ISLAMABAD: Muhammad Ibrahim, son of Air Vice Marshal Muhammad Athar Shams,was critically injured on Friday morning after a Pakistan Navy (PN) guardopened fire on his car when the driver failed to stop the vehicle for IDverification and inspection at the Zafar Gate of Naval Complex entry inSector E-8.

Ibrahim, a class VIII student in Bahria Town School and College, wasaccompanied by his younger brother, a student of grade III in the sameinstitution.

Per details, the driver had rushed the car through the entry gate when theincident happened. The bullet fired by the PN guard hit Ibrahim in thespine. He was immediately rushed to the E9 Pakistan Air Force (PAF)hospital where the bullet was successfully removed from his body, however,the injured boy was reported to be in a critical condition. The boy isreported to be paralysed waist down after undergoing medical treatment.

The car, carrying the registration number UE 482, entered the Naval Complexfrom Bahria gate. It is pertinent to mention here that Bahria gate couldonly be used by PN officers.

The sentry, identified as Hameed, fired two rounds on the vehicle but thedriver managed to ‘escape’ from the scene. Later, the vehicle was foundparked outside the PAF hospital.

PAF officials also arrived on the scene of the incident to initiate aninvestigation into the incident with the help of footage retrieved fromclosed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras installed around the gate. It wasrevealed that 14-year-old Muhammad Ibrahim and his younger brother wereboth sons of incumbent Air Vice Marshal Muhammad Athar Shams.