Pakistan: Hafiz Saeed's aide & anti-India militant Sardar Hussain shot dead in Karachi, third Jihadist killed in 2023
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Karachi, Aug 8: In yet another assassination of terrorists in Pakistan, a Jihadist linked to Hafiz Saeed's identified as Sardar Hussain was shot dead by nationalist militants of Sindh in Karachi.
Pakistan media reported that Sardar Hussain of Jama'at-ud-Da'wah' was killed near his shop last week and succumbed to injuries four days later in hospital on August 5.
Notably, newly-created Sindhudesh Liberation Army has claimed responsibility for the assassination of Jama'at-ud-Da'wah' member. "Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army claims the responsibility of attack on the Jamait-ul- Dawa (Lashkar e Taiba) Leader and Punja- bi Settler 'Sardar Hussain Arain'," it said in a letter.
"Sardar Hussain Arain was a Pakistani Agencies agent who was running the net- work of a religious extremist group Jamait-ul-Dawa (Lashkar e Taiba)'. He contested the 2018 election from the Plate form of Allah o Akbar Tahreek' the political front of LeT. He was a main pillar of Punjabi Settlement in Nawabshah District and its surrounding, " it added.
Reports suggest that Hussain was running Lashkar-e-Taiba and JuD's Madrassa network in Pakistan. The slain JuD member had also fought elections on the ticket of Hafiz Saeed's party in 2018. He was an active member of JuD and had organized several events for the group.
This year several anti-India Kashmir-focussed militants have been assassinated in Pakistan. The Jihadists killed were affiliated with Hizbul Mujahideen and Al-Badr Mujahideen. In February this year, Khalid Raza of Al-Badr was killed in Karachi by unidentified gunmen. In the same month, Imitaz Alam alias Bashir Peer of Hizbul Mujahideen was killed in Rawalpindi.
In March 2022, Indian airlines IC-814 hijacker Zahoor Mistry was assassinated in Karachi. In 2021, there was an explosion outside the residence of 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed in Lahore.