ISLAMABAD: A man was murdered in Jhangi Sayedan on Tuesday, police said.

The incident took place in Shams Colony where Shahid Hussain, a native of Lahore, had been residing with his family, including a son, in a hut for the last ten years and was running a snooker club in the same locality.

Hearing the gunshot the people of his neighbourhood came and found him injured. They shifted him to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. The motive behind the incident was yet to be established, the police said.

Published in Dawn, June 20th, 2018

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