According to details, DSP Zulfikar Zaidi had arrived in Shah Faisal Colony to have dinner accompanied by his driver. He was sitting at a hotel that unknown assailants opened fire at him.
As a consequence, the DSP and his driver were martyred.
DSP Zulfikar Zaidi was currently performing his duties as the security in-charge of the Sindh High Court (SHC).
Earlier today, a policeman and a doctor were shot dead in Clifton and Nazimabad areas of the city.
This is the second incident of killing of a senior police officer in the megapolis, in a few days.
On May 1, unknown attackers had gunned down DSP Fateh Muhammad Sangi along with three other cops in Gulshan-e-Hadeed.