OUR CORRESPONDENT NAUSHAHRO FEROZE A PPP MPA, Shahnaz Ansari, was shot dead on Saturday near the city’s Khan Mari river over a land dispute, said Sindh police. Ansari, who was elected on a reserved seat, was gunned down allegedly by her deceased brother-in-law Zahid Khokhar’s nephew, according to police. The PPP leader was attending Khokar’s Chehlum when the incident took place. She was brought to the People’s Medical Hospital already dead, according to doctors at the hospital. Police said that Ansari had decided to attend her brother-in-law’s Chehlum despite the tension that existed between her and Khokhar’s nephew. Ansari was reportedly very active within the PPP and was involved in the politics of Sindh. Hundreds of PPP workers reached the hospital as soon as news broke about her murder. The firing incident took place over a land dispute between the two parties in Naushahro Feroze’s Darya Khan area, said a police official. Police further said that an investigation will be conducted to ascertain how many men had opened fire on Ansari. Initial reports suggested that the land dispute was a longstanding one, with Khokhar’s nephews claiming the right to the land by stating that there was no rightful heir to it. Police cordoned off the village but the suspect and his accomplices fled the crime scene. Investigating authorities apprised that the heinous crime was executed by a man named Waqar who is on large now. She was elected MPA twice on reserved seats for women from her hometown, Naushahro Feroze. On the other hand, Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah, taking notice of the attack on MPA Shahnaz Ansari, has demanded a report from the Deputy Commissioner and SSP Naushahro Feroze. He also called for immediate arrest of the attackers involved in the murder of Shahnaz Ansari.
