a dispute with anyone, said SSP Haider.
The senior officer said that police’s forensic lab report had showed that the weapon used in the murder had not been used in other targeted 1(illing in Karachi. He said that a 30-bore pistol was rarely used in targeted 1(illings these days because hitmen generally preferred 9mm pistols.
The SSP-Central said according to eyewitness accounts the killers were youths who overtook the car being driven by Sabri from its left side.
As he pulled up, the bike-riders opened fire through the windscreen of the car, targeting specincally the gawwal.Saleem was still in a state of shock and the investigators expected to meet him to record his statement after he overcame the shock, he said.
Sharifabad police registered a case under Sections 302 (preme ditate d murder), 324 (manslaughter) and 34 (common intention) of the Pakistan Penal Code as well as Section 7 of the AntiTerrorism Act, 1997 on the complaint of the victim’s brother, Azmat Fareed Sabri.
The police said that Section 324 was invoked when it emerged that a passer-by woman had also been wounded in firing.
The police also released the sketch of a suspect to media and sought help from the public in identifying the killer.