NICVD doctor shot at, wounded by policeman.

Byline: Imtiaz Ali

KARACHI -- A doctor was shot at and wounded allegedly by a policeman on the premises of the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) in the early hours of Thursday, police said.

They added that Dr Fahad Hussain was shot at and wounded by constable Kamran, posted at the CTD Civil Lines, inside the NICVD emergency section. The suspect was later arrested. The police said the initial probe revealed that the policeman attacked the doctor over the previous night's refusal by another doctor to give him sleeping pills and advising him against taking the drug.

Senior CTD official Raja Umar Khattab said the constable, Kamran, had been suffering from a chest problem and fever for the last 15 to 20 days. He got himself tested at a private hospital and was diagnosed with typhoid. He visited the NICVD on Tuesday night where a security guard stopped him and asked him to wear a face mask before entering the hospital. After an argument with the guard, he got a mask and entered the emergency section where he reportedly asked the doctor for sleeping pills saying he had not slept for three days.

Mr Khattab claimed that the doctor did not give him the medicine. The constable went back home and returned to the hospital on Wednesday night riding a motorcycle. He reportedly asked about the same doctor as he was not available there. He opened fire on another doctor, Fahad, and escaped.

The CTD official said that after the...