On Sunday, an unknown attacker killed Lashkar-e-Taiba’s top commander Saifullah Khalid in Pakistan’s Sindh province. Terrorist Khalid had been operating terror activities from Nepal for a long time. But at the time of the murder, he was in Sindh province and was hiding there under the name of Razaullah. Khalid was involved in three major attacks on India.
Elimination of Saifullah Khalid
Lashkar had given Khalid the task of preparing for attacks in India. After this, he had set up a base in Nepal for many years and was carrying out terrorist attacks in India from there. But when Indian intelligence agencies got information about this, he fled from Nepal and hid in Pakistan. Khalid is not the first most wanted terrorist who has been killed by a ‘secret killer’ in Pakistan, even before this many dreaded terrorists who were enemies of India have been eliminated in the same pattern.
According to information, more than 15 terrorists in Pakistan have been killed by unknown attackers so far. Most of these terrorists were responsible for attacks in India or were associated with terrorist organizations like Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed involved in anti-India activities. One big name among them was Abu Qatal (Zia-ur-Rehman) who was a top terrorist of Lashkar. He was involved in many terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir and was killed by unknown gunmen in Jhelum area of Pakistan in March this year.
Abu Katal: Faisal Nadeem alias Abu Katal was considered one of the enemies of India and was shot dead by unknown assailants in Jhelum district. Abu Katal was the nephew of Hafiz Saeed and the mastermind of the Reasi terror attack. He had been declared most wanted by the NIA.
Adnan Ahmed: Similarly, Adnan Ahmed was killed. Adnan was a close associate of Hafiz Saeed and a top Lashkar terrorist. In December 2023, unknown assailants killed Adnan Ahmed alias Hanzala Adnan in Karachi. He was accused of attacking the CRPF convoy in Pampore.
Shahid Latif: Shahid Latif, the mastermind of the Pathankot airbase attack and top commander of Jaish-e-Mohammed, was shot dead by unknown gunmen in a mosque in Sialkot, Pakistan in October 2023. Latif was the mastermind of the attack on Pathankot Air Force Station in 2016. He was giving instructions to the four terrorists who attacked the station from Pakistan.
Maulana Kashif Ali: Maulana Kashif Ali, another close aide of Hafiz Saeed and leader of Lashkar’s political wing, also fell prey to unknown attackers. He was shot dead in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in February 2025. According to information, Kashif Ali was the brother-in-law of most wanted terrorist Hafiz Saeed. The attackers shot Kashif Ali at the door of his house in Swabi and fled on a bike.
Mufti Shah Mir: Mufti Shah Mir, an undercover agent of Pakistani intelligence agency ISI, was shot dead by gunmen in Turbat city of Balochistan in March 2025. Mufti Shah Mir was accused of helping ISI in kidnapping an Indian businessman and former Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav from Iran. He was also involved in smuggling of weapons and drugs with the help of ISI.
Rahimullah Tariq: Maulana Rahimullah Tariq was shot dead in Karachi in November 2023. Maulana Rahimullah was close to Jaish chief Masood Azhar and often gave anti-India speeches. He was gunned down by unknown assailants during an anti-India rally in Orangi Town, Karachi. Police had described it as a case of target killing.
Akram Ghazi: Former Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Akram Khan alias Akram Ghazi was shot dead on 10 November 2023. Akram used to spew venom against India. He used to look after the recruitment work in Lashkar from 2018 to 2020. Akram was among the top commanders of Lashkar and was a part of anti-India conspiracies for a long time. He was shot dead by unknown assailants in Bajaur, Pakistan.
Khwaja Shahid: Khwaja Shahid, the mastermind of the attack on the army camp in Sunjwan in Jammu, was found dead in his house in PoK on 6 November 2023. The decapitated body of Khwaja Shahid was found, who was kidnapped a few days ago. Shahid was the commander of Lashkar. Khwaja Shahid alias Mian Mujahid was a resident of Neelam Valley in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and was also kidnapped by unknown gunmen.
Maulana Ziaur Rehman: Lashkar terrorist Maulana Ziaur Rehman was also killed by unknown assailants. He lived as a Maulvi in Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Karachi. But his job was to incite the youth to take up arms and wage jihad against India. In September 2023, two bike-borne miscreants shot him in Karachi.
Bashir Ahmed: Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Bashir Ahmed Peer alias Imtiaz Alam was shot dead in February 2023. The Indian government had declared Bashir a terrorist under UAPA. Unknown assailants opened fire on Bashir in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, in which he died. Bashir, a resident of Baberpora in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, was wanted in India.
Zahoor Ibrahim: Jaish terrorist Zahoor Ibrahim alias Mistri Zahoor Ibrahim was also killed in Karachi in March 2022. He was involved in the Kandahar hijacking in 1999 and the killing of passenger Rupin Katyal. Zahoor was shot at very close range by two armed bike riders, after which he died.
Major Daniyal: In March this year, Pakistan Army officer Major Daniyal was killed by unknown assailants in Peshawar. He was the main conspirator of the attack on the army convoy in Baramulla in 2016. Major Daniyal had helped the terrorists who attacked the Indian Army convoy and was considered close to the ISI.
Paramjit Singh Panjwar: Khalistan Commando Force (KCF) chief and terrorist Paramjit Singh Panjwar alias Malik Sardar Singh was also killed by unknown assailants. The Khalistani terrorist was shot dead in Lahore in May 20203. Paramjit was walking in his society at around 6 am when two unknown people riding a motorcycle opened fire on him. He died during treatment. Paramjit Singh was declared a terrorist by the Government of India under UAPA in July 2020.
Qari Ejaz Abid: In Pakistan, unknown attackers killed Qari Ejaz Abid, a relative of Jaish chief Maulana Masood Azhar, in April 2025. Abid was gunned down while coming out of a mosque in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, and one of his companions was also badly injured in the attack. He used to recruit terrorists for Jaish-e-Mohammed.
Dawood Malik: Dawood Malik, a henchman of Masood Azhar, was also killed by unknown gunmen in North Waziristan in October 2023. Dawood Malik was the founder of a terrorist organization called Lashkar-e-Jabbar and was targeted by unknown masked attackers.