AhlulBayt News Agency

source : Pak Express Tribune
Saturday

26 November 2016

11:07:13 AM
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Takfiris killed senior Pakistani Shia journalist, injured his son in Sahiwal

Takfiri terrorists of banned Deobandi outfit shot a senior Shia journalist and his son in Sahiwal district of Punjab province yesterday.

MULTAN, Pakistan (AhlulBayt News Agency) - A prominent Pakistani Shia journalist was shot dead by unidentified assailants while his son suffered bullet injuries in an attack at Kot Khadim Ali Shah, Sahiwal on Saturday.

Police said Dr Khalid Mahmood martyred on the spot while his son Asad Mahmood, 20, was shot twice and seriously injured.

He was first taken to the District Headquarters Hospital, Sahiwal and later referred to the Services Hospital, Lahore.

A family member of Dr Khalid said that the victims had been receiving threatening phone calls from banned militant outfits.

Another prominent leader of the Shia Ulema Council, Raza Naqi from Multan, was shot dead in Wah Cantt at the beginning of the month.



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