Former Pakistani governor shot dead

1998 - Gunmen in Pakistan assassinated a respected former governor along with his two colleagues in Karachi. Two men armed with automatic weapons fired at Hakim Mohammad Said, a top practitioner of herbal medicine, soon after he entered his crowded clinic in Karachi. Said, his deputy Abdul Qadir Qureshi, and a clinic employee died in the attack and seven others were seriously injured. The gunmen fled in a waiting car, police and witnesses said.