Sindh Minister, Wife Found Dead at Their Karachi Home

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Sindh Minister for Planning and Development Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani, 71, and his wife suffered bullet wounds. The bodies were found in their bedroom in high security Defence Housing Authority.

Karachi: A senior provincial minister and his wife were found dead on Thursday at their home in Karachi, the financial capital of Pakistan.

Sindh Minister for Planning and Development Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani, 71, and his wife Fariha Razzaq were found dead in their bedroom in high security Defence Housing Authority.

Quoting members of Bijarani's family and officials of the Pakistan People's Party, Geo News reported that the minister and his wife had suffered bullet wounds.

Police officials have reached the site and started the initial investigation into the case.

Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, Home Minister Sohail Anwar Siyal, senior government and party officials reached Bijarani's house after the news of the minister's death broke.

Bijarani had served as a senator as well as an MNA and also held the portfolio of Sindh's Education Minister. He was elected in 2013 from PS-16 Jacobabad.