Another Shia Muslim Killed in Pakistan
Another Shia Muslim has been killed in an attack by unknown gunmen in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi in the latest wave of assaults on Shias in the country.
On Monday, the gunmen shot dead 40-year-old Jawad Hasan Naqvi at the city’s Qureshi Market in Orangi neighborhood.
Shia leaders in Karachi called on the government to take immediate action against the forces involved in the Shia killings in the country.
On Sunday, a terrorist attack on Shia pilgrims claimed the lives of at least 19 people in southwestern Pakistan as they were on their way to Iran.
Reports said a number of women and children were among the dead.
According to Human Rights Watch, at least 320 Shia Muslims were killed in 2012 in Pakistan.
The New York-based group said Islamabad's failure to capture or prosecute terrorists suggested it was "indifferent" to the killings.
Other human rights groups in Pakistan have also criticized the government for its failure to stem the rising tide of violence against the country’s Shia Muslims.
Source: Press TV
Shia leaders in Karachi called on the government to take immediate action against the forces involved in the Shia killings in the country.
On Sunday, a terrorist attack on Shia pilgrims claimed the lives of at least 19 people in southwestern Pakistan as they were on their way to Iran.
Reports said a number of women and children were among the dead.
According to Human Rights Watch, at least 320 Shia Muslims were killed in 2012 in Pakistan.
The New York-based group said Islamabad's failure to capture or prosecute terrorists suggested it was "indifferent" to the killings.
Other human rights groups in Pakistan have also criticized the government for its failure to stem the rising tide of violence against the country’s Shia Muslims.
Source: Press TV
