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| Pakistan politician Zahra Shahid Hussain killed in Karachi |
| 2013-05-18 |
| A senior female Pakistani politician has been shot dead in the southern port city of Karachi. Zahra Shahid Hussain was the senior vice-president of Pakistan's Movement for Justice party (PTI), led by former international cricketer Imran Khan. She was killed by gunmen on a motorcycle outside her home in the city's upmarket Defence neighbourhood. Her murder comes on the eve of a highly-contested partial re-run of last Saturday's general election. The reason for the shooting is unclear. The BBC's Shahzeb Jillani in Karachi says Imran Khan has blamed the city's dominant MQM party for her murder, a claim the party has denied. Pakistan's Dawn newspaper, citing police, said the shooting happened during an attempted robbery. |
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