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Evangelist Shot Dead in Pakistan

Compass Direct News (CDN) is reporting that an evangelist was shot dead here on Wednesday (Nov. 16) by an unidentified gunman in what his family believes was a radical Muslim group’s targeting of a Christian, reports Dan Wooding, Founder of ASSIST Ministries.

Zahid Jameel, 25, told Compass that his father, Jameel Saawan, and a helper were opening the doors of their cosmetics shop in the Gulshan-e-Iqbal area of Karachi on Wednesday morning when a young man appeared and shot his father, first in the neck and then in the face.

CDN went on to say that the young assassin fled on a motorcycle on which two people were waiting, keeping watch for him, Jameel said. Jameel’s father had not spoken of any threats on his life in recent weeks, though he had received threats after voicing his desire to start a welfare organization for poor Christians in the Essanagri area of Karachi two years ago, he said.

“We firmly believe that my father was killed because of his preaching of the Bible, because there is no other reason,” Jameel said. “It wasn’t a robbery, because the assassin only walked towards my father and shot at him.”

Michael Javed, a former member of the Sindh provincial assembly, told Compass that he had known the victim for several years, as both of them are from Quetta.

“Saawan was a very good man and was always eager to help his community,” Javed said. “I also think that he was killed by some religious forces, because he had shared with me once that he was receiving threats from some quarters.”

For more information, please go to: www.compassdirect.org.

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[11/21/2011]

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