SAHIWAL: Armed men shot dead seasoned politician Ahmed Shah Khagga’s son Asghar Shah Khagga and grandson Noorul Haq Shah Khagga at the entrance to their residence at Officers Colony on Friday night.

Initial police investigation revealed that it was a targeted killing which is the result of rivalry.

Eyewitnesses said Asghar Khagga and his son had returned home by their vehicle after offering Isha prayer when assailants shot at them right in front of the gate. Noorul Haq died on the spot while his father suffered injuries and was taken to the Sahiwal Teaching Hospital where he breathed his last.

District Police Officer Sadiq Baloch said the Farid Town police had registered a case 942/22 on the complaint of Asghar’s widow Bushra Asghar under sections 302 & 34 of PPC.

The DPO, along with a team of police, did forensic analysis of the site and sent the dead bodies for autopsy.

Ahmed Shah Khagga, a former MPA from Noorshah, has two wives. Asghar was from his first wife and Zafar Shah Khagga and Ajam Shah Khagga are from second wife. Asghar’s step-brothers are active in local politics whereas he himself was not much interested in politics and was inclined towards Sufism.

Asghar and his son were laid to rest at their ancestral graveyard at Noorshah.

The DPO formed a team to track down the murderers. He said police were investigating the case from all angles.

Published in Dawn, August 28th, 2022