Jinnah Postgraduate Medical CentreÂ’s (JPMC) College of Medical Technology Principal Prof Mubashir Shaikh, 53, was killed in what is being described as a target killing outside his Mehmoodabad clinic after iftari on Wednesday. The college is currently closed like other JPMC institutions after two students from its college of physiotherapy were killed in student violence with a rival political group. Police sources said that they could not rule out these matters in the investigations yet.
One son, three daughters and his wife survive the DHA Phase VIII resident. He had 20 years of government service to his credit and hailed from the Punjab. JPMC has planned a condolence meeting for 10.30am on Thursday morning. There were also reports that paramedics have called a rally, but it was not immediately confirmed whether this was linked to the professorÂ’s death.
According to eyewitnesses Khawaja Irfan and Javed Iqbal, two men on a motorcycle drove up to Prof ShaikhÂ’s car. One of them was wearing a helmet and the other had covered his face with a cloth. They signalled to the doctor by tapping on his window and asked him to scroll down his window before killing him. He was shot in the head according to Dr Seemin Jamali, chief of the casualty department.