Report in Dawn, December 6th, 2023KARACHI: A local leader of the outlawed Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) was shot at and wounded in New Karachi on Tuesday evening, police and his party said. The police said that Bilal Murshid, 30, was targeted by armed assailants riding a motorbike in the Godhra area in Sector 11-G. He suffered five bullet wounds and was taken first to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital from where he was moved to…
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Report in Dawn, November 3rd, 2023TOBA TEK SINGH: A youth allegedly involved in a blasphemy case was shot dead on Thursday in Makdoompur Pahuran town in Khanewal district. Police said Umair Ali was arrested after he uttered some offensive words and showed disrespect to certain religious figures. When he was released on bail, he left the town. Ali returned home a couple of days ago and was sitting outside his house in Makdoompur Pahuran when…
report in The News, September 04, 2023FAISALABAD: Some unknown persons shot and injured a priest in Jaranwala on Sunday. The injured pastor has been shifted to hospital after suffering a shoulder injury. Heavy contingent of police reached the spot and cordoned off the area. According to Pastor Vicky, he was attacked after being accused of blasphemy when he was going homhttps://www.thenews.com.pk/print/1106641-priest-injured-in-jaranwala-attack
report in Dawn, August 22nd, 2023NORTH WAZIRISTAN: Two persons were killed in a targeted attack in Miramshah area of the district on Monday morning, police sources said. Police sources said that Yunus Khan, a resident of Danday Darpakhel, and Abdul Nasir, a resident on Hamzoni Patikhel area, used to supply water to the security forces at a check-post. They added that the two persons were targeted in Spalga area and the killers escaped after the…
report in Dawn, August 14th, 2023SUKKUR: Jan Mohammad Mahar, a senior journalist associated with a private Sindhi newspaper and its TV channel, was shot dead by armed men riding a motorcycle near St. Saviour School on Queens Road here on late Sunday evening. According to the area police, the assailants shot several fires on Mr Mahar, who was travelling by his car. The journalist received several bullets to his head and near his eyes, the…
by Behram Baloch in Dawn, June 11th, 2023GWADAR: Armed men gunned down the brother-in-law of a former provincial minister as well as a senior police officer on Saturday. Abdul Qayyum Buledi was shot dead by men riding a motorcycle while he was sitting outside his home. “Qayyum Buledi died on the spot after receiving multiple bullet injuries,” a Levies official said. He was brother-in-law of Zahoor Buledi, an ex-finance minister of Balochistan…. In another incident,…
report in The News, April 02, 2023PESHAWAR: A member of the Christian community was shot dead in Banaras Abad Academy Town here on Saturday. Officials said Kashif Masih, who was a sanitation worker, was going home when armed men opened fire on him. He died on the spot while the attackers managed to escape. Senior Superintendent of Police, Investigation, Kokab Farooq, and others arrived at the spot and collected evidence. A case was registered. On…
report in Dawn, Dec 29, 2022TAXILA: A chief editor of a local newspaper, his gunman and driver were shot dead near Marri village in the limits of Attock police station on Wednesday, police said. According to family sources, chief editor of a local newspaper Arshad Jaffari was going to his office along with his driver, Akhter Nawaz, and gunman, Nazam Khan, after meeting with the district police officer Attock, sharing details with him about the…
report in Prothom Alo, 30 Nov 2022Some unidentified assailants shot and stabbed to death a Rohingya leader in a refugee camp in Ukhiya upazila of the district early Tuesday, reports UNB. Shahab Uddin, 35, was a sub-leader, locally known as sub-majhi, of the No 12 Rohingya camp. He was also son of Monir Ahmed of the H/14 Block of the same camp. Sheikh Mohammad Ali, officer-in-charge (OC) of Ukhiya police station, said a group of…