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Tariq Khan, a leader of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), was shot dead in southern port city of Karachi, local TV channel reported Friday evening.

Tariq Khan, vice president of PAL-N in southern Sindh province, was shot near Tariq road in Karachi and died after being shifted to a hospital, private Dawn TV said.

The TV channel quoted police as saying that Tariq Khan was driving when the motorcyclists fired shots at his car.

While talking to media, PML-N spokesman Sadiqul Farooq said his party will take proper actions against those who are behind the assassination.

No further details are available.

The PML-N, led by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, is the second largest party in Pakistan's parliament.

(Xinhua News Agency May 24, 2008)

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