A medical doctor professing the Ahmadiyya faith was gunned down in Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh, the group said on Tuesday.
Mubashar Ahmad, 50, was killed on Monday by two unknown assailants in Mirpur Khas when he was attending patients at his clinic.
Ahmadiyyas or Ahmdis, a small religious minority declared to be non-Muslims by Pakistan’s parliament in 1974, are regularly targeted by extremists.
Ahmadiyya spokesman Salimuddin, who uses a one-word name, said the assailants fired at Ahmad repeatedly before fleeing on a motorbike.
“Mubashar Ahmad was rushed to hospital but succumbed to his injuries on the way,” he said in a statement, demanding the authorities to pursue the killers with the full force of the law.
Ahmad is survived by a wife, two sons and two daughters.
Ahmadiyyas consider their founder, 19th century relgious leader Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, a prophet which pits them against the majority of Muslims who consider it a cardinal sin to declare anyone a prophet after Mohammed.
GNA
