A doctor belonging to the Shia community was shot dead by two armed motorcyclists in Gulshan-i-Iqbal vicinity of the metropolis here on Friday. According to police, Dr Haider Askari, 58, was targeted at KDA Market, Block- 3, near Disco Bakery, while he was driving his car. According to Gulshan SP Shahnawaz Chachar, the incident occurred at around 12:30 pm when the doctor, a cardiac specialist, was on his way to his Gulshan-i-Iqbal residence after getting off from work at a government hospital in Korangi.

He sustained a single bullet wound on his left shoulder and was taken to private hospital where he died during treatment. Later on, his body was taken to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) to for legal formalities. The Gulshan SP said investigators were focusing on two possible motives behind the murder: sectarian killing or a robbery bid.

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