PML-N leader killed

Published November 1, 2006

FAISALABAD, Oct 31: Haji Asghar Ali, tehsil Jaranwala president of the Pakistan Muslim League-N and former chairman of the tehsil municipal administration, was killed when his vehicle came under fire on the Jaranwala Road on Tuesday.

Mr Asghar was returning to Faisalabad from Lahore when the vehicle was attacked by some people near the Chak-60 Wali Puli. Asghar Ali and his friend Mohammad Khan were killed on the spot, while Rana Abdul Jabbar, Mohammad Amin and Commando were seriously injured.

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