Discovery of missing PTI leader's body in Peshawar triggers protests

Body of deceased, identified as PTI's District Senior Vice President Yaqub Khan, found in the Matni area of Peshawar.

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The body of a local Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader, who had been missing for several days, was discovered in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, prompting a protest by his family and party supporters.

According to Express News, the deceased, identified as PTI's District Senior Vice President Yaqub Khan, was found dead in the Matni area of Peshawar.

His family, joined by a large number of PTI workers, placed his body in front of the Bab-e-Khyber as part of their protest.

The demonstrators, who blocked the Jamrud Bazaar Road, demanded the arrest of those responsible for Khan’s death, vowing to continue their protest until the culprits are apprehended.

Meanwhile, a day earlier, at least four people were found dead in a car parked along the M2 Motorway near Bhera, while a fifth person was discovered unconscious, according to Motorway Police.

The incident came to light during routine patrolling when officers noticed a vehicle stationary on the roadside near Bhera.

Upon approaching the car to offer assistance, they found five individuals in a semi-conscious state. All were immediately transported to Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Bhera for medical treatment.

At the hospital, doctors confirmed that four of the individuals had passed away, while the fifth, a 30-year-old man named Umar Qasim, remains in critical condition.

On August 22, five bullet-riddled bodies found hanging from an electric pole in Pakistan last week, who were identified as Afghan nationals, have been returned to their families, Kabul’s embassy in Islamabad informed.

The bodies were discovered near a college in Dalbandin city, close to the borders with Afghanistan and Iran in Balochistan. No individual or group has so far claimed responsibility for the killings.

Police investigating the killings said last week they suspected that the victims may be the same group who appeared in a viral video on social media, making confessio­nal statements about the murder of Murad Note­zai, a prominent leader of the Iran-based banned militant organisation Jaish al-Adl.