KARACHI: A Shiite official of the Karachi Municipal Corporation (KMC) was shot martyred in Azizabad on Monday evening under mysterious circumstances. It is said that militants of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) formerly known as Anjuma-e-Sipahe Sahaba (SSP) are behind the incident.
Police said the 50-year-old was attacked from inside the car he was driving. His daughter, who also was in the car, was injured.
“Ashraf alias Ashu and his young daughter were attacked from inside the car,” Karachi-West DIG Feroz Shah said.
They were taken to a private hospital where doctors said Mr Ashraf, deputy director, had died.
His daughter was said to be out of danger.
The DIG said police were investigating the motive for the murder.
Meanwhile, a spokesperson for the Majlis Wahdatul Muslimeen said Ashraf Abbas was a trustee of the Azizabad Imambargah Sakina and it was a targeted killing.
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement said Mr Abbas was a worker of the party’s unit 153 in F.B. Area sector.
Ahle Sunnah Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) was first banned in 2002 by then Gen Pervez Musharraf. Activists from the pro-al-Qaeda group formerly known as the Sipah-e-Sahaba (SSP), or [so-called] Soldiers of the Companions of the Prophet, have been convicted of killing thousands of of Shia Muslims, even Christians and Sunnis. The current chief of ASWJ is Muhammad Ahmad Ludhianvi.
Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), also known as Anjuman Sipah-e-Sahaba, Guardians of the Friends of the Prophets, Millat-e-Islamia, Pakistan, Mililat-I-Islami Pakistan, SSP, Sipah-I-Sahaba Pakistan, Sepah Sahabeh, Corps of the Companions of the Prophet Mohammed, Ahl-e- Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ)--New Name is an active group formed c. 1985.
Their new name as Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) may lead to misunderstandings and someone thinks they are Sunni Muslims; but we must know there is no relation between them and Sunnis. Instead, these extremists cause severe damage to the community of Sunni Muslims.
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