PPP woman leader shot dead at home in Thatta

Rukhsana Manganhar, 40, was hit with six bullets; initial probe says she was killed due to post 'marriage dispute'

HYDERABAD: A leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) ladies wing was shot dead at her home in Thatta district on Thursday.

Rukhsana Manganhar, 40, was hit with six bullets. Police confirmed that the incident took place in Arfani Muhala area where unidentified armed men broke in and fired shots at her.

The assailants managed to flee the scene unchallenged. The police, citing initial investigations, said that the incident happened as a result of a marriage dispute.



In February, Sindh Minister for Planning and Development Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani was found shot dead with his wife Fariha Razaque at his house in Karachi.

The bodies were found in a room. Bijarani was lying on a sofa while his wife was on the floor bleeding from head. Police said they recovered a 30-bore pistol and four bullet casings from the room.



The bodies were shifted to the Jinnah Hospital for legal formalities. A medico-legal officer (MLO) told The Express Tribune on condition of anonymity that Bijarani was shot a single bullet to his right temple from a very close range and it went through the head. “Apparently it looked like a suicide case,” he added.

Dr Seemin Jamali, the Executive Director of the Jinnah Hospital, said both the bodies were brought dead to hospital around 5.45pm. Referring to the post-mortem report, she confirmed that the cause of the deaths was gunshot wounds.