Former MPA Mehar Irshad Sial, a Pakistan Peoples Party candidate, on Friday survived an assassination attempt. A party worker died and three people including Sial were injured in the shooting by unidentified men.
Sial was campaigning in the rural area of Rang Pur in Muzaffargarh district, when he was attacked. A local supporter of Sial, Syed Sajid Hussain, died on the spot. Jaffar Hasan and Ahmed Ali, were taken to Nishtar Hospital, Multan, where Hasan’s condition was reported to be critical. Sial himself and Ali have been released from the hospital.
SHO Mehboob Tangwaani told The Express Tribune that police had initiated the investigations and registered an FIR against Riaz Malana and four unidentified suspects. He said those responsible for the attack would be arrested.
Sial told The Express Tribune that the shooting between his guards and the assailants had continued for about an hour.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 21st, 2013.