Protesters burn buses after attack on Shias in Karachi

MHBalochNEWS KARACHI : Maqtul Askri raza milt e jafrya alegal acedmi k incharg . Jafrya aliynce k kanuni musher . Mukhtyar eeucade k mawun the. December 31, 2011 Despite of loud claims of the police on security arrangements of the violence-ridden city, the menace of “target killings” was again raising its head. – File Photo by AFP KARACHI: Angry demonstrators burn two buses on Abul Hassan Isphahani Road on Saturday after unknown motorcycle attackers injured two officials of Pasban-e-Aza, DawnNews reported. Despite of loud claims of the police on security arrangements of the violence-ridden city, the menace of “target killings” was again raising its head. Two unknown motorcycle attackers opened fire on officials of Pasban-e-Aza (Shia mourning organisation) in Gulshan-i-Iqbal neighbourhood which injured Askari Raza and Ali Mehdi. Both the injured were taken to a nearby private hospital. According to police, attackers were also got injured in a retaliatory fire from the car of the officials. “we have started search for the culprits,” said a police official. Earlier on Friday, unknown motorcycle attackers killed Dr Saleem Kharal of Jinnah Hospital. It’s important to note that three people have become the victim of targeted killings this week including a doctor and a religious scholar. Unkown terrorists, on December 27, also killed Mufti Abdul Samad Soomro in Gulbahar and chief of Sajjadia Scouts Nayyar Zaidi in Orangi Town. Later on, one of the injured Askari Raza succumbed to his wounds in a local hospital. ================ Askari Raza, 40, was attacked in Gulshan-e-Iqbal on Saturday evening and died of his wounds in hospital later. KARACHI: Thousands of angry Shia protesters marched to the Governor House on Sunday to protest the killing of a community leader. Askari Raza, 40, was attacked in Gulshan-e-Iqbal on Saturday evening and died of his wounds in hospital later. He was a leader of the Pasban-e-Jaferia Foundation. Members of various Shia organisations participated in his funeral prayers on Sunday and blocked Shahrah-e-Pakistan as they made their way with his body to the Governor House. As many as five to six thousand people were part of the procession and Shia leaders, including Maulana Nadir, Maulana Ali Muhammad, Maulana Munawar Naqvi, Allama Furqan Haider Abidi and Allama Hasan Zafar Naqvi, were in attendance. The protesters are demanding action against Chaudhry Aslam Khan, an SSP of the Crime Investigation Department’s Anti-Extremist Cell, who they say is involved in the target killing of Raza. Raza was actively involved in the legal affairs of the Shia community and had even gone to court in the case of a recent killing of a Shia man in Karachi. SSP Khan is named in the case. ================ 110madad1 Karachi Dharnaye ke tarah Aaenda bhe isi jaosh aur jazbaeye ke zaroorat raheye ge. Allama Sajid Naqvi, Chairman SUC PAK