Brother of PPP leader Habib Jan shot dead in Lyari

Mujahjid Jan was shot once in the head and died at the spot

KARACHI: Just weeks after a Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) MPA’s brother was killed in an attack in Lyari, Mujahid Jan, the brother of another senior PPP member from Lyari was shot dead in the area on Saturday evening.

Jan was the brother of Habib Jan, the chairman of the Friends of Lyari group. Habib is a senior member of the PPP in Lyari and played a vital role in the now defunct Peoples Amn Committee.

Mujahjid was shot once in the head by armed assailants and died on the spot. His body has been shifted to Civil Hospital.

Following the attack, large contingent of law enforcers reached the spot and cordoned off the area.

Habib, a close aide of Lyari gangster Uzair Baloch, is currently in Europe after Baba Ladla split with Uzair. A few months before Uzair's arrest, the gangster had fled Pakistan and sought refuge with Habib in Europe.

Earlier in May, PPP MPA Javed Nagori had escaped an assassination attempt in Lyari. While Nagori received minor injuries in a subsequent crash, his brother could not survive the attack.