KARACHI: An employee of the Pakistan Air Force was shot dead in Saeedabad on Friday, police said.

They added that Abuk Bakr, 40, was on his way to work in Sector-4-B on a motorbike when armed riders attacked him near Rubi cinema. He sustained multiple bullet wounds and was taken to the Civil Hospital Karachi, where doctors declared him dead.

“The murder may be linked with the victim’s dispute with someone over a plot in the area,” said Karachi-West SSP Irfan Baloch. He added that the PAF employee had been attacked in the past also for an identical reason. The investigators found six empty casings of a 9mm pistol.

The deceased was associated with the intelligence wing of the PAF, said a Saeedabad police official.

He added that Abu Bakr was attacked in 2011 allegedly by Asad, alias Gullu, over a plot dispute. Later on, he submitted a compromise in court and the suspect was released.

Published in Dawn, August 23rd, 2014