TAXILA: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has taken notice of the target killing of two health practitioners of Taxila, and formed a special probe team to investigate the case and arrest the culprits.

A delegation of PML-N visited the slain doctor’s house for reassurance, and ensured that the minister had ordered to utilise all resources to get to the root of the case.

Dr Faisal Manzoor was shot dead in what the police officials described as a target killing case on May 12. Similarly, his cousin Dr Babar Elahi, who was serving as deputy district officer for health, Hassanabdal, was gunned down at the same place on March 18.

Meanwhile, Additional DIG Investigation Khaliq Dad has also visited the bereaved family to get information. He also informed the family regarding the details of the investigation being carried out by the police. Earlier, protesters blocked G.T. Road, giving the police a 10-day deadline to catch the killers of the slain doctors, threatening to launch a larger protest if they fail to do so.

Published in Dawn, May 21st, 2014