KARACHI - A 50-year-old homeopathic doctor, belonging to the Ahmadi community, was target killed in his clinic in the Abul Hasan Isphani area of the metropolis on Monday evening, a TV channel reported.
It is the second such attack in the same vicinity within a month, police and a community spokesman said.
“Dr Chaudry Abdul Khaleeq was gunned down in an attack on his clinic,” confirmed Malir SSP Rao Anwar.
The police official added the clinic was located in the slum area of Sikander Goth, in the limits of Sachal police station. “He sustained a single bullet wound to his head,” added Anwar. There was no electricity in the area at the time of the attack. The officer was of the opinion that it was a targeted attack. A Jamaat Ahmadiyya spokesperson confirmed that the deceased belonged to their community. "This is the second attack on our community in the same area," he added.
Earlier in May, a member of the same community was gunned down in a suspected targeted attack in the Metroville-II area of Karachi.
Dawood Ahmad, 55, was sitting outside his home with a friend, Shamsher, because of an electricity breakdown in the area, when two gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on them as they rode by.
The victim had sustained five bullet wounds to different parts of the body and was taken to a private hospital, where he succumbed to injuries during treatment.
