Amjad Sabri’s ‘Senseless Murder’ Violates Fundamental Freedom: US

Sabri, 45, one of Pakistan’s finest Sufi Qawwals was killed by Taliban militants in Karachi on Wednesday.

The United States has said that the “senseless murder” of one of Pakistan’s finest Sufi Qawwals, Amjad Sabri, in Karachi this week, violates the fundamental freedoms of expression, religion and belief.

We express our sympathies with the people of Pakistan as they mourn the senseless murder of a Qawwali singer Amjad Sabri. Such acts violate the fundamental freedoms of expression and religion and belief. The arts have long been a forum for new ideas for fighting against intolerance. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and to the people of Pakistan

John Kirby, State Department Spokesperson

Sabri, 45, one of Pakistan’s finest Sufi Qawwals, best known for his soul-stirring renditions of mystic poetry, was killed by Taliban militants who shot him in the head in a targeted terror attack in Karachi on Wednesday.

Thousands of mourners on Thursday thronged the streets of Pakistan’s largest city Karachi and sang the soul-stirring renditions of Sabri as they paid tribute to him.