A Doctor of DHQ Jhang and his assistant were shot dead, while his nephew sustained serious injuries in an armed attack on his private clinic in Athara Hazari village, on Saturday evening.
Jhang Police reported that Dr Rab Nawaz Baloch, Head of Blood Transfusion Department at Jhang DHQ Hospital, was examining a patient at his private clinic in the village at about 7:30pm when three people, armed with automatic weapons, came there on a motorcycle. As they forced their way into the clinic, his assistant Ghulam Farid tried to stop them, they shot him dead. Later, on entering the clinic, they asked the patients to leave and sprayed the doctor and his nephew Amir Husnain with bullets.
They were taken to the DHQ hospital where Dr Rab Nawaz succumbed to his injuries late night while his nephew is stated to be out of danger. Police have registered a murder case against the assailants later identified as Ghulam Hur, Aslam and Akbar etc.
Meanwhile, Pakistan Medical Association's Jhang president Dr Janjua expressed grave concern over the brutal double murder and peoples of the area blocked road by burning tyres. They demanded immediate arrest of the killer.
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