Shia Target Killing

Karachi, May 5, 2002: Doctor shot and wounded in Malir

Date : May 5, 2002

Location : Karachi

Casualties :1

Gender : male ,

Narrative of the Event

On May 5, 2002, a Shi’a doctor was shot and wounded outside his clinic in Khokhrapar, Malir, on Sunday. The police said that as Dr. Athar Husain Rizvi, aged 50, arrived at his Swaleh Clinic in F-South in Khokhrapar on his motorcycle, two unidentified men, who were waiting for him, opened fire on him and escaped on their motorcycle.

The doctor was rushed to Jinnah Post-graduate Medical Centre (JPMC), where he was provided treatment. He was later shifted to a private hospital.

Sources:

1-Daily Dawn Karachi, May 6, 2002

2-Daily Jang Karachi, May 6, 2002

Images & Videos