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Former Sindh MPA shot dead in Karachi

Dawn.com Published September 22, 2012
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Police stand alert on a street in Karachi. — File Photo by AFP

KARACHI: Unknown gunmen shot dead Malik Ata, a former MPA of the Sindh Assembly, in Karachi, DawnNews reported.

Ata was killed in the city's Mahmoodabad No. 3 area, which comes within the remits of the Baloch Colony police station.

Ata, who died on the spot, had been elected for a seat for religious minorities in the provincial assembly and leaves behind five daughters and three sons.

Police has initiated an investigation into the former MPA's killing.

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Shamim
Sep 22, 2012 04:59pm
We MUST Condemn in the STRONGEST Term Killing of this MPA if he was from one of Minority and try our best to find the killer.
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