Tariq Road in the eastern part of the city.
They were identified by police as Dr Sher Ali * and Dr Naseem Zaidi.
“The killing pattern shows that they were apparently carried out on sectarian grounds,” Javed Alam Odho, the deputy inspector general of police told AFP.
The other two victims were killed in central district when unknown attackers burst into a tailor's shop and opened fire.
The owner and a worker were killed and three others were injured.
“The attack seemed to be on sectarian lines as all of the people inside the shop were Shias,” senior police officer Aamir Farooqi said.
The latest attacks came ahead of the beginning of the Muslim holy month of Muharram, when Shias mourn the seventh century martyrdom of Hussain, the grandson of prophet Mohammad, along with his family members.
Shias make up around a fifth of Pakistan's predominantly Sunni Muslim population.
Police are already carrying out operations against criminal groups to curb sectarian and political killings. Security would be further tightened in the month of Muharram, they said.
“We are already carrying out the operation against sectarian and other elements and we would certainly intensify our efforts during the coming days,”Odho said.
Karachi, a city of 18 million people which contributes 42 per cent of Pakistan's GDP, is rife with murder and kidnappings and has been plagued for years by ethnic, sectarian and political violence
* Dr. Sher Ali : Dr, Sher Ali was secretary general of Hazara Mughal Yekjehti Forum, an organisation representing Hazara diaspora in Karachi. Only few months ago, son of the president of this forum also became victim of the ongoing onslaught of Shias in the city. Dr. Sher was the second general secretary of this organisation shot dead by the militant outfits after Qurban Ali Ajiz.
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