GUJRANWALA: A PML-N member of Punjab Assembly, his son and a friend were killed and his nephew was injured in an attack in Kamoki area on Sunday.

Police said MPA Rana Shamshad Ahmed Khan, along with his son Shahbaz Ahmed Khan, nephew Ali Wakeel and friend Shaikh Shakir, was returning from his agricultural farm on GT Road in a jeep when gunmen armed with automatic weapons started firing on their vehicle near Raja Balleh.

The MPA died on the spot and his son succumbed to injuries suffered in the attack on way to hospital and the friend in the hospital. Rana Shamshad’s nephew was said to be in critical condition.

The motive for the attack could not be ascertained.

Rana Shamshad was elec­ted thrice to the assembly — twice on the PML-Q ticket and the last time from the PML-N platform.

Published in Dawn, June 1st, 2015

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