[DAWN] KARACHI: A Jamaat-e-Islami...
The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka
The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an
independentbranch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
activist was rubbed out while resisting a robbery bid in Orangi Town on Wednesday, police said, but the JI claimed that its worker was targeted for political reasons.
"Apparently 27-year-old Shayan Yunus was killed by robbers outside his home for putting up resistance to robbers," said Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
-West SSP Azfar Mahesar.
The officer added that if the party had any information about the motive for the murder other than robbery, they did not share it with the police.
However,
facts are stubborn; statistics are more pliable...
the JI spokesperson in a statement said that the victim was killed by 'terrorists'.
Iqbal Market police SHO Ghulam Rasool Rajpar said that Shayan was standing outside his home in Sector-11 ½ when armed motorcyclists tried to snatch a mobile phone from him. When he put up resistance, the suspects opened fire on him and fled without taking anything from him. He sustained critical wounds and died during treatment in hospital.
Later, JI workers and the dear departed's relatives blocked main Shahrah-e-Orangi in a protest, where vehicular traffic was suspended for a considerable period of time.
The Sindh JI chief, Dr Meraj-ul-Huda, led his funeral prayers on Shahrah-e-Orangi and later on speaking to the workers, he asked the Sindh government to arrest the culprits within 24 hours, or otherwise, the party would be compelled to take what he described as an 'extreme action'.