Attack: Lawyer, nikah registrar injured

KARACHI: In what is believed to be a targeted attack, Hasan Mehdi advocate, a member of the Karachi Bar Association, and his friend, Kausar Mehdi, a Nikah Registrar, were shot and injured on Saturday evening.

The assailants were waiting for them in the lane between the City Courts and Tahir Plaza. Both men were shot near the shoulder and were able to travel the short distance to Civil hospital themselves.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 15^th, 2011.