KARACHI: Mufti Saleemullah, a religious scholar got wounded in a gun attack in Karachi’s Manghopir area, on Wednesday (today).

According to the police officials, some unidentified men opened fire on his car which injured the Mufti. He was immediately shifted to the Ziauddin Hospital where doctors declared him to be in critical condition due to excessive blood loss.

Mufti Saleemullah was in a car along with two women, including his wife. However, the women remained safe.

The Deputy Inspector General (West) Asim Qaimkhani stated that further investigations are underway to bring forth the reason behind the attack.

Earlier, Jamia Farooqia’s Maulana Adil and his driver were gunned down by unidentified armed men in Karachi.