KARACHI: An advocate of the Sindh High Court (SHC) and two of his children were killed Tuesday when gunmen opened fire on his car at Maripur road near Native Jetty bridge in Karachi, DawnNews reported.

The lawyer identified as Kosar Saqlain was attacked by unknown gunmen while he was on his way to drop the two children to school.

The deceased were shifted to Civil Hospital.

Meanwhile, lawyers in Karachi boycotted court proceedings in protest against the killing, prompting the Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court to take notice of the incident.