PML N Joint Secretary along with his father shot down in Karachi

Karachi – Pakistan Mulim League-Nawaz local leader and his father in the early hours of Wednesday as gory incidents of targeted killings continued to haunt the port city, home to at least 20 million people and commercial hub of the nation.

A senior police official as saying, gunmen opened fire on a vehicle in Defence Phase VII area, killing Mian Taimur, Joint Secretary of the Nawaz Sharif-led party and his father Mian Arbab.

The bodies were shifted to a private hospital where a large number of PML-N activists gathered and protested the double murder.

PML-N local Sindh chapter leaders Saleem Zia and Nihal Hashmi condemned the killing of the party leader.

Earlier on Tuesday, at least 14 people lost their lives in the ongoing spate of targeted killings. Police and Rangers have failed in brining the law and order situation under control.