LAHORE MIRROR — Unidentified attackers opened fire on the vehicle of Sindh MPA Aslam Abro’s car in Phase 7 of Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority (DHA) and killed his brother and nephew on Wednesday.
According to the local media reports, South Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Asad Raza said that the vehicle that came under attack belonged to Aslam but he was not travelling with his brother and nephew.
He also said that the victims had left their residence located near Khayaban-e-Shamsheer for Jacobabad at around 11:15am, adding that their vehicle, a silver Toyota Vigo, came under attack at around 11:35am in Phase 7.
SSP Raza said that four passengers were critically injured in the attack and were taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, where 68-year-old Akram Abro and 40-year-old Shahryar Akram succumbed to their injuries.
After the incident, the law enforcement agencies had cordoned off the area and were checking the CCTV footage. He added that a team from the Crime Scene Investigation Unit had also been dispatched to the scene of the crime and evidence was being collected.
Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, who is also the chairman of the PPP, strongly condemned the killing. In a statement, he termed the killing “sheer terrorism”.
“I hope that the accused involved in this act of terrorism will be brought to justice soon,” Bilawal said. He also offered his condolences to the bereaved family and prayed for the recovery of those injured in the attack.
In a statement, the Sindh Bar Council (SBC) also strongly condemned the “brutal murder” of Akram, who it said was an advocate and hailed from the Jacobabad district.
It is worth mentioning here that Aslam Abro was elected to Sindh Assembly in 2018 on a PTI ticket but was expelled in 2021 for “violating the party’s instructions” during the Senate elections.
