In a daring move, unidentified armed men barged into the main VIP ward of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) and shot dead two women, besides seriously injuring another woman, in an assassination attempt on a suspected criminal on Saturday. Police sources said the assailants entered PIMS VIP Ward no 9 and opened indiscriminate fire, killing Saleh Bibi and Bilqees instantly and seriously injuring Qamarun Nisa. The two deceased women were the mother and sister of the Cabinet Division joint secretary. Police said they suspected the target of the attack was in Ward no 10, where Rana Sarwar, an accused in a kidnapping for ransom case, was being treated. Police said, “As the killed women had no enmity and the main accused of an abduction case was admitted in the room next to the attacked room, we suspect the attack was on Rana Sarwar and the assailants misunderstood the location of their target.” Police said a squad was also present on duty with the arrested suspect. No arrests were made by the police till the filing of this report.
Bureacrat’s mother, sister killed in PIMS shootout
