[DAWN] KARACHI: A factory owner and his driver were rubbed out in a Korangi locality in an attack apparently carried out on sectarian grounds on Thursday, officials said.They said that Ishtiaq Shaukat was returning from his factory in Korangi in his chauffeur-driven car when armed pillion riders sprayed their vehicle with bullets near Mohammadi Market in Korangi.
He and his driver, Atta Rehman, sustained multiple bullet wounds and were taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre where doctors declared them dead, said Dr Seemi Jamali of the health facility.
"We are investigating the double murder case from two angles," said SSP-East Pir Mohammed Shah.
He said that the assailants also took away the mobile phones, a laptop, a briefcase and other valuables from the vehicle and therefore it could be a robbery.
However,
some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them...
the second angle was that the murder might be sectarian since victim Ishtiaq was Shia, he added.
Meanwhile,
...back at the mall, Clarissa suddenly spied Mr. Bartlett at the checkout counter. He was buying Grecian Formula!...
a spokesperson for the Majlis Wahdat-e-Moslemeen said that victim Ishtiaq was a founder of an Imambargah
...since Pakistain is very religiously correct™, Shia Moslems can't call their houses of worship 'mosques,' which are reserved for Sunnis. It's not clear if imambargahs are used for explosives storage like mosques are...
in Korangi.
He was also the 'permit-holder' of a 9th Muharram procession in Korangi. Every Thursday, he visited the Korangi Imambargah and on Thursday he was also on his way when assailants targeted him, said the spokesperson.
However,
some men learn by reading. A few learn by observation. The rest have to pee on the electric fence for themselves...
he added, the driver was Sunni.
Victim Ishtiaq was father of four and lived near the Cantonment Railway Station area.