A reporter of Geo news channel was gunned down by unknown persons on Thursday as aggression and target killings returned to the city once again claiming as many as eight lives.
Wali Babar was habitual home from work when he was intercepted by some people in a car and gunned down from close range in the Liaquatabad region of the city.
"We are looking into the reason behind the killing and it is hasty to say if this was also a target killing," a senior police official said.
But Geo News channel described the incident as another aim killing which has claimed eight lives since Wednesday.
Police arrested 12 people on Thursday from the Pehlwan Goth area of Gulistan-e-Jauhar following a search operation after violence started from the area on Tuesday night.
Pehlwan Goth has been in the grip of violence for the past four days after three people with biased affiliations were killed rousing unrest in the area.
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