Undenied attackers shot dead a senior educationist and deputy director of private school system in a targeted killing on Sunday night in Gulistan-i-Jauhar Karachi. According to the police source, the slain Syed Khalid Raza, 55, was the deputy director of the Darul Arqam Schools system of the Karachi region and was also the vice chairman of the Federation of Private Schools Pakistan.

The police said the incident took place outside Raza's house in Gulistan-e-Jauhar Block-7. As soon as the victim came out from his home toward his car, suddenly unidentified assailants reached him and intercepted him. Raza inquired why they had stopped him.  The assailants opened fire on him and fled.

Raza suffered a bullet wound in the head and died on the spot. The police shifted his dead body to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for a post-mortem examination. Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah took notice of the targeted killing, directing the Karachi police chief to investigate the case. Governor Kamran Tessori also took notice of the incident and sought a report from the police.

Credit : Independent News Pakistan-INP