Maulana Akbar Farooqi's funeral prayers offered
The unabated incidents of violence claimed 13 lives in different areas of Karachi on Sunday.
KARACHI (Dunya News) - Funeral prayers of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat spokesperson Maulana Akbar Farooqi have been offered in Karachi on Monday.
ASWJ has announced to hold protest demonstrations outside the residents of Sindh Governor and Chief Minister until the culprits are arrested.
On Sunday evening, unknown assailants gunned down Maulana Akbar Saeed Farooqi, spokesperson for Ahle-i-Sunnat Wa-al-Jamat (ASWJ) near Safari Park area of Karachi.
The victim was returning after participating in a rally at Lasbela Chowk when two motorcycle riding gunmen opened fire on him. Maulana Farooqi received two bullets in head and was immediately shifted to Liaquat National Hospital in critical condition where he succumbed to his injuries.
A bloody wave of killings and kidnappings has hit Karachi, a sprawling metropolis of 18 million people on the Arabian Sea and Pakistan s economic heart.
Bloody gang wars fed by ethnic and political bitterness, drugs and the Taliban, have created a culture of impunity, and the past two years have seen record death tolls.
In the first six months of 2013, 1,726 people were killed in Karachi compared with a previous high of 1,215 in the same period last year, according to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.
