A militants of al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), identified Saeed alias Loha, was shot dead in an encounter with the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on the Hawkes Bay Road in Musharraf Colony area of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, in the night of September 30, reports The Express Tribune. According to CTD in-charge Mazhar Mashwani, the Police launched an operation near Musharraf Colony based on a tip-off but were met with gunfire. As the Police retaliated, one militant was shot at and injured, he said, adding that his accomplices managed to escape from the spot. The injured militant Saeed succumbed to his injuries on his way to hospital. "Saeed is a member of AQIS and some of his accomplices were killed in drone attacks in 2016," stated Mashwani, adding that the slain terrorist had been trained in Afghanistan. He further stated that Saeed had fled back to Afghanistan in 2016 and had recently returned to Pakistan.