KARACHI: A traffic police official and a member of the Ahmadi community were shot dead in separate attacks here on Sunday evening.

According to officials, men on a motorcycle attacked Deputy Superin­tendent of Police Faiz Ali Shigri’s chauffeur-driven official vehicle near the Balochistan Sajji House restaurant in Gulistan-i-Jauhar.

Mr Shigri and the driver suffered critical injuries and were taken to a private hospital where doctors declared the official dead, Sharea Faisal DSP Ali Anwar Soomro said.

In the other incident, four men on two motorcycles opened fire on Shaikh Sajid Mehmood, 55, a member of the Ahmadi community, when he came out of his home in Kaneez Fatima Society, off Superhighway, in the Sachal area.

He was taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, where he was pronounced dead.

Published in Dawn November 28th, 2016

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