NADRA assistant director shot dead near office in Peshawar

Peshawar police spokesperson says Fahad was shot dead near NADRA's Phase 5 office while on his way to duty

PESHAWAR:

A National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) assistant director was shot dead near the office in Hayatabad, Peshawar, on Friday, Peshawar police spokesperson Alam Khan said.

The deceased was identified as Fahad Khan, son of Sharoom and a resident of Kafur Dheri.

According to Alam, Fahad was on his way to duty when he was shot dead behind the NADRA office in Phase 5, within the jurisdiction of Hayatabad Police Station.

Police personnel reached the scene immediately after receiving information about the incident and recovered eight spent cartridges of a 30-bore pistol, Alam said

The body was shifted to a hospital for a post-mortem examination.

The spokesperson said a comprehensive investigation was underway to establish the circumstances surrounding the killing and trace those responsible.

Read: Four polio workers kidnapped in Tank

On Wednesday, a polio campaign team supervisor, identified as Jalil Khan, was abducted by unidentified armed men from the Chapri area of Jamrud in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) during the ongoing seven-day polio vaccination campaign, District Police Officer (DPO) Waqar Ahmad said.

According to the DPO, the armed men took Khan to an undisclosed location. A heavy contingent of police was dispatched to the area following the incident, while blockades were set up on key routes in an effort to recover the abducted supervisor, he said.

On Tuesday, two policemen were martyred, and another was injured when unidentified armed men attacked a polio vaccination team in K-P's Mohmand district. One terrorist was also injured in the incident.

Earlier in the week, four polio workers were abducted by unidentified armed men after being subjected to gunfire in K-P's Tank district, while two other members of a polio vaccination team, who had been kidnapped in Lower South Waziristan, were subsequently released.

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The incident in Tank occurred in the village of Jious, located in the Sheikh Attar union council, where unidentified armed men abducted four polio workers. The gunmen reportedly took all four workers to an undisclosed location.

In a separate incident, two members of a polio vaccination team were abducted by armed men in the Azam Warsak area of Lower South Waziristan. Sources said armed men affiliated with the proscribed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were allegedly involved in the kidnapping. However, both polio workers were later released.