Senior Pakistani cleric accuses MQM for targetted killing of Shia Muslims in Karachi

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Muslmeen (MWM) Chief Leader Allama Raja Nasir Abbas Jafri has accused Mutahida Qomi Movement (MQM) for targeted killing of Shia Muslims in Karachi,  MWM Leader was talking to the live on Dawn News TV’s “News Eye Program”.Allama Amin Shaheedi has also briefed the media persons during his press conference in Islamabad regarding the recently received threats on mobile phone.City police chief Shahid Hayat confirmed the killings saying five members of the Shia community were shot dead in several districts.A doctor was shot dead in Manghopir neighbourhood in western district and another was gunned down around noon at Tariq Road in the eastern part of the city.They were identified by police as Dr Sher Ali and Dr Naseem Zaidi.“The killing pattern shows that they were apparently carried out on sectarian grounds,” Javed Alam Odho, the deputy inspector general of police told AFP.The other two victims were killed in central district when unknown attackers burst into a tailor’s shop and opened fire.The owner and a worker were killed and three others were injured.“The attack seemed to be on sectarian lines as all of the people inside the shop were Shias,” senior police officer Aamir Farooqi said.The fifth killing took place in Gulshane Iqbal town where a Shia youth was shot dead by gunmen riding a motorbike, Pir Mohammad Shah, a senior police officer told AFP.Majlise Wahdatul Muslimeen (MWM), an alliance of Shia Muslim groups held protest rallies and sit-ins in different parts of Karachi to condemn the killings./129