Qasba Aligarh Massacre
1986 CE.
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The Qasba–Aligarh massacre was a massacre that took place when recently settled armed Pashtuns from tribal belt in northwestern Pakistan attacked densely populated localities in Qasba Colony, Aligarh Colony, Sajidabad and Sector 1-D of Orangi in Karachi, in the early hours of the morning on 14 December 1986. According to the official reports, 49 people (more than 400 according to unofficial reports) were killed and several hundred were injured, in what was perceived as a "revenge killings" following an unsuccessful raid on an Pashtun heroin processing and distribution center in Sohrab Goth by the security forces who were met with violent retaliation. As part of the operation, the security forces surrounded the area with bulldozers destroying illegally encroached houses and removing the residents. Most of the residents of the two colonies who were attacked as a result happened to be Muhajirs, such as Biharis who had been freshly repatriated from Bangladesh.
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