Karachi, Feb 6: Awami National Party (ANP) senior leader Fazlur Rehman Kakakhel was killed in an ambush in Karachi this afternoon.

Rehman, vice president of ANP’s Sindh unit, was killed by armed men riding a motorcycle on Abul Isfahani Road near Sohrab Goth, the Dawn reported.

Confirming the incident, another ANP leader, Iqbal, said the attack was carried out at about 4p. m.

When news of the incident spread, it led to violence in some Pukhtoon-dominated localities of Karachi. (ANI)