KARACHI: Senior JUI-F leader Khalid Mehmood Soomro was shot dead in Sukkur on Saturday.
The early morning attack took place when Soomro, who was the secretary general for the Sindh chapter of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl), was leading prayers at a mosque attached to a madrassah in Sukkur.
Armed men entered the area and opened fire at Soomro.
Soomro was in Sukkur to participate in a conference when the attack took place in the Khosa Goth area.
His body has been shifted to a hospital.
Soomro, who held important positions in his party, hailed from Sindh’s Larkana region.
