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| Lawyer shot dead in Peshawar |
| 2013-03-20 |
| [Dawn] An unidentified armed man rubbed out a lawyer and injured his assistant seriously on Dalazak Road here on Monday morning, police said. They said that lawyer Zahir Abbas Naqvi was on his way to the district courts on a cycle of violence along with his assistant Syed Ghulam Nabi Shah when an unidentified man opened firing on them. Both of them were maimed seriously in the attack. They were shifted to Lady Reading Hospital where the lawyer succumbed to his wounds. The dear departed lawyer and his injured assistant belong to Wadpaga, a village on the outskirts of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. "We were riding a cycle of violence and as soon as we reached Dalazak Road a man armed with a pistol fired at us," injured Mr Shah told police. He said that after firing at them, the assailant went to a motorcyclist, who was waiting for him at a short distance, and expeditiously departed at a goodly pace. Mr Naqvi was the second lawyer, who was assassinated during the past few weeks. Another senior lawyer Malik Jarar was rubbed out at Gulbahar on Feb 8 when he was taking his children to a local private school. A police official said that the dear departed had no enmity. It seemed a sectarian issue, he added. He said that efforts were made to get a clue about the attackers. Imamia Students Organisation (ISO) has condemned the murder of the lawyer, saying government has failed to stop the murders of innocent people in Peshawar. A front man of ISO told Dawn that several members of Shiite community were killed but no killer had been placed in durance vile Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! so far. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Shot a lawyer?? I guess that is one part of Islamic fanaticism I can understand and align myself with. As the proud owner of two ex-wives, and the proud ex-owner of two houses, two cars, and two housefuls of furniture plus the requisite bankruptcy, I can definitely get on board with any group that wants to shoot lawyers. After all even ole Will Shakespear himself said in Henry VI, Part 2: "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers" So, maybe when we throw ammo and weapons over the wall we should build around Pakistanarchy, we should include a requirement for a certain number of the ammo being reserved for barristers and holy men. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2013-03-20 10:16 |