Shia Target Killing

Lahore, December 19,1990: Murder of Iranian diplomate Sadeq Ganji

Date : December 19, 1990

Location : Lahore

Casualties :1

Gender : male ,

Narrative of the Event

On December 19, 1990, Sadeq Ganji, Iranian Consul General to Pakistan and Director General of the Iranian Cultural Center, was killed in Lahore by the Sipah-i-Sahahbah Pakistan (SSP) Deobandi Takfiri Sunni militant organization.

Ganji was the first prominent Shi’a Muslim from Iran to be killed in Pakistan.

References:

Shia Genocide in Pakistan: Myth or Reality , Author. Muhammad Aamir Hussaini, P. 342; Aks Publications Lahore,

Images & Videos