Two members of a peace committee were shot dead by gunmen in separate targeted attacks in Charbagh tehsil on Thursday night.
Gunmen opened fire on Tajen Khan, member of a local peace committee, while he was performing ablution for Isha prayers in a mosque in Sardarai hamlet, said Dildar Ghani, the SHO of Charbagh police station. Khan died instantly.
In a related incident, gunmen broke into the house of another peace committee member, Sardar Ali, in Gandero hamlet and opened indiscriminate fire. Ali was killed on the spot while his five-year-old son was wounded.
Police have registered an FIR against unidentified gunmen and mounted a manhunt.
Mangaltan is a hilly area of Charbagh tehsil which has remained a stronghold of Mullah Fazlullah-led militants.
So far, no one has claimed responsibility for the attacks.
(With additional reporting by our correspondent in D I Khan)
Published in The Express Tribune, October 27th, 2012.
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