Shopkeeper gunned down in DI Khan

DEAR ISMAIL KAHN: Unidentified persons gunned down a shopkeeper on Friday as incidents of targeted killings have increased in the district.

The sources that Muhammad Zaman, 50, was present at his shop near the Qureshi Morr in the limits of University Police Station when three masked biker sprayed him with bullets and fled the scene. The doctors said the deceased sustained six bullets in the head and other parts of the body.

The brother of the slain shopkeeper said that they had no enmity. However, the sources said that unidentified persons had also opened fire on the house of Muhammad Zaman a few months back. Meanwhile, the Counter-Terrorism Department registered a case against unidentified accused and started investigation.