PTI provincial leader Gohar Ali Khan Khattak shot and injured by assailants

Gohar wanted to settle a dispute between two rival groups where the accused had threatened him to death.

NOWSHERA: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) provincial leader Gohar Ali Khan Khattak injured when assailants opened fire on his car on GT Road near Shaido area of Nowshera district on Sunday.

SHO Fazal Subhan of Akora Khattak while talking to The Express Tribune said that Gohar Ali Khan along with his son Shahbaz and other colleagues were travelling in his car, when three assailants sitting in another car at the opposite side of the road opened fire at them in which Gohar got injured while the other persons narrowly escaped. The official said that the incident occurred at around 3:45pm.

“A bullet slipped at the side burn of the victim while the other bullet pierced through his arm,” said the SHO.

The official added that the injured Gohar was rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital where doctors discharged him after first aid.

An FIR was registered against Abdul Alam, Gul Naras and an unidentified man few days back when Gohar had gone to Shaido to settle a dispute between two rival groups where the accused had threatened him to death.

SHO Subhan said that the vehicle in which Gohar was travelling was hit multiple times, “at least three rounds of bullets have been fired at us from three AK-47s” stated Gohar in the FIR registered against the accused. Police raided the house of the accused, but unfortunately they managed to escape before the police reached the spot.