Suspected Murderers of PTI’s Zahra Shahid arrested in Karachi

KARACHI: Police on Thursday claimed to have arrested a suspected killers of PTI leader Zahra Shahid Hussain, who was gunned down in Karachi in May 2013.

SP Investigation Faizullah Junejo said the suspects had confessed his involvement in Ms Shahid’s murder. The deceased was Vice-President of PTI’s Sindh chapter.

The SP investigation said probe of the case was underway. He said further probe would be conducted after remand of the accused by court.

The PTI leader was killed late on the night of May 18, 2013 in an attempted robbery incident on the eve of re-polls in Karachi’s NA-250 constituency.

According to law enforcers’ account, three motorcyclists had tried to snatch Ms Shahid’s handbag and opened fire upon resistance by the PTI leader outside her residence in the city’s Defence Housing Authority Phase-IV.