Pakistan: Ahmadi man shot dead in Nawabshah, Sindh

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The victim, 38 years old Imtiaz Ahmad, was standing in front of a business he owned in Trunk Bazar when he was struck by a bullet to his head.

Victim Imtiaz Ahmad

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By Staff report | July 14, 2014

An Ahmadi man was murdered today in Nawabshah, a town 170 miles northeast of the Pakistani port city of Karachi in the Sindh province.

According to a statement issued via the micro-blogging website, Twitter, the press department of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Pakistan said that the victim, 38 years old Imtiaz Ahmad, was standing in front of the business he owned in Trunk Bazar when he was struck by a bullet to his head.

The victim, a local Ahmadiyya Muslim youth leader, was killed about 4:30 PM, local time, according to sources.

Ahmad is survived by his elderly parents, wife and three children. The youngest child is only a few month old.

Nawabshah, situated in  Shaheed Benazir Abad District (so named after the murder of Benazir Bhutto, former Prime Minister of Pakistan) has a bloody history with numerous Ahmadī murders.

Although the cause of Imtiaz Ahmad’s murder has not been formally determined, the victim’s family has endured faith-based murders in the past.

Victim’s uncle, Seth Muhamad Yousaf was gunned down in Nawabshah because of his faith a day after the airing of a TV episode, Aalim Online, where an infamous hate preacher had facilitated issuance of a fatwa calling for the murder of Ahmadīs because they were 'apostates' of Islam.

Seth Yousaf was the local Ahmadiyya community president when he was murdered in September 2008.

According to local reports, Seth Yousaf’s son, Asif Daud, was also targeted a few months ago but luckily he escaped the murder attempt.


-- Note: This story has been updated multiple time with additional information.


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