KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Rashid Godil was critically wounded after unidentified armed men opened fire at his vehicle near his residence in Karachi's Bahadurabad area on Tuesday, DawnNews reported.
Gulshan SP Abid Qaimkhani told Dawn that unidentified motorcycle-riding armed men intercepted Godil's vehicle and fired eight 9mm bullets after identifying the Muttahida leader. Godil was travelling with his driver and a relative when the attack took place.
TV reports said that the MQM leader suffered bullets wounds on his chest, head and arm.
The MQM leader was shifted to a nearby hospital where his condition was stated as critical owing to excessive loss of blood. He underwent surgery at a private hospital.
Hospital sources said that Godil's driver, who was also injured in the incident, succumbed to his wounds during treatment.
The attack took place while Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman was visiting the MQM headquarters, Nine Zero, to hold talks with a Muttahida delegation over the issue of MQM legislators’ resignations.
The talks, which were under way in a pleasant atmosphere, were abruptly suspended as the news of the attack on Godil reached the MQM headquarters.
MQM leader Wasay Jalil tweeted in support of his wounded colleague.