KARACHI: Showroom owner killed

Published June 30, 2005

KARACHI, June 29: An auto showroom owner was shot dead by unidentified suspects in Nazimabad on Wednesday. Police said Zafar Nafees Khan, 35, in his car (CL-1819) was passing near the Masjid-i-Ameer Hamza at Nazimabad No 2 when unidentified persons intercepted him.

A duty officer of the Nazimabad police station said there were four suspects on two motorcycles who intercepted Zafar Khan. They opened fire at him and then fled.

He was rushed to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Hospital sources said Zafar had suffered multiple bullet wounds.

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