An employee of a private company has killed his Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with a sharp-edged weapon over non-payment of salary in Karachi, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Tuesday.

According to police, accused Shoaib was furious for not geting his salary for the last three months. He had a bitter argument with CEO Naveed over non-payment of salary. During the argument, the accused got angry and stabbed the CEO with a sharp-edged tool.

According to family, deceased Naveed Khan was the CEO of the Pakistan office of Eurosoft, a foreign software company. Accused Shoaib was a former employee of the company. No employee's salary was received from head office yet.

In the evening, accused Shoaib came to the office and entered Naveed's room. During the tiff, the accused seriously injured Naveed by stabbing him. Injured Naveed was taken to a hospital but he succumbed to his wounds.

The accused was a software engineer while the deceased Naveed Khan was also a software engineer.

However, the police have arrested the accused and started investigation.

Reporter: Javed Qaimkhani