KARACHI: An activist of the outlawed Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) was shot dead and his friend wounded in a targeted attack apparently on sectarian grounds in Korangi Industrial Area, police said on Saturday.

They said that Hafiz Adnan and Ashraf were returning home from Saddar on a motorbike late on Friday night when armed pillion riders fired at them near the Korangi Crossing area.

Both men sustained serious bullet wounds and were shifted to the Jinnah Post­graduate Medical Centre, where doctors pronounced Adnan dead. Ashraf was admitted to the health facility for treatment.

Korangi Industrial Area SHO Aijaz Soomro said that it appeared to be a targeted attack on sectarian grounds.

An ASWJ spokesperson said that the victim was a local leader of the party in Korangi.

Meanwhile, the Korangi Industrial Area police have registered an FIR (470/2017) against two unk­nown suspects under the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1997 on a complaint of the wounded, Ashraf.

Published in Dawn, June 25th, 2017