Saturday, May 05, 2007

Singer Murdered

Lo Corr - The International News - Lahore, Pakistan
Saturday, May 5, 2007

Khairpur: Local folk singer Faqir Mushtaque Ali Shaikh was shot dead at a shrine in the Pir Jo Goth town on Thursday midnight.

Faqir Mushtaque used to sing Sufi songs at Abhal Shah’s shrine.

Witnesses said two unidentified men killed him while he was asleep at the shrine.

Police allegedly harassed shrine caretaker Abdul Hakim Shaikh but later said they had no clue to the killer of the singer.

The deceased was famous for his Sufi songs and performed at shrines across Sindh.

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Saturday, May 05, 2007

Singer Murdered
Lo Corr - The International News - Lahore, Pakistan
Saturday, May 5, 2007

Khairpur: Local folk singer Faqir Mushtaque Ali Shaikh was shot dead at a shrine in the Pir Jo Goth town on Thursday midnight.

Faqir Mushtaque used to sing Sufi songs at Abhal Shah’s shrine.

Witnesses said two unidentified men killed him while he was asleep at the shrine.

Police allegedly harassed shrine caretaker Abdul Hakim Shaikh but later said they had no clue to the killer of the singer.

The deceased was famous for his Sufi songs and performed at shrines across Sindh.

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