SUKKUR: An assistant to a well-known senior physician, Dr Kirpal Das Makheja, was killed in a targeted attack but Dr Kirpal remained miraculously unhurt when unidentified armed men fire at his car at Bachal Shah Miani near SukkurBarrage on Saturday.

Eyewitnesses said that when the doctor along with his two assistants and a driver left his residence in Barrage Colony Sukkur for Khairpur Medical College, the armed motorcyclists targeted his car.

The doctor`s assistant Wazir Ali Boohar sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was shifted to a privatehospital in Sukkur in precarious condition where he died during treatment.

Dr Kirpal told media persons that when his assistant was hit, the driver sped the car to nearby Babarloi police station from where they rushed to the private hospital.

As the news about targeted attack on Dr Kirpal spread, members ofPakistan Medical Association staged a demonstration on Bandar Road and blocked vehicular traffic on both sides.

The protesters led by Dr Saeed Akhund, Dr Zulfiqar Soomro and others told media peons that Hindu community, including doctors and other respectable citizens in Sindh, were constantly tar-geted by terrorists but the government and police had failed to provide them protection.

They demanded immediate arrest and exemplary punishment to the doctor`s assailants. Meanwhile, the College of Physicians & Surgeons Pakistan condemned the attack on Dr Kirpal.

It said on its facebookpage that Dr Kirpal was being threatened by extortionists and today he was targeted [apparently for refusing to bow to their demands]. When highly skilled professionals like DrKirpalweretargetedfor extortion then who would serve the nation, it said, demanding the authorities bring the perpetrators to justice without delay.