A young psychologist was shot at and injured during a robbery attempt near Hill Park on Shaheed-e-Millat Road on Tuesday morning, the police said.

The victim, Syed Shaheer Javed, 27, was intercepted by armed assailants on the service road adjacent to Bagh-o-Bahar Marriage Hall. Police said the suspects opened fire when the victim resisted, injuring him before fleeing the scene with his newly-purchased motorcycle.

Shaheer is the son of Javed Saba, a noted poet and senior scriptwriter of Express News programme - Shabbir To Dekhe Ga.

According to investigators, the victim, a resident of Defence Phase VI, had just dropped his nephew at a school located within the Baloch Colony police limits and was en route to a private hospital on Stadium Road, where he is employed as a psychologist. Famil

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