[DAWN] Unidentified gunnies on Sunday rubbed out a serving colonel of the Pakistain Army in Hayatabad Phase 3.According to Hayatabad Police, two assailants on a cycle of violence targeted Col Tahir Azeem in Abaseen Market when he was on his way home from a nearby mosque.
Local police said Tahir Azeem expired on the spot after sustaining multiple bullet wounds.
According to reports, Col Tahir Azeem's brothers-- Waqas and Shakil-- were also rubbed out in separate attacks in 2004 and 2005. Both Waqas and Shakil, however, had no association with the armed forces.
Tahir Azeem was posted in Rawalpindi; he was in Hayatabad to visit his family.