ISLAMABAD: A high-ranking army officer narrowly escaped an attempt on his life here on Tuesday.

This was the second attack on a senior officer here in less than a week. On October 22, Brig Moinuddin Ahmad was killed by terrorists in G-11/1 sector.

Brig Waqar Ahmad Malik, director of defence services guards at the GHQ, was going to a bank along with his mother in his official car bearing private registration number when a gunman in khaki and wearing a shawl opened fire on him.

The brigadier, who was in mufti, escaped unhurt because his driver Lance Naek Nasir Mehmood sped the vehicle away. The windscreen of the car was smashed and its roof was badly damaged.

Sources said the gunman had been lying in wait near the Sui gas chowk since 7:45 in the morning and when the brigadier’s car reached there at around 9:15 he unleashed a hail of bullets from a sub-machine gun.

When the officer reached the Industrial Area police station, he was provided with a police escort. He returned to the site of the attack before proceeding to his house.