MULTAN (Dunya News) – Former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s son Ali Haider Gilani was on Thursday kidnapped in Pakistan’s Punjab province by unidentified gunmen who shot dead his personal secretary and injured his bodyguard.
Ali Haider Gilani was participating in a campaign meeting in Multan city this afternoon when the gunmen opened fire at his rally.
Five people were injured, however, his secretary Mohiyuddin got killed in the incident.
So far, no group claimed responsibility for the attack or the abduction.
Footage on television showed Ali Musa Gilani, another son of the former Premier, crying and trying to control irate workers of the Pakistan People’s Party.
A witness told Dunya News that the gunmen came to the spot in a car and fired indiscriminately at Haider’s supporters.
He said he had seen the gunmen bundle Ali Haider Gilani into a car and drive away. The gunmen kept firing as they drove away, the witness said.
The banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan had warned it will target secular parties like the Pakistan People’s Party and Awami National Party ahead of the May 11 general election.
The threats have forced the parties to virtually stop campaigning for the polls.
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