Shia Target Killing

Vehari, October 19, 2001: Scholar falls victim to Shia targeted killing

Date : October 19, 2001

Location : Khanewal

Casualties :1

Gender : male ,

Narrative of the Event

On October 19, 2001, four armed people in a car (LHX-6337) opened fire on Tehrik-e-Jaferia scholar Nazir Ahmed Abbas when he was sitting in his shop in Chak 62/WB on Khanewal Road. The said scholar died at the spot.

Sources:

1- https://www.dawn.com/news/2374/two-killed-in-targeted-shooting-in-vehari

2: Daily The Nation Lahore, October 19, 2001

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