Abid Ali Nazish (2 January 1972 – 25 January 2012) was a Pakistani actor from the Ethnic group

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. On 25 January 2012, he was shot and killed while he and two others were driving around in

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, Pakistan. He was with the Federal Investigation Agency agent Walayat and the poet Muhammad Anwar. They were all killed. They were reportedly killed by the terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Jhangvi for being

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. According to

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, over 275

people have been killed in Pakistan since 2008 and no one has been tried yet for any of the target killings.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nazish, Abid Ali Pakistani male television actors Pakistani people of Hazara descent People from Quetta 1972 births 2012 deaths