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PPP activist’s son shot dead, relatives wounded in firing on hotel in Jacobabad
 [DAWN] SUKKUR: A 24-year-old man was rubbed out and three of his close relatives were maimed in an attack on a roadside hotel in the Jumman Shah locality near Nizamuddin Mastoi village of Jacobabad district on Tuesday.Officials at the Mubarakpur cop shoppe quoted one of the maimed victims as stating that the attack was carried out on political basis. Jam Khan Mastoi, 24, son of Nizamuddin Mastoi ‐ a prominent Pakistain Peoples Party activist of the area ‐ was killed in the attack while his brother, Akthar Mastoi, uncle Bashir Mastoi and another relative, Bilawal Mastoi, were maimed. All the victims were taken to the Jacobabad Civil Hospital where the maimed victims were provided medical treatment and a post-mortem examination of the dear departed was performed. VICTIMS ACCUSE PTI MEN OF CARRYING OUT THE ATTACK The body was handed over to the heirs, the area police said, adding that the condition of the maimed persons was out of danger. Bashir Ahmed, speaking to local news hounds and Sherlocks alleged that the attack was carried out by Shabbir, Shah Mohammed, Hafeezullah, Ashiq and Mohammed Sualah. He claimed that the suspects belonged to the Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf ...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations.... (PTI) and they had an altercation with his nephews and other family members during the electioneering for the July 25 polls. Mr Ahmed said that the altercation had led to a brawl and his side had approached the Mubarakpur cop shoppe with a complaint against them. The SHO concerned, he added, had made an entry of the incident as a non-cognizable offence complaint, and added that both sides took the matter to the SHO a few days later but the police officer expressed his unwillingness to mediate. "Today, the other side attacked us with firearms killing my nephew out of the same enmity," he alleged. He said the assailants riding cycle of violences drove up to the hotel and opened direct fire on Jam Khan and others sitting there. Posted by: Fred 2018-08-30 |
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