ANP Sindh Chief Shot Dead CONFIRMED

The Dawn News has confirmed the assassination of Fazalur Rehman Atakhel

ANP leader shot dead in Karachi: police KARACHI, Feb 6 (AFP): Gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead a Pashtoon politician in Karachi on Wednesday, police said. The attackers ambushed the car of Awami National Party Sindh Vice President Fazalur Rehman Atakhel in Sohrab Goth and escaped, police official Javed Afridi told AFP. Atakhel, about 50 years old, died on the spot, Afridi said. Unrest gripped the Pashtoon-dominated neighbourhood after the killing and angry ANP supporters resorted to firing shots in the air. Some protesters set a bus on fire, pelted passing cars with stones and set up roadblocks using burning tyres, witnesses said.(Posted @ 18:41 PST, Updated @ 19:42 PST)

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