A senior intelligence official was shot dead in FC Area here on Saturday. According to police sources, Qamar Raza Naqvi, Deputy Director Intelligence Bureau (IB), was ambushed by two unidentified assailants in FC Area when he was returning in his car from a walk to his apartment in Sharifabad. The body was shifted to hospital for medico-legal formalities. The police are investigating the incident. The motive behind the killing is yet to be ascertained.