Gunmen shoot woman
Armed persons opened fire at a vehicle near the Intermediate Board Office on Monday, killing a woman.
Two unidentified men on a motorcycle cornered the vehicle in the lane opposite the board office and shot the woman in the neck. The deceased was identified as 22-year-old Fatima, the daughter of former Pakistan Peoples Party town nazim Shaikh Feroze Bengali.
She was shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital but succumbed to her injuries on the way.
A police spokesperson claimed the incident was one of robbery, but the North Nazimabad SHO voiced the suspicion that the crime was motivated by personal enmity.
According to initial investigations, Fatima had visited the board office accompanied by her younger sister and two other women, and was driving back when the assailants chased her down, said SHO Rashid Ali. One of the suspects got close to her car and shot at the driving seat, he added.
The police found a 30-bore pistol shell and the bullet coin fired inside the vehicle from the crime scene.
The deceased was a mother of one, while her father was a former Orangi Town nazim who is currently the convenor of the All Pakistan Bengali Action Committee.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 20th, 2020.