Summary Unknown suspects opened fire on Rashid Godil's car in New Town area of Karachi.
KARACHI (Dunya News) – Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Abdul Rashid Godil has been injured and his driver Abdul Mateen was killed when unknown suspects opened fire on his car in Karachi today (Tuesday).
Godil was in his parked car at a traffic light in the Bahadurabad neighbourhood in the eastern part of the city when four attackers riding on two motorbikes began firing on his vehicle.
A spokesman at the Liaquat National Hospital, where Godil was taken, said the politician was struck by five bullets to his head, jaw and chest and a team of doctors was trying to stabilise him.
On the other hand, policemen cordoned off the area recovered eight 9mm bullet shells from crime scene.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah telephoned Inspector General (IG) of Sindh Police and directed him to immediately submit a report regarding the incident.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif also condemned the terrorist attack on MQM leader Rashid Godil and prayed for his early recovery.
He has directed the concerned authorities to arrest the culprits at earliest.
The shooting comes a week after members of the MQM, which dominates politics in Karachi, offered their resignations from their seats in parliament over what they described as a campaign of victimisation against them.
The resignations have not yet been formally accepted by the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, which is trying to get the party to reverse its decision.
