April 29, 2008	Tuesday	Rabi-us-Sani 22, 1429

KARACHI, April 28: Unknown gunmen opened fire on the house of the provincial minister for women welfare late on Sunday night.

A spokesman for Tauqeer Fatima, Hameed Bhutto, told Dawn that two suspects on a motorcycle came outside the KDA Scheme No. 1 residence of the minister, who was also inside at the time of incident.

“The attackers fled the scene after the minister’s security guards returned fire,” he added.

The spokesman said the incident was immediately reported to the police control (15) and Bahadurabad police also reached the spot. The incident coincided with a shootout between two dacoits, also on a motorbike, and their victim, who was on foot.

Police said Nauman Akbar Arian reported to the New Town police that he had an exchange of fire with dacoits near the minister’s residence.

He said he was on his way after visiting his ailing sister-in-law at the Aga Khan Hospital when the bandits tried to waylay him.

The police said a case against two dacoits was registered on the complaint of the victim after the police verified his claims.

KU student found dead

A 20-year-old student of the University of Karachi was found stabbed to death on Monday near Khadim Goth in Ehsanabad. Sohrab Goth police said that the body of Zeeshan, son of Muzaffar, was found at a desolate place by the area residents who reported the matter to a police patrol.

Sources at Abbasi Shaheed hospital, where the body was shifted for an autopsy, said the victim received at least seven stabs in his upper torso.

The police said the victim, resident of Manzoor Colony, had left the university at around 2pm.