LAHORE: Former Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPP-P) ticket holder Babar Sohail Butt was shot dead in the wee hours of Monday near Manawan’s Lakhodair area in Lahore.
Babar’s gunman is suspected to be involved in the PPP leader’s murder.
According to police, Atif his gunman allowed the killers to break into Babar’s residence by leaving the door open.
Police added that initial investigation revealed that the assassination was the result of an ‘old rivalry’.
The body of the deceased was shifted to a local hospital for autopsy purposes and a large number of family members and his supporters gathered around the hospital to grieve.
Brother of the late PPP leader, has requested police to nominate SHO Manawan, MNA Sohail Shoukat Butt and two other suspects in the case.
All political activity has been called off for today at Bilawal House Lahore.
Babar Sohail had previously contested the provincial assembly elections on PPP-P’s ticket in 2013.
It is pertinent to mention that three assassination attempts had already been made on Babar before this incident happened.
