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| Sindh MPA Aslam Abro's brother, nephew shot dead in 'targeted attack' |
| 2023-07-27 |
| [GEO.TV] Sindh MPA Aslam Abro’s brother and nephew were bumped off by person or persons unknown in a "assassination" in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... ’s Defence Housing Society (DHA) Phase VII near Ayesha Mosque on Wednesday. SSP South Asad Raza confirmed that the politician’s brother Akram Abro, his son Shahryar Abro and another person named Irshad were killed while another man sustained bullet injuries when unidentified gunnies riding on cycle of violences and a vehicle targeted them earlier today. The police officer also said that they recovered a licenced pistol from the victims, adding that no bullet was fired from inside the vehicle. It seemed that the attack was carried out after the victims’ recce, he added. The SSP investigation revealed that two types of weapons were used in the attack. The police found spent shell casings of 9mm pistols and heavy weapons from the scene of the crime, he added. He said that the assailants opened fire on the vehicle from all four sides. The victims, he added, were heading to DHA Phase VII from Khayaban-e-Shamsheer. After being informed the police and rescue officials rushed to the scene and shifted the bodies and the injured to the Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre (JPMC). Advocate Akram Abro was a member of the Sindh Bar Council and he practices law in Jacobabad. It is pertinent to mention here that the victim’s brother was elected to Sindh Assembly in 2018 on a 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) ticket but he was expelled in 2021 for reportedly violating the party’s discipline during the Senate elections. Hospital authorities said that the senior lawyer scumbled to his injuries during treatment while his son was dead when he was brought to the health facility. Talking to journalists at the JPMC, Additional IG Karachi Javed Alam Odho said that they have collected 50 spent shell casings from the scene of the crime and set for a forensic audit. He was of the view that the gunnies were riding on a cycle of violence and a vehicle. The victims did not have personal enmity with anyone, the police officer said quoting their family. |
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