Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Karachi's shrine bomber identified


KARACHI: One of the two suicide bombers who struck the shrine of Sufi saint Abdullah Shah Ghazi in Karachi hailed from Punjab’s city of Sialkot, SAMAA reported Thursday.

He was identified as Ishtiaq Zafar.

Law enforcement agencies conducted a raid to arrest his father Zafarullah and brother Imran, who managed to escape. However, Ishtiaq’s mother was taken into custody.

Speaking to SAMAA, Ishtiaq’s mother said that she came to know about the incident after seeing her son’s picture on TV