Islamabad, July 6 -- Highlighting the collapsing law and order situation in the capital city, a Pakistan Air Force Group Captain was gunned down in broad daylight after he attempted to stop a woman from being abducted in Islamabad, according to Pakistan's Samaa TV.

The brazen criminal incident occurred at Shaheen Chowk, a prominent intersection within the operational limits of the Margalla Police Station. The victim, identified as Group Captain Asim Tariq, was driving along Ninth Avenue when he witnessed a motorcyclist aggressively attempting to abduct a woman by forcing her onto his vehicle.

According to Samaa TV, Tariq immediately intervened on humanitarian grounds to thwart the kidnapping, providing the woman with a vital window of t...