JUI-F leader shot dead

Published January 23, 2013

QUETTA, Jan 23: A cleric belonging to Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl) was shot dead in Kakar colony here on Wednesday, police sources said.

Unidentified men on a motorcycle opened fire at Mufti Rehmatullah, the prayer leader of a local mosque, leaving him seriously injured.

Police took the cleric to hospital where he died.

Mufti Rehmatullah was prayer leader of Mian Khan Mosque in Kakar colony and a leader of JUI-F.

The cause of the attack could not be ascertained and Satellite Town police have registered a case against unknown killers.

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