Leading Pakistani Politician Zahra Shahid Hussain Shot Dead Outside Her Home

A senior female member of Imran Khan's Pakistan's Movement for Justice party (PTI) was shot dead outside her home in Karachi on Saturday. Reports suggested that Zahra Shahid Hussain, who was senior vice-president of the PTI, was killed while resisting an attempted robbery in the upmarket Defence neighbourhood of the city. Police said that she was ambushed by two people on a motorcycle. "The assailants opened fire on Zahra, 60, as soon as she reached the gate of her residence. Apparently they wer...