ANP killings: Day of mourning being observed in Sindh

Businesses continue as usual, black flags hoisted at ANP offices.

KARACHI: A day of mourning called by the Awami National Party (ANP) was observed across Sindh on Saturday against the killing of party leader Sadiq Zaman Khattak and his four-year-old son, reported Express News.

Businesses and transport in cities continued as usual, as the party had appealed to the masses to observe the day of mourning ‘peacefully’.

Black flags were hoisted at ANP offices and party members and supporters wore black ribbons in protest.

Khattak, 45, who was contesting a National Assembly seat (NA-254), was shot outside Rehmania Masjid in Bilal Colony of Korangi Industrial Area on Friday. His four-year-old son Aimal Sadiq Khattak was also killed in the attack. Six people, including Khattak’s 15-year-old son Shahid Sadiq, were also injured.

Khattak was associated with the ANP for the past three decades and was its Sindh council member and general secretary of District East.

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