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KARACHI, Feb 23: A leader of the Awami National Party’s student wing was shot dead in SITE area on Saturday night, police and party sources said.

The police said armed men attacked Painda Khan when he was treating patients at his clinic. “The victim was a homeopath and his clinic is on  the main road in the SITE area,” said a police officer.

“Two men came on a motorbike and one of them entered the clinic, pulled out a pistol and fired multiple shots before speeding away.”

Mr Khan sustained three bullet wounds and died on the spot. Four other people in the clinic suffered bullet wounds.

In a statement, the ANP condemned the incident and demanded immediate arrest of the killers. It said Mr Khan was the secretary of Sindh chapter of the Pakhtun Students Federation.

Later, two bullet-riddled bodies of young men were found in Korangi.

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