On March 7, 2025, Mufti Shahmeer, a local Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) leader, was fatally shot in a targeted assault in Turbat’s Malikabad area.
Unidentified gunmen on motorcycles ambushed him as he exited a mosque after Tarawih prayers, sparking the Mufti Shahmeer Murder probe. Rushed to the hospital with severe gunshot wounds, he succumbed shortly after, officials confirmed.
BREAKING: Armed assailants attacked and killed Mullah Shahmir in the Malikabad area of #Turbat. Mullah Shahmir was allegedly involved in the killing and kidnapping of people and was also the alleged killer of school teacher Rauf Baloch on the name of blasphemy. #Balochistan pic.twitter.com/xpOndUSER5
— Bahot | باہوٹ (@bahot_baluch) March 7, 2025Eyewitnesses described a calculated hit assailants waited in hiding, unleashing a barrage of bullets before vanishing. “It was organized, precise,” one said. The motive remains a mystery, and police have launched a manhunt to track the killers.
ALERT: Mufti Shah Meer, a religious cleric in Balochistan's Kech district, succumbed to his injuries after unidentified armed persons targeted him during Taraweeh prayers at Jama Masjid Malikabad, Kech: Locals pic.twitter.com/blji6lg783
— The Khorasan Diary (@khorasandiary) March 7, 2025The Mufti Shahmeer Murder adds to Balochistan’s grim tally, with two JUI-F leaders slain in Khuzdar earlier this month and another, Mir Aslam Khan Umrani, gunned down last year in Naseerabad over a water feud.
The province is reeling from a wave of targeted killings. Umrani’s death on the National Highway saw attackers flee after riddling his car with bullets, per ARY News. Now, Shahmeer’s slaying—post-prayer, point-blank underscores the peril. Authorities hope clues from the ongoing investigation will stem the tide.
