Ex-provincial lawmaker among 11 gunned down in Karachi

September 23, 2012 19:12

Eleven people, including a former member of Sindh provincial assembly, were shot dead in different parts of Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi in what police suspected were target killings.

60-year-old Malik Ata, a builder and former lawmaker, was gunned down by two motorcycle-borne men outside his house in Mehmoodabad area of Karachi on Saturday, police were quoted by local media as saying.

Ata was overseeing some construction work outside his house when the assailants sprayed him with bullets, pumping three into his chest and one in his head. He was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.

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