SAA event in Sindh, Karachi area, Pakistan on Tue 21st March 2023

A religious scholar, Mufti Abdul Qayum (45) was shot dead in a suspected targeted attack in Block-9 area of Gulistan-i-Jauhar town in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, on March 21, reports Dawn. Karachi East Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Zubair Nazeer Shaikh said Mufti Qayum was on foot when pillion riders fired a single bullet at his head from close range and fled. He was going home after offering his Fajr prayers in the mosque. Mufti Abdul Qayum, an Ahle Sunnat religious scholar, was associated with the Sunni Ulema Council. He was the Khateeb and head of the Jamia Masjid Muhammadia Noorania and Islamic Centre in Architect Society, Gulistan-i-Jauhar respectively. He was also the Head of Women Islamic Mission University in Gulshan-i-Iqbal and a former teacher of Jamia Anwarul Quran in the Gulshan-i-Iqbal seminary.