Dawn staffer shot dead

Published February 18, 2004

LAHORE, Feb 17: Two motorcyclists shot dead a marketing executive of Dawn, Lahore, on Faisal Town Link Road late Tuesday night.

Shaharyar Safir, 26, was on his way home in his car when he was shot at and injured by two unidentified motorcyclists, said the policeman who brought him to Jinnah Hospital at around midnight.

He was profusely bleeding and died. His family is in Islamabad to attend a wedding.

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