Brigadier (retd) Sikander Malik killed along with wife and two daughters. PHOTO: FILE
The brigadier's son survived the attack as he was not at home when it occurred.
The two daughters were reportedly asleep when they were killed.
An investigation is underway and the forensic lab has been called to take fingerprints from the scene.
The four bodies have been sent to CMH Rawalpindi.
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Assalam !!! I doubt the authenticity of the investigation as Intelligence agencies and Police always threw the curtain on such things. Anyways my doubt is based on following 1. Now a days a captain can not be so goofy and illiterate about the investigation techniques which involves forensic tests, lab tests and so many other aspects that he can plant a murder like that. 2. Police officials statement is that he has confessed and its due to his wish for marriage with some woman, which is yet another highly doubtful statement as people are so independent these days that they don't need parents permission. That too once someone is an earning hand and more so, as in air force or army life, because parents have least control over their son's life. So, this may be a cover story to just cover up the issue momentarily to investigate deeper and to avoid media person highlighting the weakness of army and security persons in Rawalpindi as many comments above have shown as such. Moreover, Recent dramatization of Sikander stunt at Islamabad by our media has already trolled the agencies mind a lot and to avoid further media exploiting the news. However, lets wait for his case trial sheet which will soon be submitted in the court.
His son confessed that he has committed the crime....Salute to writers n forums who blamed taliban, security system and sunni tehreeks and bla bla..;)
@Kamal: If you were to be less "focused on India", You'd probably do well by yourselves.
A shia doctor killed. Who told ET that he was in the intel? ET is slipping! FAST!
Welcome to JURRASIC PARK !
Any one in Pakistan Army who oppose US Intervention and Invasion of US Intel in our Govt Deptt is killed by these so called sudden attacks.....planned by the insiders having lust of dollars...like one of our Air Chief who was killed in Air Crash
@rabia: but still a human An Act of terror must be condemned.....who ever it is
How a Society can survive where still some ignorants lived who think that those killed innocnet civilians in Masajid Imambargahs and Churches are on the right path. These banned outfits a gang of criminals and bandits who kill for ransom and use the madrasa student and to use Islam for their lust of dollars...Can they be True Muslims.....A person with simple comon sense can realize to kill innocent civilians in worship place is a wrong thing but they do and some still says they are OK...Every one must condemn an act of terror
I really worried for the future of our country
RAW is active in 99% cases while our agencies are uselss.
Welcome to Afghanistan.
Another Shia Doctor
Killers killing Humanity Lovers.
why he has been killed? and why army officers are being killed? this was never happened before 9/11
He was actually a orthopaedic surgeon and professor of surgery at Yusra Medical and Dental College and our teacher too. May his soul rest in peace. Amen.
All of you posting your condolences for the family, some trying to correct ET reporting and the deliberating if the killers are Taliban or not what does it matter? What have each of you done to protect your mothers & sisters? nothing the world is watching as you hide with fear as Pakistan is celebrated as the epic centerof terrorism.
He was Shia and a founding member of ISO
Get your facts right! It’s a target killing. The slayed officer was a doctor, an orthopaedic surgeon in fact and director of Yusra Medical College, and not a sleuth. The whole family, along with two daughters and wife, is murdered brutally by the terrorists of ASWJ and LeJ.
He was a doctor and belonged to Shia Muslim sect....it was target killing!!!!
Sad but not surprised. Remember, Karachi operation..Majority of police officers who took part in operation were killed. That happened in Karachi, where local thugs took their revenge. Our Armed Forces are fighting war against International terrorists. It has killed thousands and handed over to thousands to foreign countries where these terrorists have been torcher and killed. We can forget, our armed forces can forget but these terrorists will never forget. This is the reason that Retired General who lead some of these operations found refuge in safety of a foreign state. These army officers can hide for time being but they are target till their natural death. In Pakistan, its far more easy to take revenge because targets live in Islands esp. built for them.
@Lt Col Imtiaz Alam (retd): Thanks for your service to the nation. First of all before taking measures you have suggested, we have to fire all generals who could not protect GHQ and other military bases as did US army today, which fired their two generals who could not protect American military base in Afghanistan. Such action will give a message that we serious, otherwise all other security measures will become a joke within few days.
@Adeel: If Taliban have not killed this officer and his family then who has done it. Rest of us are all cowards, incompetent, impotent and hypocrites. We are so scared of Taliban that we think many times before blaming them. We have no courage even to demand from army our constitutional right of safety and security.
He was a professor in surgery department at Yusra medical college!!!! Shame on ET for incorrect reporting
@Naseer: Pakistan has become a Den For Criminals as innocents are being slauthered and criminals have at their back all the liberals, the human rights organisations and the Government of Pakistan
Brig. Malik was a Doctor and not an intelligence officer. Do check your facts before publishing them, ET!
He was not an intelligence officer but a doctor!
Tell me one good quality that Pakistan as a country and society has, apart from being rightly focused, by and large, on our nemesis India.
Its a senseless brutal murder. I feel sad on the state of affairs in my country.
Saudis like to export their ideas to all other countries, except for themselves!
@ironMan!: true
Sad to read about this terrible murder. I hope the culprits are caught and punished.
How can we let these killers slip through after the GHQ Attack. Poor Security Measures. I repeat all must carry CNIC to be checked. All registered vehicles to be checked and on the road. All newcomers to mohalla, colony City must be screened & report to PS at the earliest. All suspicious characters to be reported. Haul in all suspects( Das numberi) for a screening Two to three tiers of Perimeter Security a must. Wake up. Poor Intel.
If we want to survive we must take such measures.
I guess heading down the path of Somalia was our destiny since 1977.
We have hit a new low.. instead of questioning the murder itself ...the heart questions why kill the family? why did not they wait till the man you had the problem with was outside?
my heart goes out to the son! its unimaginable to even think what he must be going through.
Human loss can't be compensated. Is there any safe corner in this country? Is there anyone responsible for providing the safety to the citizen? I guess we voted someone to protect us from these looters and killers. Where are those responsible?
an inside job probably..or a very hi-level one!
@Usman: There is no mention of any Taliban in the article so please don't mislead others.
Very sad to see that people are not even safe in their own homes now.
My prayers for the departed souls. The last order was to be on state owned enterprises and the report formed by him. I believe that those people who benefit from no report on state owned enterprises are the ones to blame for this. His report should be made public by all news papers and printed in full
ET- The heading suggests that Brig along with his family was killed. Please change the heading to-'Intelligence officer's family killed in Rawalpindi'. RIP
how sad it is that the terrorists are invading in homes of army men. Must come out of confusion and whole society must reject the talibans who claim that they are doing acts in the name of Islam.