A Hindu doctor was shot dead in Karachi’s Garden area after his vehicle was attacked by unknown assailants, in what has been described by the police as a case of targeted killing.
Dr Beerbal Ginani had recently retired as Karachi Metropolitan Corporation’s (KMC) medical and health services director.
The 62-year-old was gunned down by armed assailants on a motorcycle near the Lyari Expressway junction.
According to police, the incident appeared to be a targeted killing, Dawn reported.
The doctor sustained two bullet injuries to the head, while his assistant was also injured in the attack.
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has demanded a thorough investigation into the murder while expressing alarm over the attack.
Earlier this month, a 60-year-old Hindu doctor was killed by his driver at his residence in Citizen Colony, Hyderabad.
Driver Hanif Leghari mudered Dr Dharam Dev Rathi and then fled the scene.
The 60-year-old was a dermatologist by profession and had retired from the health department.
The driver was arrested over a week later.
Hindu community in Pakistan faces growing marginalisation with the forced conversion of Hindu girls to Islam a severe issue.
The United Nations had also urged Pakistan to curtail the practice of forced marriages of young girls from religious minorities to Muslim men. The United Nations had also called on Pakistani authorities to adopt and implement legislation in this regard.
In a statement, the UN had “expressed alarm” that young girls from religious minorities are kidnapped, trafficked, forcibly converted to Islam, and forced to marry men. The statement called on Pakistani authorities to curb this practice and uphold international human rights laws.
