Shia Target Killing
Karachi, March 4, 2002: Dr. Alay Safdar Zaidi falls victim to Shia target killing
Date : October 4, 2002
Location : Karachi
Casualties :1
Gender : male ,
Narrative of the Event
On March 4, 2002, a U.S.-returned Shi’a Muslim doctor was shot dead in Gizri on Monday morning in Karachi.
The police said that Dr. Alay Safdar Zaidi, aged 40, a nephrologist, was on his way to the Kidney Centre in his car (ABU-495) from his residence in Defense, Phase-7, when two men, riding motorcycles, intercepted him at the traffic signal near Sultan Masjid on Khayaban-i-Hafiz.
The assailants sprayed Dr. Zaidi with bullets when he was waiting for the green traffic light, the police said. The assailants sped away without facing any resistance from the law enforcement agencies after killing their target, witnesses said.
According to doctors at the Kidney Centre, Dr. Zaidi had joined the Kidney Centre as a consultant nephrologist about eight months ago, after he had returned from the United States, where he resided and studied for around 10 years.
Sources:
1-Daily Dawn Karachi, March 5, 2002
2-Shuhda-e-Millat Karachi by Hasan Murtaza, P.511, Published by Shi’a Ulema Council Sindh, 2009
3-Data of Shaheed Foundation
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