Targeted attack?: Nephew of PML-N leader murdered

When he went out to park the car in their garage, unidentified assailants shot and killed him


Our Correspondent November 27, 2016
Locals said the killing triggered a protest – people took to the streets against the district administration and opened fire in the air. This panicked people in markets and they closed their shops. PHOTO COURTESY: OTTAWA SUN

ABBOTTABAD: The nephew of a senior PML-N leader was killed in the Abbottabad district, police and family said on Sunday. However, the motives behind the murder remain unclear. Malik Mumtaz Khan said that his son, 32-year-old Malik Mohsin, had returned home in Banda Phagwarian Village from his office at around 11:30pm on Saturday evening. Mumtaz added that Mohsin had parked his car outside his house. Later, when he went out to park the car in their garage, unidentified assailants shot and killed him.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 28th, 2016.

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