Senior Sindhi journalist gunned down in Sukkur

PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): A senior journalist has been gunned down in the Sukkur city of Pakistan’s southeastern Sindh province.

Working for a private Sindhi newspaper and its TV channel, Jan Mohammad Mahar was shot dead by motorcyclists on Queens Road late on Sunday evening.

The assailants fired several shots on Mahar, who was travelling in his car, according to local police, who said the journalist received several bullets to his head.

Evacuated to a private hospital in critical condition, Mahar succumbed to his injuries while being operated upon, Dawn reported.

Police believed an old enmity might have led to the journalist’s killing. Police have mounted a hunt for the attackers.

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