Mufti Atiqur Rahman, Shaikhul Hadis of Jamia Binnoria Mosque and Madrassa in SITE Town, was shot dead and his son and a man accompanying them were injured in an attack near the Sindh Secretariat in Artillery Maidan police precinct on Thursday night. Mufti Rahman, aged 55, was traveling in his pickup van with his son Ammar and Irshad. They were returning after giving lessons at Madina Masjid on Burns Road. When the van approached the Sindh Secretariat, it was stopped by an unidentified vehicle. Three or four assailants opened fire on the three men travelling in the van.