LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire overnight on a car carrying a senior journalist in eastern Pakistan, killing his driver before escaping, police said Saturday.
Senior police officer Chaudhry Mohammed Shafiq said that journalist Raza Rumi escaped unhurt in late Friday’s attack in Lahore, the capital of eastern Punjab province. The attack on Rumi, an anchorman at Express News, came as he was leaving the private TV channel’s offices, he said.
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