College principal gunned down in Quetta

Author: Web Desk

QUETTA: Balochistan’s law college principal Barrister Amanullah Achakzai has been shot down dead by some unidentified men on the Spini Road of Quetta on Wednesday.

Police source told that Achakzai’s vehicle was constantly attacked by gunmen and as a result he was severely injured. Therefore, he succumbed to the injuries on the way to Civil hospital of Quetta.

Police and Frontier Corps personnel reached the scene and an investigation into the incident went underway.

There have been no claims of responsibility for the attack.

Chief Minister Balochistan Sanaullah Zehri severely condemned the academic’s killing and demanded police arrest the criminals and submit a report. A number of lawyers reached the Civil Hospital and announced a boycott of courts in protest of the barrister’s killing.

Three-day mourn has been announced by the government of Balochistan on the death of Barrister Amanullah Achakzai.

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