Minister's brother killed in Karachi

Minister's brother killed in Karachi

PAKISTAN: Two unidentified attackers riding on a motorcycle fatally shot the brother of Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider as he was driving home in the port city of Karachi, police said.

Ehtishamuddin Haider, 52, had just attended a meeting at a hospital when the men sprayed his car with gunfire. He was hit by three bullets and died at the scene.

Presiding over a seminar a day earlier on "Terrorism -- A New Challenge to the World of Islam," the interior minister had vowed to take strong action against sectarian violence and extremist religious groups.

The interior minister is among Pakistan's most powerful officials because all civil intelligence agencies work under him and he controls the police in all four provinces as well as paramilitary forces. --AP