A 50-year-old doctor was gunned down inside his clinic in Karachi’s Gulshan-i-Maymar area by unidentified gunmen, police said on Saturday.
Police said two unknown assailants entered Dr Kashif Agha’s clinic near Nawaz Sharif Park, fired multiple shots at him and fled. He was attending patients in his room at the time of the attack, which took place on Friday during outpatient department hours.
The doctor sustained critical bullet wounds and was taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead. Police said two doctors were attending patients in the outpatient department at the time, but the attackers targeted Dr Kashif.
A police spokesperson attributed the murder to personal enmity and said further investigation was under way. SSP West said the incident appeared to be the result of a personal enmity, while an investigation was under way to determine the motive behind the killing.
Sindh Home Minister Ziaul Hasan Lanjar took notice of the doctor’s murder and sought a detailed report from the West SSP. Sindh Inspector General of Police also took notice and sought a report from the SSP, directing police to use all available resources for the immediate arrest of the suspects and to ensure their identification through modern investigative and technical methods.
Investigators have launched a search operation to trace the two suspects and determine the circumstances surrounding the shooting. Police officials said the motive behind the murder remains unclear and the attackers managed to escape before police could apprehend them.
The attack took place in broad daylight during outpatient hours, when the clinic was open and patients were being seen. According to initial reports, the two attackers walked into the medical facility, targeted the doctor in his room and left before police could reach the scene. Investigators have launched a search operation to trace the two suspects and determine the circumstances surrounding the shooting, and police said the motive remains unclear.
The killing has drawn attention to the safety of medical professionals in the city. Doctors’ representatives have repeatedly raised concerns about violence against health workers, and police say they are working to identify the attackers and establish the motive.
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