Former Nazim, Liaquatabad Town Dr Pervez Mehmood and his friend Khaliq were targeted by armed assailants when they were travelling in a car (Z-6767) at KDA Chowrangi Monday night. Both sustained fatal bullet wounds and died on the spot. The bodies were shifted to ASH for post-mortem. Police said Pervez was killed in a spree of targeted killing while unfortunately his friend came in the shooting range.
They added that he was former Nazim, Liaquatabad Town and senior leader of Jamaat-e-Islami. No case was registered till filing of this report.