KARACHI: Vice-President of Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf’s Sindh chapter, Zahra Shahid Hussain was killed late on Saturday night during an attempted robbery incident on the eve of re-polls in Karachi’s much debated NA-250 constituency.
According to police, robbers tried to steal Hussain’s hand bag and opened gun fire upon resistance by the PTI leader outside her residence in Defence Housing Authority Phase-4.
PTI chief Imran Khan and spokesperson Shireen Mazari have condemned the brutal killing of their party leader and demanded swift arrest of the culprits.
Mazari has declared the incident as terrorism and failure on part of the provincial government.
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has also condemned the killing. However, Imran Khan, in the latest development, has blamed Altaf Hussain for Zahra’s killing in Karachi.
In a tweet, the PTI chief has said that he holds Altaf Hussain directly responsible for the killing as he (Altaf) openly threatened the PTI activists and leader through public broadcasts. Khan, in another tweet, also holds British government responsible for the ‘murder’ of Zahra Shahid as he said that he had warned them about British citizen Hussain after his open threats to PTI workers’ lives.
Zahra Shahid Hussain was the former president of the party’s Sindh Women’s wing. She was one of the founding members of the PTI also.
This is a developing story and will be updated accordingly
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