ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a senior police officer who was investigating cases against members of banned militant groups in Quetta city of in southwest Pakistan today, police said.
Superintendent of Police (Investigation) Jamil Kakar was heading to court for the hearing of a case when he was attacked outside his home in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province.
Kakar was hit by several bullets and died later in hospital, doctors said.
Police said that the officer’s driver and bodyguards were injured in the attack.
Witnesses said a passerby too was injured when gunmen riding a motorcycle fired at Kakar on the busy Airport Road. The gunmen fled after the attack.
No group claimed responsibility for the attack though such incidents are usually blamed on militants.
Police said Kakar had received threats from banned militant groups after he recently led a successful operation against members of an extremist organisation and killed two of its members.
He had been promoted after his operations against militants.
Kakar was scheduled to appear before a Supreme Court bench that is hearing a case on the law and order situation in Balochistan, which has been rocked by targeted killings and sectarian violence for many months.
Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, who is heading the bench, yesterday strongly criticised law enforcement agencies for failing to stop targeted killings.
He had sought a detailed report from the provincial police chief. Gunmen shot dead a Shia judge, his bodyguard and driver in Quetta on August 30.
The police have been frequently attacked in Quetta.
Several police personnel have died while others have sustained injuries in targeted killings and bombings. (PTI)
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