The driver of TV presenter Raza Rumi was killed when their car came under heavy fire from unidentified gunmen as the media personality was returning home after his weekly show in the city of Lahore. Rumi is believed to have been the target in the attack, as he had received threats warning him he was on the Taliban’s hit-list.

He survived the attempt assassination with minor injuries but his bodyguard, Anwar Hussain, was hit several times and left paralysed.