Unidentified gunmen shot dead popular Pashto singer Ghazala Javed and her father late Monday night in the Dabgari Garden area, police said. Officials said the murder took place at her residence in Noor Mohalla, close to Dabgari police station. Police said unidentified men came to the singer’s house on motorcycles and knocked at her house entrance. When she came to the door, the gunmen opened fire at her, killing Gazala and her father who was standing behind her. The assassins escaped after leaving them both in a pool of blood. Officials said police reached the scene and took the victims to Lady Reading Hospital, where doctors declared them dead.
According to initial medical reports, Ghazala received a total of six bullets in her chest, hand and back. The dead bodies were later shifted to Khyber Medical College for post-mortem. Upon getting the news of the murder, the victims’ family members and her fellow artists reached the hospital. Ghazala’s sister Farhat Javed has registered a first information report (FIR) against the victim’s former husband Jahangir, and two other men, Salam and Nasir.
Pashto singer Ghazala Javed, father gunned down
