FIA official gunned down

Iftekhar was a cleric within the Immigration section of FIA at Peshawar airport.

PESHAWAR: An official of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) was gunned down by unknown assailants in Dir Town on Thursday evening.

Officals said that Iftikhar, a cleric within the Immigration section of the FIA at Peshawar Airport, he was gunned down outside Masjid-e-Hamza, within the jurisdiction of Pahri Pura Police Station.

The attackers made good their escape after committing the crime.

“Ifthikar was standing in front of a mosque near his house in Dir Town when unknown people opened fire at him, killing him on the spot,” SHO Hameed Khan told The Express Tribune, adding that he was rushed to the hospital but he was pronounced dead.

Police said that the matter was under investigation and it was premature to say whether this was a case of target killing or not.

There have been a number of instances in the recent past where FIA and intelligence officials have been targeted by gunmen in Peshawar.