Qasba Aligarh massacre

Qasba Aligarh Massacre
Part of Violence against Muhajirs
LocationQasba Colony
Date14 December 1986
2:30 PM – 4:30 AM
TargetMuhajirs
Attack type
Mass shooting
Deaths49-400+[1]
PerpetratorsAfghans in Pakistan
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The Qasba–Aligarh massacre was an ethnic massacre that took place when recently settled armed tribals from KPK, Pakistan and Afghanistan attacked densely populated civilized locals in Qasba Colony, Aligarh Colony and Sector 1-D of Orangi in Karachi in the early hours of the morning on 14 December 1986.[2] According to official reports, around 49 people (400+ according to unofficial reports) were killed and several hundred were injured in what was perceived as a "revenge killing"[2] following an unsuccessful raid on a Afghan heroin processing and distribution center in Sohrab Goth by the security forces.[3] Most of the residents of the two colonies happened to be Muhajirs like Biharis who had been freshly repatriated from Bangladesh.[4]

  1. ^ Ali, Juzar (2020-04-01). The Perpetual Migrant: FINDING MY WAY FROM THE ABUNDANCE IN POVERTY TO THE POVERTY OF ABUNDANCE. Page Publishing Inc. ISBN 978-1-64584-020-6.
  2. ^ a b Shafique, Khurram Ali (ed.). "1986: Orangi killings". The Chronicle of Pakistan. Republic of Rumi. Archived from the original on January 22, 2013.
  3. ^ Kennedy 1991, p. 948
  4. ^ Gayer 2003, p. 7: "Approximately 250,000 of the estimated 1.5 million Pashtuns of Karachi were living in Orangi."