Lawyer shot dead in Karachi
Sindh High Court takes notice of the killing; lawyer belongs to PML-N.
Express News screengrab of the car of the lawyer.
KARACHI:
A day after incidents of violence claimed 12 lives in Karachi, a lawyer belonging to the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) was shot dead in the Gulshan-e-Iqbal area Thursday morning, Express News reported.
Identified as Waqar Shah, the lawyer was targeted when unidentified men riding motorbikes opened fire on his car, injuring him critically. He later succumbed to his injuries on the way to hospital.
Sindh High Court Chief Justice (CJ) Maqbool Baqar took notice of the killing and asked the Inspector General Sindh to submit a report on the incident.
Police claimed this was a planned attack and that the lawyer was shot three times.
Nadeem had left his house in a black Toyota Corolla and was on his way to the high court when the incident occurred.
A day after incidents of violence claimed 12 lives in Karachi, a lawyer belonging to the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) was shot dead in the Gulshan-e-Iqbal area Thursday morning, Express News reported.
Identified as Waqar Shah, the lawyer was targeted when unidentified men riding motorbikes opened fire on his car, injuring him critically. He later succumbed to his injuries on the way to hospital.
Sindh High Court Chief Justice (CJ) Maqbool Baqar took notice of the killing and asked the Inspector General Sindh to submit a report on the incident.
Police claimed this was a planned attack and that the lawyer was shot three times.
Nadeem had left his house in a black Toyota Corolla and was on his way to the high court when the incident occurred.