1988 Latifabad riots

Massacres against Muhajirs in Sindh, Pakistan 1988 Latifabad riots Latifabad, Hyderabad, Pakistan 30 September 1988 Violence against Muhajirs 200+ Muhajirs Qadir Magsi and Sindhi nationalists The 1988 Latifabad riots were a series of pogroms in the Latifabad area of Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan, perpetrated by Sindhi nationalist militants targeting Muhajirs on 30 September 1988. It resulted in the death of more than 200 people and is considered one of the Sindhi-Muhajir issues in Pakistan.Migrants and Militants: Fun and Urban Violence in Pakistan Oskar Verkaaik Princeton University Press 189The Black Friday: 30 September 1988, Hyderabad https://www.scribd.com/document/258242833/The-Black-Friday-30-September-1988-Hyderabad 2021-10-14 Scribd en The following day Sindhis were killed in ethnic rioting which killed at least 46 people.Ethnic Rioting in Karachi Kills 46* and Injures 50 The New York Times, 2 October 1988. In the following days MQM retaliation led to the deaths of around 250 Sindhis, according to Zulfiqar Mirza. A curfew was enforced in both Karachi and Hyderabad.Verkaaik Oskar http://worldcat.org/oclc/1043701861 Migrants and militants: fun and urban violence in Pakistan 5 June 2018 Princeton University Press 978-0-691-18771-6 1043701861 Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), the mainstream Muhajir party, would broaden its scope as a party of the middle class following this incident, emphasizing the common physical suffering of the local Muhajir community in parallel to its socioeconomic decline.Jaffrelot Christophe http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190235185.001.0001 The Pakistan Paradox 2015-08-15 Oxford University Press 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190235185.001.0001 978-0-19-023518-5August 2022 Background In 1988, the massacre, which was committed during the regime of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq as a result of brewing ethnic and political tensions between Sindhi and Muhajir communities.Zaidi S. Akbar 1991 Sindhi vs Mohajir in Pakistan: Contradiction, Conflict, Compromise https://www.jstor.org/stable/4398031 Economic and Political Weekly 26 20 1295–1302 4398031 0012-9976 Zia-ul-Haq, then-President of Pakistan, had been killed in a plane crash the month before, leaving political and democratic possibilities open in Pakistan. Demographic considerations were a huge part of political discourse that led to ethnic rioting throughout the late 1980s.May 2025 Massacre Unidentified gunmen opened fire on large crowds, in Latifabad. The MQM accused Qadir Magsi and nationalists carrying out the attack.The Black Friday: 30 September 1988, Hyderabad https://www.scribd.com/document/258242833/The-Black-Friday-30-September-1988-Hyderabad 2021-10-14 Scribd en Trial and acquittal Following the 1988 massacre, Qadir Magsi was detained without trial or conviction for five years. He was eventually released on bail pending trial.2017-05-18 Dr Qadir Magsi (SOB) acquitted in 1988 Hyderabad massacre case http://tribune.com.pk/story/1413232/dr-qadir-magsi-acquitted-1988-hyderabad-massacre-case 2021-10-14 The Express Tribune en In July 2003, a Hyderabad trial court exonerated Qadir Magsi and eight others who were accused of perpetrating the massacre. The Sindh High Court upheld the trial court's judgement in 2007, exonerating 41 additional suspects. References Sindh Category:20th-century mass murders in Pakistan Category:1988 in Pakistan Category:Hyderabad, Sindh Category:History of Sindh (1947–present) Category:Massacres in Pakistan Category:Crime in Sindh Category:1988 murders in Pakistan Category:Spree shootings in Pakistan Category:September 1988 in Pakistan Category:Massacres in 1988