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Saturday, November 21, 2009
By our correspondent
Karachi
The general secretary of the banned Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat, Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), Sindh, Engineer Illyas Zubair, was shot dead while one of his companions was seriously injured in an attack Friday night near Teen Hatti.
Jamshed Town police said that Zubair, a prominent SSP leader along with Qari Shafiqur Rahman Alvi was on his way to drop Qari on Jamshed Road, near Teen Hatti when they were intercepted near Baba Noori Shah’s shrine by some armed motorcyclists.
“The attackers sprayed Zubair and Qari Shafiq with bullets, killing Illyas on the spot and injuring Qari Shafiqur Rahman Alvi”, the SHO Jamshed Quarters, Sohail Khan, told The News.
It was learnt that Qari Shafiqur Rehman Alvi, who was wounded in the attack is the party’s provincial information secretary. He was shifted to the hospital in a serious condition. Sohail Khan said that apparently the armed motorcyclists were chasing Zubair’s vehicle and when they reached near the shrine, they were attacked.
Body of the deceased was taken to the Jinnah Post-Graduate Medical Centre (JPMC) while Qari Shafiqur Rahman was shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, the police official added. Police said that Zubair was the father of five children and lived near the party’s Karachi headquarters, Siddique Akbar mosque, Nagan Chowrangi.
Tension gripped most city areas after the news of Zubair’s killing spread like wild fire. Heavy contingents of police and Rangers were deployed at Siddique Akbar Mosque where SSP workers had started gathering after learning of the assassination of their leader. Ahle Sunnat Wal-Jamat officials said that Engr. Illyas Zubair was a prominent leader of their party, who was recently released from prison after being detained under the MPO.
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