KARACHI: A former security officer of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) senior leader and sister of Asif Ali Zardari, Faryal Talpur, was gunned down in an apparent act of target killing on Wednesday evening in Karachi.
The incident occurred in District Central of Karachi at Haji Mureed Goth within the limits of Gulbahar police station. He was shot multiple times and was taken to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medical treatment where he breathed his last. The deceased was identified as Abdur Razzak Shaikh who’s body was later handed over to his family for burial process. He was shot at least twice at close range.
Extra contingent of law enforcers including police and Rangers reached the site and collected the evidences. The police also found the empty shells of 9mm pistol from crime scene which will be sent to forensic division of Sindh police for ballistics cross match.
DSP Zafar Khan informed that the incident occurred when the victim was sitting outside his residence as per routine when at least two armed men riding a motorcycle came close to him and escaped after shooting him.
Deceased was also a closed aide of Asif Ali Zardari’s chief protocol officer Bilal Shaikh who was killed few years ago in a suicide attack in Karachi.
Bilal Shaikh’s brother Khan Shaikh said that the deceased had served as security officer of Faryal Talpur while he had also served as the security officer of Zardari House and was a one the founder members of Jannisar e Benazir. Police officials said that the motive behind the incident has yet to be ascertained. No case has been registered while further investigation was underway. Karachi has witnessed of fresh wave of targeted killings since early Monday, two local leaders of Pak Sarzamin Party came under attacked in Orangi Town neighbourhood of which one of them died at the spot while another was wounded critically.
Police officials said that Razzak had a dispute with someone over land and it is suspected that he was killed over the disputed land. Sindh Home Minister Sohail Anwar Sial also took the notice of his killing and has asked the concerned police officials to inquire about the incident and arrest the culprits.
Published in Daily Times, July 20th , 2017.
