An off-duty policeman was shot dead when he attempted to resist robbery in Pakistan's Karachi city on Sunday.

According to a statement issued by Site police, sub-inspector Amir Ali, 52, was returning home from a graveyard when unknown assailants opened fire on him near the Chakar Hotel, located on the Superhighway, reported Dawn News.

Speaking to the Pakistani newspaper, East Superintendent of Police (SSP) Irfan Bahadur said: “Amir was on the way to the Federal B Area after visiting the grave of his grandson when the suspects shot him. They also took his official pistol.”

“Initial investigation show sup-inspector Amir was killed by robbers over resistance,” SSP Bahadur told the newspaper.