PkMAP lawmaker runs over policeman in Quetta

SSP traffic says PkMAP’s Majeed Achakzai was driving the vehicle by himself; police lodges FIR against unknown...

QUETTA: A police constable was killed on Tuesday as a Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) lawmaker ran him over in Quetta.

PkMAP legislator and Public Accounts Committee chairman Abdul Majeed Khan Achakzai’s vehicle hit constable Haji Atta Ullah when he was performing traffic duties at Shaheed Faraz Sunbel Chowk on Tuesday evening.

Quetta Traffic police official Haji Attaullah martyred by #PkMAP MPA Majeed Achakzai, brother of Mehmood Achakzai #Balochistan pic.twitter.com/JGZOD6HIn8

— Asfandyar Bhittani (@AsfandBhittani) June 23, 2017

“The injured constable was taken to Civil Hospital but succumbed to injuries while on the way to the trauma centre,” police sources told The Express Tribune. The body of the victim was later handed over to his heirs.



SSP Traffic Nazeer Kurd said: “Achakzai was driving the vehicle himself and we are investigating the incident.” However, the police has lodged a case against unknown persons.

Police srgnt Attaullah martyred by MPA Majeed Achakzai

Will justice be delivered or Will his family be pressurized into a deal? #Quetta pic.twitter.com/2B9QrvLgsb

— Asfandyar Bhittani (@AsfandBhittani) June 23, 2017

Born in 1962 in Gulistan, Achakzai is an agriculturist by profession. From 2002 to 2007, he served as an MPA in Balochistan Assembly. He was elected from PB13 constituency (Killa Abdullah). In 2013 general elections, he was reelected into the provincial assembly from the same constituency.