KARACHI, Oct. 09 (Xinhuanet) -- Unidentified armed men killed one of the central religious leaders and his bodyguard belonging to Binori Town seminary Saturday in Pakistan's restive port city Karachi, witnesses and police said.

    Mufti Jameel Ahmed Khan was going in his car to Binori Town seminary from his house located in central part of the city, when three armed men riding two motor cycles intercepted him and openedfire, Karachi police chief told reporters here.

    According to the police chief, the Sunni scholar's bodyguard died on the spot while Mufti Jameel Ahmed succumbed to injuries onway to a local hospital.

    "He (Mufti Jameel) is dead," confirmed Qari Mohammed Usman, chief of Jamiat Ulemai Islam (JUI), Sindh.

    Mufti Jameel was the successor to Mufti Shamzai, who was murdered a couple of months ago. The deceased Mufti was chairman of the International Khatm-e-Naboot Council. He was also senior member of the JUI's Central Executive Council. Enditem