Karachi – 8 December 2000
Today at around 4 p.m., Mohammad Shafi, Member of MQM Liaquatabad Sector Committee and Iqbal Ahmed, former Member of MQM Liaquatabad Sector Committee were ruthlessly murdered by terrorists at the Mamjee Hospital in Karachi.
According to details, Mohammad Shafi was accompanying Iqbal Ahmed, who had an appointment for a medical check-up. When they reached the hospital, masked terrorists attacked them and opened indiscriminate fire. As a result Mohammad Shafi and Iqbal Ahmed were shot several times and died on the spot. There are several witnesses to the incident as this happened in the Mamjee Hospital.
Details of the murdered MQM workers:
1- Mohammad Shafi 45, son of Abdul Majeed, resident of Liaquatabad No 3 and 4, Karachi. He was the Member of MQM Liaquatabad Sector Committee. He was the father of four daughters and four sons.
2- Iqbal Ahmed 35, son of Mushtaq Ahmed, resident of Liaquatabad No 10, Karachi. He was the former Member of MQM Liaquatabad Sector Committee.
Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) is the third largest political party of Pakistan and the second largest in the province of Sindh. Since the commencement of the Army Operation on 19 June 1992, against the MQM, more than 15000 MQM leaders, workers and supporters have been extra-judicially murdered, thousands are languishing in prison on false and fabricated charges, dozens have been awarded death sentences, more than 28 workers are reported missing after being unlawfully arrested, thousands of families have been displaced from their homes and thousands of workers and supporters have been forced to leave the country and are living in exile.
Further details of this horrific incident are still awaited.