{"id":68881,"date":"2025-03-24T10:38:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T05:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=68881"},"modified":"2025-03-24T10:38:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T05:38:27","slug":"karachi-mosque-imam-shot-dead-in-orangi-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/karachi-mosque-imam-shot-dead-in-orangi-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Karachi mosque Imam shot dead in Orangi town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI: In a shocking turn of events, a\u00a0 50-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/mufti-munir-shakir-martyred-in-peshawar-mosque-explosion\/\">mosque Imam<\/a>, Sherzada, was fatally shot in Orangi Town, Karachi, on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"diff-highlight\">Rescue<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">officials<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">said<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">that<\/span> the <span class=\"diff-highlight\">murder<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">took<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">place<\/span> during<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/ramadan-2025-best-sehri-iftar-deals-in-islamabad-rawalpindi\/\"> Sehri&#8217;s time<\/a> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">after<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">he<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">was<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">shot<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">once<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">in<\/span> the <span class=\"diff-highlight\">head<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">while<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">he<\/span> was on <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> way to lead prayers at a mosque <span class=\"diff-highlight\">named<\/span> Altaf Nagar.<\/p>\n<p>According to the reports, Sherzada was a resident of Banaras Pathan Colony. The police recovered the mobile phone <span class=\"diff-highlight\">of<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">victim<\/span> from the <span class=\"diff-highlight\">murder<\/span> scene.<\/p>\n<p>Although the investigation for this murder is still ongoing, but the police officers are considering it as target killing.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"diff-highlight\">Investigators<\/span> are trying to <span class=\"diff-highlight\">get<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">in<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">touch<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">with<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">Sherzada<\/span>&#8216;s family to <span class=\"diff-highlight\">get<\/span> more information about the <span class=\"diff-highlight\">victim<\/span>. The police are also <span class=\"diff-highlight\">trying<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">to<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">figure<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">out<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">what<\/span> Sherzada was <span class=\"diff-highlight\">doing<\/span> at the <span class=\"diff-highlight\">murder<\/span> scene.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"diff-highlight\">The<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">victim<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">&#8216;<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">s<\/span> body <span class=\"diff-highlight\">has<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">been<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">sent<\/span> to <span class=\"diff-highlight\">a<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">local<\/span> hospital for further procedures. The <span class=\"diff-highlight\">police<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">are<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">investigating<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">case<\/span> to <span class=\"diff-highlight\">learn<\/span> the motive behind the killing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI: In a shocking turn of events, a\u00a0 50-year-old mosque Imam, Sherzada, was fatally shot in Orangi Town, Karachi, on Monday. Rescue officials said that the murder took place during Sehri&#8217;s time after he was shot once in the head while he was on the way to lead prayers at a mosque named Altaf Nagar. 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