KARACHI
A Shia scholar was shot dead in Nazimabad on Thursday whereas three others were killed in separate violent incidents.
At least four unidentified gunmen opened fire on a rickshaw near board office intersection in Nazimabad area of Karachi wounding Allama Taqi Hadi Naqvi. He succumbed to his wounds while being shifted to the nearby Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.
Renowned within the academic circles, Hadi was born in Muradabad area in Indian state of Sirsi and moved to Pakistan along with his family after the Partition.
His father, Hakim Syed Muhammad Hadi, was also a religious scholar.
Allama Taqi Hadi Naqvi was associated with the Jafria Disaster Cell (JDC)’s educational board.
The Majlis-e-Wahdatul Muslimeen (MWM) condemned the killing and announced to observe three-day mourning.
Meanwhile, Shia Ulema Council chief Allama Sajid Naqvi expressed grief over the killing of Allama Taqi Hadi Naqvi.
In another incident, the administrator of a local seminary and his son were shot dead by motorcycle-riding gunmen in Sachal area of the city. The cook of the seminary was also wounded in the attack.
Fear and panic gripped the area after the incident whereas some enraged residents of the area resorted to stone-pelting and blocked roads.
The victims were shifted to a nearby hospital.
Moreover, police, belonging to Sachal and Mobina Town police stations, locked horns with each other over the jurisdiction of the incident.
Another person was gunned down near Pakwan Centre in New Karachi. Police described the incident as a targeted killing.
Meanwhile, a police officer suffered gunshot wounds during a scuffle with a colleague in the Police Quarters located behind the Orangi Town police station.
Moreover, Rangers personnel conducted targeted raids in Malir, Jauhar, Square, Orangi Town and Jumma Goth area of the city arresting 10 suspects, according to a spokesman.
He also said that the arrested suspects were members of outlawed organisations and involved in the city’s gang-war.
