Violence After Raza Haider Assassination in Karachi

Raza Haider, an MQM leader and member Sindh Assembly, and his guard were shot dead here at a mosque in Nazimabad on Monday, Unknown armed motorcyclists fired shots at Raza Haider as well as his guard when he was preparing to attend a funeral prayer at a mosque in Nazimabad Block No.2, Karachi Pakistan. Separate incidents of firing were reported in different parts of the city shortly after the fatal attack on Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader while several vehicles were set on fire in different parts of the metropolis.The incident sent a wave of fear and panic across the metropolis, as shopkeepers pulled down their shutters in view of any violent reaction by enraged people. MQM leaders Babar Ghauri and Haider Abbas Rizvi expressed profound grief on the tragic incident. “It would be difficult to put a cap on the chapter opened (today),” Babar Ghauri asserted.