CHINIOT: A lawyer was shot dead in Bhowana tehsil on Friday.

Advocate Haq Nawaz, the son of Nel< Muhammad, a resident of Bhutto Colony, Thatta Fateh Ali, was going to Chak 158-JB in his car accompanied by Iqbal, son of Noor Muhammad Jappa. When they reachedthe Bhowana police limits, unidentified motorcyclists opened fire on them.

As a result of the firing, Haq Nawaz died on the spot while Iqbal sustained serious bullet injuries.

On being informed about the incident, Kot Wasawa police reached the spot and collected the evidence.

The deceased was a member of the Tehsil Bar Association Bhowana.