Former MQM MNA Ali Raza Abidi killed in a gun attack in Karachi
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*KARACHI - Former MQM-P MNA Ali Raza Abidi has been killed in a gun attack outside his residence in Defence’s Khayaban-e-Ittehad in Karachi.*
He succumbed to his injuries at PNS Shifa.
According to South DIG, Ali Raza Abidi was attacked while he was returning home. He was targeted by gunmen on motorcycles. The attack seems to be a targeted one, said the DIG.
Police and Rangers have surrounded the area and are looking for suspects.
Ali Raza Abidi served as an MNA from 2013 to 2018. The former MQM-P lawmaker was defeated by the PTI chief Imran Khan in Karachi’s NA-243 constituency during the July 25 general election. Abidi has been loggerheads with his former comrades after differences surfaced between groups within the party.
