Two people who were the workers of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamat (ASWJ) murdered in a shooting at a shop near the Siddiq Akbar Mosque in Nagan Chowrangi. The case includes provisions of murder and terrorism. Case charge number 680/2025, on the complaint of shop owner’s brother Shamsuddin, a case was registered against two unidentified motorcycle-riding accused under Sections 302/34 and 7 ATA.
Shamauddin stated in his statement in the FIR that on Monday, when he was busy in his working at the City Court Karachi, at around 2:45 pm, he received a phone call informing him that his real brother Shah Ahmed Noorani, who works in a shop near Siddiq Akbar Mosque, and his co-worker Abu Bakr were attacked by two unknown persons at the shop.
A motorcyclist came and opened indiscriminate fire, seriously injuring the victim, who was taken to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.
He immediately rushed to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where he learned that his brother Shah Ahmed Noorani and Abu Bakr, who worked with him at the shop, had succumbed to their injuries.
After post-mortem and other legal proceedings, the police handed over the bodies of the two aforementioned individuals to their heirs and registered a case against two unidentified individuals on his complaint, he added.
The case was registered as: Yesterday, unknown armed suspects opened fire and killed two Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat workers near the Siddiq Akbar Mosque in Buffer Zone Sector 15B, Nagan Chowrangi.
The police have declared the incident a target killing and have started investigating the other incident. CCTV footage of the incident has also come to light. In the CCTV footage, the armed suspects can be seen fleeing after opening fire at the shop.
As a result of the shooting, two people inside the shop were seriously injured and were immediately rushed to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital in critical condition, during treatment both of them died.
After receiving information about the shooting incident, police and Rangers officers and personnel reached the scene and the crime scene unit was immediately called.
The deceased in the shooting incident were identified as 32-year-old Shah Ahmed Pirzada and 24-year-old Abu Bakr.
The deceased, Shah Ahmed Pirzada, was the owner of the shop and a resident of North Nazimabad Block N, while Abu Bakr was an employee of the shop and a resident of Federal B Area.
The police seized CCTV footage of the incident and five spent shells from a 9mm pistol from the scene. After receiving information about the shooting incident, SSP Sandal Zeeshan Shafiq Siddiqui also reached the spot.
In the statement, SSP Central said that initially the incident was reported that unknown armed suspects opened fire at the shop, and injured two people who were rushed to the hospital but died on arrival.
CCTV footage of the incident showed that two unidentified armed suspects on a motorcycle came outside the shop. One suspect remained seated on the motorcycle, while the other suspect got off the motorcycle, entered the shop, and opened fire indiscriminately inside the shop.
According to eyewitnesses, he said that the armed suspects fired about five to seven shots. They said that the incident was a targeted attack.What are the reasons for this? It will be known only after the investigation whether the incident occurred due to personal enmity or they were targeted for religious reasons. The victims belong to the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamat.
He also said that a CTD team has also been called to the scene so that a professional investigation into the incident can be conducted.
And stated that during the investigation, this aspect will also be looked into whether there is any connection to the University Road incident a few days ago, he added.
Abu Bakr, a resident of Karachi, said, “We want to handle matters legally, but where do the killers disappear after killing innocent people? Why aren’t the killers punished? How long will we face such incidents?”
Syed Abdul Rafa Shah, Senior Vice President of Ahle Sunnat Wa Jamaat Karachi, while talking to the media at Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, said that two Ahle Sunnat Wa Jamaat workers were martyred today. Both the youths were sitting to earn a living for their families. The accused came and easily killed both the workers and left. The terrorists want to destroy the peace of our country.He also asked that who is this killer? Who is backing them? How long will we continue to carry the funeral of our people?
General Secretary Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat Karachi Division Allama Taj Muhammad Hanafi told media representatives that two of our workers were targeted after Zuhr prayers today. Both the youths were busy working in their shop. The motorcycle riders targeted and killed both of them.
I regret to say that the situation in Sindh province is like a jungle. Where is the administration? Where is the government? 10 days ago, one of our colleagues was killed and now this incident has happened. Both of them were workers of our party and office bearers of the student organization. The government seems to be failing to break the back of the terrorists. Target killings of our workers are happening one after another. Five of our workers have been killed this year.
