Shia Target Killing
Dera Ghazi Khan, June 6, 2004: Shia Gynaecologist Dr Suraiya Nisar shot dead
Date : June 6, 2004
Location : Dera Ghazi Khan
Casualties :1
Gender : female ,
Narrative of the Event
On June 6, 2004, unidentified gunmen shot dead renowned gynecologist Dr. Suraiya Nisar in Dera Ghazi Khan. Doctor Suraiya Nisar was shot dead as she came out of an operating theatre in the Al-Zohra Hospital, local police chief Muhammad Usman said, adding the attackers arrived at the hospital on a motorbike. One stayed at the main gate of the hospital while the other entered the premises and sprayed the doctor with bullets as she emerged from surgery, Usman said.
The assailants fled on the motorbike, witnesses said. They also shot at Nisar’s driver as he tried to chase them, wounding the man, the witnesses said.
“We have no enmity; we have friendly relations with people of all sects. I am confident that it was a sectarian killing,” said her brother, Iftikhar Hussain, himself a doctor.
Local Shia leader Syed Nadeem Haider told reporters: “We believe it is a sectarian killing because Dr. Suraiya Nisar’s family has been on the hit list of terrorists for a long time and they have received threats in the past.”
Sources:
1-http://www.jang-group.com/thenews/jun2004-daily/07-06-2004/national/n4.htm
2-https://www.brecorder.com/news/3048673
3-https://www.geocities.ws/sipahisahaba/2004/06062004.htm
4-Daily Khabrain Multan, June 6, 2004
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