Pakistan prosecutor in Bhutto case shot dead

Pakistan’s main government prosecutor on the Benazir Bhutto murder case, in which ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf is under house arrest, was shot dead in Islamabad on Friday, police said.

State prosecutor Chaudhry Zulfiqar was shot multiple times by gunmen as he was driving to the next hearing in the murder case of the former prime minister, who was assassinated more than five years ago.

His bodyguard was also wounded in the attack and a woman killed when Zulfiqar lost control of his vehicle, police said.

”Chaudhry Zulfiqar was driving his car. He lost control and the car crushed a woman passer-by,” Yousuf said.

”Zulfiqar was rushed to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.”

Police said the gunmen fled on a motorbike.