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| MQM MNA Tahira Asif passes away in Lahore hospital |
| 2014-06-20 |
| [DAWN] Member of National Assembly belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement ...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead... (MQM), Tahira Asif passed away late Thursday night from injuries she sustained after being shot in Lahore a day earlier, DawnNews reported. Wasn't she getting better yesterday? She had been hit by a bullet in lower torso and left thigh and was taken to Sheikh Zayed Hospital in a critical condition on Wednesday. According to police, she was in a car, along with by her 25-year-old daughter and a handicapped servant, when she was shot at near Iqbal Town's Moon Market. Iqbal Town SP (Operations) Dr Farrukh Raza has said Ms Tahira of Wafaqi Colony, Johar Town, was going towards Karim Block when she stopped apparently to buy some fruit from a vendor. As she opened the door of the car, two men on a cycle of violence who had covered their faces with a piece of cloth approached her and tried to rob her. Quoting a couple of witnesses, including the MNA's servant, the SP said the suspects first snatched a gold necklace from her, but fired at her when she tried to resist them. |
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