Writer shot dead in bazaar

A writer was gunned down in a market in broad daylight in the Matli town of the Badin district on Monday.

Muhammad Ramazan Chadhar alias Dildar, a Badin-based author of a dozen Sindhi books was walking through the Matli town bazaar when two unidentified assailants intercepted him.

The suspects pulled out their pistols and fired multiple shots and fled unchallenged. Dildar died on the spot.

Police said that the writer sustained five gunshots.