Targeted Attack: Naval officer succumbs to injuries
An investigation by naval police is being conducted to further probe the incident.
Naval police has lodged a complaint of the incident; however no suspects have been arrested yet. PHOTO: FILE
KARACHI:
An officer of the Pakistan Navy who was shot about a week ago in Mauripur, passed away after succumbing to his injuries at a hospital on Monday.
Lieutenant Commander Azeem Haider was being treated at PNS Shifa Hospital after he was shot at least four times when
unidentified men opened fire on his vehicle near Karachi Port Trust as he was travelling to work on February 27.
An official, while talking to The Express Tribune, confirmed Haider’s death and revealed that the deceased was the education branch officer at the Pakistan Navy. He added that police was already hunting for the assailants.
An investigation by naval police is being conducted to further probe the incident.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 5th, 2013.
An officer of the Pakistan Navy who was shot about a week ago in Mauripur, passed away after succumbing to his injuries at a hospital on Monday.
Lieutenant Commander Azeem Haider was being treated at PNS Shifa Hospital after he was shot at least four times when
unidentified men opened fire on his vehicle near Karachi Port Trust as he was travelling to work on February 27.
An official, while talking to The Express Tribune, confirmed Haider’s death and revealed that the deceased was the education branch officer at the Pakistan Navy. He added that police was already hunting for the assailants.
An investigation by naval police is being conducted to further probe the incident.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 5th, 2013.