LAHORE, Dec 15: Prominent Shia scholar Allama Nasir Abbas was gunned down near the FC College here on Sunday night.

He belonged to the Tehreek-i-Nifaz-i-Fiqh Jafaria (TNFJ).

He was attacked when he was returning home after addressing a Majlis at Qaumi Markaz, Shah Jamal, in Shadman at around 11pm.

He was taken to the Shaikh Zayed Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Model Town SP (Operations) Tariq Aziz quoted witnesses as saying that Allama Nasir Abbas and his student Hafiz Anjum were going to his Eden Value Homes residence near Thokar when assailants on motorcycles intercepted their car and opened fire.

The student and Allama’s driver escaped unhurt, the SP said, adding that the gunmen escaped.

Soon after the incident, dozens of people gathered at the hospital and protes- ted against the brutal murder.

Protesters raised slogans and blamed the Punjab government for the killing.

Police officers inspected the place and supervised the collection of forensic evidence. In the hospital, they recorded the statements of the survivors.

Large contingents of police were at the crime scene and at the hospital till late in the night.

Allama Nasir Abbas, 42, has left behind six daughters and a son.

Meanwhile, the Majlis Wahdatul Muslimeen, Tahafuz Azadari Council and Jafaria Alliance Pakistan announced three days of mourning and demanded immediate arrest of the killers.