Kazim Jafri, a shopowner, shot dead in Karachi
21-3-2002
KARACHI, March 21 2002: A young man was shot dead and two others were wounded when unidentified assailants opened fire at a shop in Akhtar Colony on Thursday night.
The police said that unidentified assailants, riding on a motorcycle, sprayed a video shopowner, Kazim Jafri, aged 35, with bullets at Pindi Chowk in Akhtar Colony in the police limits of Mehmoodabad. While fleeing the assailants continued the firing wounding two other men who were passing in front of the shop in their vehicle.
The shopkeeper died on the spot. The injured, identified as Rizwan, aged 30, and Fazal Karim, aged 40, were rushed to Jinnah Post-graduate Medical Centre (JPMC) where they were stated to be out of danger.
Kazim's body was also sent to the JPMC for post-mortem, the police said. The town police officer of Jamshed Town told Dawn that the killing appeared to be sectarian-motivated, and the two injured were not the real target.
Three LJ activists get death penalty
6-7-2004
KARACHI, July 6: Judge Haq Nawaz Baloch of the Anti-Terrorism Court No. 5 on Tuesday awarded death penalty to three workers of the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi in five sectarian murder cases.
Ataullah, Mohammed Azam and Mohammed Riaz stood quiet behind the bars as the judge announced the verdict inside the Central Prison around 1pm. The judge also ordered confiscation of convicts' properties worth Rs500,000 each in every murder case.
Ataullah, already condemned to death in several other sectarian murder cases, was sentenced to death in all five murder cases, while Mohammad Azam, a co-accused in four cases, was awarded death penalty in three cases as he was acquitted in one of the cases.
Ataullah and Mohammed Riaz were also found guilty of having killed an owner of the video shop on March 21, 2002 in Mehmoodabad. Two people were also injured in the shop attack. The two came on a bike and opened fire on Kazim Hussain Jafferi, who was sitting in the shop. The accused were also sentenced to a seven-year term for injuring the people.
The judge imposed a fine of Rs50,000 each on the convicts, who would have to undergo an additional six-month term in case of default on the payment. Accused Riaz was also sentenced to a seven-year term for possessing an unlicensed weapon. Special public prosecutor Mazhar Qayyum represented the state in all cases.
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