Former provincial minister and PPPP NWFP Senior Vice President Syed Qamar Abbass and his relative Muhammad Ali were gunned down in the Hasthnagri area on late Sunday. Hastnagri police said the slain PPPP leader was on his way home after attending a marriage ceremony when some unknown assailants ambushed his motorcycle near Hastnagri pattak. Muhammad Ali was killed on the spot and Abbass sustained critical injuries. He was rushed to Lady Reading Hospital where he succumbed.