PML-N leader shot dead in Kalat firing

Published July 5, 2014
— File photo
— File photo

KALAT: A local Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) district leader was killed in the wee hours of Saturday morning when unknown gunmen opened fire on him in Balochistan's Kalat district, DawnNews reported.

According to Levies personnel, unknown assailants broke into the house of PML-N leader Abdul Jabbar Imrani at the time of Sehri and shot him dead.

The suspects escaped after launching the attack.

Meanwhile, a tehsildar was killed in an exchange of fire between dacoits and Levies personnel in Sibi's Lehri area.

His body was shifted to Combined Military Hospital Sibi whereas Levies personnel arrested three dacoits after the incident.

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