Retired brigadier, three family members murdered in Rawalpindi

E-Paper | May 22, 2026

RAWALPINDI: A retired brigadier, his wife and two daughters were killed by firing in Gulistan Colony on Tuesday, DawnNews reported.

Doctor Sikander Malik was the principle of the private medical college, and was residing within the medical facility's residential area.

Unknown men entered Brigadier (rtd) Doctor Sikander Malik's home, in the residential area of a private medical centre in Rawalpindi, and shot him in the head, along with his wife and two daughters.

His son was also injured during the firing.

Immediate medical aid was provided to him, and his condition was reported as out of danger. However, he is still unable to give a statement.

After they were informed of the incident, the hospital administration and agency personnel arrived at the scene.

An investigation into the incident was under way.

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A. Khan

Oct 01, 2013 03:02pm

This sounds like a revenge attack from a disgruntled former patient. But there is discrepancy in the news. Other newspaper report the son was not at home. This one says he was injured.

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salman ali

Oct 01, 2013 06:24pm

This is a horrible thing to happen and as usual , we will moan to no avail. As an established paper ,kindly check your spellings. It is not "principle",but 'principal"

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Iqbal

Oct 01, 2013 06:38pm

If Government can not protect the citizens then citizens need to take up arms and learn to stand up to these thugs and defend. After a few fights where these criminals end up loosing rest will stop. Good people can always sell back or keep the guns at home. Like the old saying...if the guns are outlawed then only the criminals will have them.

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Suleman

Oct 01, 2013 06:59pm

What has happened to humanity. let alone religion. Curse the murderers! curse anyone who kills others for any unjust reason!

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Noor

Oct 01, 2013 09:39pm

Pakistan Zindabad . Very Nice we should be proud of our actions . Around the planet we have such a infinite respect . Well done keep it up .

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Muhafiz

Oct 02, 2013 07:13am

Its time to choose the Path, the Govt is protecting Taliban and Taliban is killing what ever and who ever they like to kill. The Army is silent Its time for Public to lay their arm in to their hands and act upon by their own. If we had to defend ourselves then why we remain silent. Pakistan was built by us and we will save it too. We cannot let some bandits and long bearded criminals to ruin this country. If forces wanted to remain as gay so they do it but Public must not remain silent.

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Minhaj

Oct 02, 2013 02:55pm

His daughter was my sister's uni fellow. So sad to hear :(. May there souls rest in peace, Ameen.

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Zeeshan Ahmed

Oct 03, 2013 03:25am

Unfortunately, criminals in Pakistan commit the most blatant acts with utter disregard of consequences because they do not fear the corrupt justice system of so-called law.

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ali

Oct 03, 2013 07:16pm

This is another act of terrorism by either the taliban or its branches or it could be because of enemity in any case manufacturing of guns should be stopped in the FATA and northern areas of the country and security should check at entry points to see if guns are being smuggled into bigger cities. The government should also give some time for all illegal guns to be surrendered and then conduct raids to confiscate arms and then punish the people who did not surrender illegal arms. Some drastic measures will have to be taken to get rid of the gun culture.

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John

Oct 03, 2013 08:16pm

The Jehadi association has killed the society of Pakistan. We laugh at India when an incident happens there but do some of us still feel proud of such incidents in Pakistan? Tell me if a similar incident had happened in Srinagar how many of you would have been on road demanding action against India?

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ali

Oct 03, 2013 10:22pm

@Muhafiz: Dude I can understand taliban (whoever they are funded by) are bad and have been killing innocents. But this article does not make any link to the murder of 3 family members.

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Amir

Oct 03, 2013 11:39pm

According to news reports, the suspicion is on the Son, as there was no forced entry from the outside.

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