Amjad Sabri is the son of singer Ghulam Farid Sabri
AB Wire
Well-known Pakistani qawwali singer Amjad Sabri was shot dead in Karachi on Wednesday, reported The Times of India. The 45-year-old singer was traveling in a car with his assistant when the incident happened.
The assailants on a motorbike fired at Sabri’s car at Liaquatabad area of Karachi. He died on the way to Abbasi Shaheed hospital. No organization has claimed responsibility for the attack.
“Three people including Amjad Sabri have been killed in a targeted attack on his car in Liaquatabad 10 area this afternoon,” a senior police official was quoted as saying by The Times of India.
“He was shot in the chest and head and he were shifted to Abbasi Shaheed hospital immediately, where he succumbed to his injuries. The driver and associate have been killed in the targeted attack,” he added.
Senior police officer Muqaddas Haider told AFP that it was a targeted killing and an act of terrorism. Reports say that the assailants shot three bullets at Sabri.
Amjad’s father, Ghulam Farid Sabri, was also a famous qawwali singer. His band was popular in India and Pakistan in the 1970s and 80. The family adhering to Sufi Islam migrated to Karachi from India during the division of India and Pakistan.
Amjad Sabri has sung for many movies in India and Pakistan.
Though Sufism has millions of followers in Pakistan, the community had to face many attacks in the past. According to a report in BBC, no such attacks were reported in last two years.