Pakistan’s provincial education minister shot dead
October 25th, 2009 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )Islamabad, Oct 25 (IANS) The education minister of Pakistan’s Balochistan province, Shafiq Ahmed was shot dead Sunday, media reports said.
The police said gunmen opened fire at him as he was coming out of a car outside his home in the provincial capital Quetta.
The assailants fled the crime scene after the attack, Xinhua reported.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Ahmed was a member of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party.
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