Mehrabpur Press Club President Aziz Memon was strangulated on Sunday in Naushahro Feroze district of the Sindh province. According to police, the journalist was found dead and initially, the probe found that he was strangulated using a wire.
“The police are awaiting the post-mortem report to confirm the actual cause of his death,” they said. Meanwhile, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah took notice of the killing of Aziz Memon and summoned a detailed report into the matter from the deputy inspector general of police (DIGP) of Shaheed Benazirabad. He also directed the officials to ensure immediate arrest of the culprits involved in the act. Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader and Member of Sindh Assembly (MPA) Shehnaz Ansari was shot dead in Nowshera Feroze over a property dispute here on Saturday.
According to police, the PPP leader was shifted to Nawabshah hospital in an injured condition where she took her last breath. The police said that she was attacked over differences in a matter related to land ownership in Nowshera Feroze. Ansari was gunned down allegedly by her deceased brother-in-law’s nephew Zahid Khokhar, said police. The PPP leader was attending Khokar’s Chehlum when the incident took place.
