The police in Pakistan’s Karachi fear the resurgence of sectarian terrorism after the Shia leader was shot dead on Saturday in a target killing in the Ancholi area, local media reported.
Syed Salman Haider Rizvi, general secretary of the Pasban-e-Aza and former president of the Masjid Khair-ul-Amal, was shot dead on Saturday night.
The incident took place outside Rizvi’s residence near the Masjid Khair-ul-Amal in Ancholi Society within the jurisdiction of the Samanabad police station.
Investigators probing the murder of a senior leader of Pasban-i-Aza feared the return of sectarian terrorism in the metropolis as they believed that Rizvi was killed because of sectarian reasons, Dawn newspaper reported.
While talking to Dawn newspaper, Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) official Raja Umar Khattab recalled that such a killing apparently based on sectarianism took place after a considerable period.
He feared the “sectarian terrorism was again rearing its ugly head in the metropolis”, said the Pakistani newspaper.