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Bol News Anchor Mureed Abbas killed in Karachi

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  • Post last modified:09/07/2019
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KARACHI: Mureed Abbas, News Anchor of Bol channel, and his friend Khizar Hayat have been shot dead in Khayaban-e-Bukhari of Defense Housing Authority here today in a skirmish that took place due to a monetary dispute. 

According to details News Anchor’s business partner Atif Zaman pumped multiple bullets on him and his friend. Both were brought dead to the hospital. 

When the Police reached the residence of the suspect Atif Zaman, he shot himself in the chest. He was taken to the hospital in critical condition.

According to sources Mureed Abbas went to collect five million rupees from his friend and business partner Atif Zaman who called him to Khayaban-e-Bukhari at 8PM. There Atif opened fire at his vehicle. 

DG ISPR took to the twitter to express his grief: 

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.