People in Pakistan have now come to know this fear by many names. Call ‘unknown killer’, ‘Anon Gunman’ or ‘Silent Killer’ or it should be named ‘motorcycle rider gunman’ or fidayeen squad. This ‘mysterious figure’, which targets the top Maulanas in Pakistan, has created a shudder in Pakistan. Nobody knows who this is, for whom. But its war is so deadly that its discussion creates wrinkles in Pakistan.
These unknown gunmen have hired many people who were declared anti -India as declared. For example, a terrorist named Zahoor Mistry, who was one of the five kidnappers involved in the IC-814 plane hijacking in December 1999. On 7 March 2022, it was murdered by two armed motorcycle riders in Karachi.
In the last one-and-a-half years in Pakistan, many opponents of India have been hired by these unknown gunmen. These include some big names Khwaja Shahid, Maulana Rahimullah Tariq, Lakhbir Singh Rode, Ziaur Rahman, Bashir Ahmed Pir, Hanjala Adnan.
As such, this list is very long. But after a few days of silence, the fear of ‘unknown killer’ has started again in Pakistan. Within 25 days, these unknown gunmen have killed 5 peak Maulanas of Pakistan. These included people who played an important role in the arrest of retired Navy Commander Kulbhushan Jadhav of India. Let’s take a look at these sensational killings.
Maulana Hameedul Haq Haqqani
Maulana Hamidul Haq Haqqani is the most high profile figure in the recent killings in Pakistan. 57 -year -old Maulana Hamidul Haq Haqqani was killed on 28 February 2025 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa when people were present in a madrasa after prayers. Meanwhile, a fideline had blown himself.
Maulana Hamidul Haq Haqqani Dar Ulum Hakkania was the chief of the seminari. This madrasa has been associated with the Taliban for a long time, as many of its members, including the group’s founder Mullah Omar, have received training here. The BBC has called it ‘University of Jihad’ in one of its articles.
Maulana Hamidul Haq Haqqani was the son of an influential Pakistani Maulvi Maulavi, Ul-Haq, who is widely known as the “father of the Taliban”.
Hamidul Haq Haqqani’s father was also killed in 2018. He then became the Vice Chancellor of Madrasa and became the head of a group of religious Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-S) political party. Haq’s father’s father had a long relationship with the leadership of Afghan Taliban, including Mullah Umar.
Mufti Shah Mir
Another Friday came after February 28. Date 7 March 2025. Pakistan was shaken by a high profile killing. Unidentified gunmen shot and killed Mufti Shah Mir on 7 March 2025 in Balochistan.
Motorcycle -riding armed people opened fire on Mufti Shah Mir, causing him seriously injured. He was taken to the local hospital, where he died.
Mir, considered involved in human trafficking, was coming out of the local mosque after the prayers of Taraweeh (night), when the bike riders attacked him and attacked him several times.
The most important thing about Mufti Shah Mir is that he helped ISI to kidnap Kulbhushan Jadhav, former Navy officer of India.
Human and weapon smuggler Mir used to work under the guise of Mufti and was a member of the Islamic fundamentalist political party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam.
Abdullah nadeem
On the next Friday, another Maulana in Pakistan was targeted by unknown assailants. The date was 14 March 2025.
Pakistan police said that there was an explosion in a mosque in South Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Friday, in which at least four people including Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) district Amir were injured.
South Waziristan District Police Chief DPO Asif Bahadur said that it is believed that JUI-F leader Abdullah Nadeem was the target of the blast. He has suffered a serious injury and has been admitted to the hospital. The police have no idea about this attack.
Abu Katal
Just a day after Jume, another high profile killing took place in Pakistan. The next target of unknown gunmen is a dreaded terrorist and many cases in India, Abu Katal. Lashkar-e-Taiba Top terrorist Abu Katal, also known as Katal Sindhi, was killed by unknown assailants in Jhelum Sindh, Pakistan on Saturday night.
According to India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA), its involvement in terrorist activities begins from 2002-03, when he infiltrated India and worked in the Poonch-Rajouri range. NIA declared him wanted. This terrorist became a big headache for all security agencies including the army. Terrorist Abu Katal was also very close to Hafiz Saeed. Hafiz Saeed is the mastermind of the Mumbai attack.
It was also reported in many reports that Hafiz Saeed was also attacked that day. But this could not be confirmed. However, ISI has increased the security of Hafiz Saeed after this attack.
Mufti Abdul Baqi Nurzai
Another high profile murder has been carried out in Quetta, Pakistan. Unknown assailants shot a senior leader of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) on Sunday (March 16) of Mufti Abdul Nurzai on Sunday (March 16). Mufti Abdul was going to the rest of the mosque when unknown assailants fired on it.
Quetta police is investigating the case. In this way, 5 big Maulanas have been killed in Pakistan from February 28 and March 17.
Murders pattern
In fact, since 2021-22, many terrorist commanders and religious leaders have been murdered in Pakistan, including members of organizations like Lashkar-e-Taiba (Let), Jaish-e-Mohammed, and Hizbul Mujahideen. The pattern of these murders is usually the same. In this, unidentified gunmen riding on a motorcycle are shot dead by shooting them closely and the investigating agencies are not able to know anything. The pattern of these murders indicates an organized campaign, but who is behind it is not clear. Pakistani agencies have been investigating the matter for 2 years. But his hands have not felt anything.
Pakistan keeps accusing India of these murders to hide its failure. But till date, he never gave any evidence other than the word of words. India’s Foreign Ministry has described these allegations as concocted, baseless and nonsense.