The renowned singer Amjad Sabri is no more as he was shot dead by two unknown gunmen at Liquatabad at the 10 number area of Karachi city. The show had mixed a mock wedding with a qawwali sung by Sabri related to religious figures, and was considered offensive.
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Amjad Sabri was aged about 45 years and was driving with a close relative when the assailants approached his auto on a motorcycle.
A splinter faction of the Pakistani Taliban said after the attack that it had killed Sabri because he was a “blasphemer”.
Sufism – a brand of Islam that’s steeped in mysticism – has millions of followers in Pakistan.
Another mourner Shaheen Iqbal said she had asked Sabri for help just days earlier.
Violence is common in Karachi despite a sharp decline in murders since the Pakistani military launched a crackdown two years ago against suspected militants and violent criminals.
It was the bullet in the head that took the qawwal’s life.
Investigative agencies have obtained CCTV footages from different cameras installed in Liaquatabad after world famous Qawwal Amjad Sabri was gunned down while a case has been lodged against unidentified miscreants, reported Friday.
Pakistani investigators and journalists gather around the blood-stained vehicle of famous Sufi singer Amjad Sabri after an attack in Karachi, Pakistan.
“I was on very good terms with his late father Ghulam Farid Sabri and his uncle, in fact when there was a rift between the two, I was there to resolve it. The brothers put and end to the misunderstanding with the most attractive qawwali, ‘Mann Kunto Maula’, which invoked spirituality within the people”, Parveen told Express News.
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Fakhre Alam, the chairman of the Sindh Board of Film Censors, claimed that Sabri applied for security, which was denied by the home department. “The driver and associate have been killed in the targeted attack”, he added.
