Gunned Down: Man shot dead in broad daylight

ABBOTTABAD: An unidentified attacker shot a man to death outside Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Hospital in broad daylight on Wednesday, police and eyewitnesses said. A police spokesperson said the young man was standing outside the hospital when the assailant came and fired at him with a pistol, killing him immediately. The victim was later identified as Hafiz Babar, the son of Ghulam Sarwar and a resident of Banda Sapan village, Abbottabad. The attacker managed to escape, his identity and possible motives had not been ascertained till the filing of this report.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 24^th, 2016.