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Gunmen Kill ex-Pakistani Lawmaker Outside Home in Karachi

by Associated Press

   KARACHI --

   A senior Pakistani police officer says gunmen opened fire on a former
   lawmaker outside his home in the southern port city of Karachi before
   fleeing.

   Javed Odho says Ali Raza Abidi was critically wounded in Tuesday
   evening's attack and he later died at a hospital.

   No one claimed responsibility for the attack, which drew condemnation
   from Prime Minister Imran Khan and several other opposition
   politicians.

   Abidi was a former member of the National Assembly and his Muttahida
   Qaumi Movement party has urged the government to immediately trace and
   arrest his killers.

   The Muttahida Qaumi Movement party represents the Urdu speaking
   population and its two factions have an uneasy relationship with each
   other.