DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Unidentified motorcyclists shot dead a local journalist outside his house in Madina Colony here on Monday evening.

The police said the victim, Qais Javed, was targeted by gunmen on a motorcycle when he along with a son was about to enter the house.

The attackers escaped the area. He was taken to a hospital where he died. The police registered the case and started further investigations.

SHO cantonment police station Abdul Ghaffar said armed men riding a motorbike shot dead Qais Javed, a local journalist and son of Mohan Masih, a former minority member of the PTI district council.

The last rites of late Qais Javed were performed at the Methodist Church in Chah Syed Munawar Shah on Tuesday.

Published in Dawn, December 9th, 2020