KARACHI: Unidentified men shot dead a former leader of a banned militant organisation in Karachi on Saturday.

Ilyas Zubair, a former head of the banned religious outfit Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan and Qari Shafiq, another member of SSP were attacked by gunmen in the Teen-Hatti area of Karachi.

While Zubair was found dead at the site of the attack, Shafiq was injured but later succumbed to the gun-shot wounds at a local hospital, according to DawnNews.

Ilyas’s dead body was later shifted Civil Hospital, where a large number of workers of SSP had gathered.

Police officials said that while the exact nature of the attack has not been determined, it appears to be an act of sectarian violence.