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Saad, the only brother of three sisters, was about to get married

Our Correspodent October 19, 2023 Less than a minute read

Police officials collect evidence from the crime scene where SBC Secretary Irfan Mahar was murdered. PHOTO: EXPRESS

KARACHI:

Muhammad Saad Khan, 23, was shot dead by armed suspects when he refused to give them his motorcycle. Saad a resident of Gulistan-e-Jauhar, worked as a bike rider to finance his education. The only brother of three sisters, Saad, was about to get married, a relative of the deceased said.

Previously, a prominent cleric, Zia ur Rehman, was shot dead in Block 16 of Karachi’s Gulistan-e-Jauhar in september. Rehman was reported to be the administrator of Jamia Abi Bakar, a seminary in Gulshan-e-Iqbal.

According to ASP Zafar Chaanga, Rehman died on the spot after two assailants on a bike opened fire at him while he was taking a walk in the park opposite the Federal Bureau of Revenue’s (FBR) building in Gulistan-e-Jauhar.

SSP East Irfan Bahadur said that the police found 11 bullet casings from the site of the murder, of which four were of 9mm calibre and seven belonged to a .30 bore