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18-09-2013                                                      Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya Pakistan Rabwah

Press Release

Mr. Ijaz Ahmad Kiyani, Ahmadi gunned down in Karachi on religious grounds

Target-killing of four Ahmadis within four weeks; sectarian violence against Ahmadis has increased: Spokesman Jamaat Ahmadiyya

Chenab Nagar: (PR) Today, 18 September 2013, Mr. Ijaz Ahmad Kiyani S/O Mr. Bashir Ahmad Kiyani, Ahmadi was shot dead by unknown assailants at 7:30 a.m. in Orangi Town, Karachi. He left home for work at 07:30 and had not gone far when two men coming from the opposite side on a motorcycle fired several shots at him. He was hit by six bullets. One bullet hit his left hand, four hit him in the chest and one in the head. He died on the spot.

Mr. Kiyani was 27. He worked as a driver in an army establishment. He is survived by his parents, a wife, a five years old daughter and a two years old son.

Mr. Saleemuddin, the Jamaat Ahmadiyya spokesman expressed his grief and anguish over this incident and said that such incidents of target-killing have been happening in Karachi for a long time and the authorities have failed to put a stop to them. Four Ahmadis have been killed in Karachi for their faith during the past four weeks. We refuse to be intimidated by the killing of innocent Ahmadis because we have faith in Allah. Jamaat Ahmadiyya has progressed after every martyrdom. Ahmadis’ spirit is high and our adversaries are wrong to assume that their barbarous activities would make any Ahmadi lose faith. The government should be mindful of its duty and should stop the proliferation of hate literature that incites the public to kill Ahmadis. In the recent past conferences were held in the sacred name of Khatme Nabuwwat throughout the country in which hatred and violence against Ahmadis was preached and the audience were incited against Ahmadis through edicts of Wajibul Qatl (must be killed).

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