Another dead doctor: PMC’s medical officer killed in Shaheed Benazirabad

Ibrahim Shah came under attack as he headed towards his car parked at the hospital’s entrance.

HYDERABAD: A medical officer of Peoples Medical College (PMC) in Shaheed Benazirabad district was shot dead by unidentified assailants on Monday.

Syed Ibrahim Shah, 52, was attacked around 5 pm while he was heading towards his car which was parked near the hospital’s entrance. He was shot four times and died instantly. Hafeez Khokhar, the injured driver, told the police that the attackers were on foot.

Shah was also a cousin of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s district president, Ghulam Mustafa Shah and also owned agricultural land in his native Bochehri village. According to City DSP Aijaz Memon, the killing took place because of personal enmity. However, he added, that the family did not name any person.

PMC’s medical superintendent, Dr Tufail Baloch, said that it is too early to comment on the motive of the killing but said that Dr Shah was a good professional.

The dead body was handed over to the family after postmortem. However, a case hasn’t been registered with the police yet.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 3^rd, 2012.