ANP Charsadda vice-president shot dead
Unidentified gunmen opened fire on Sabihullah and his friend in the Sarekh area of Shabqadar.
CHARSADDA:
The vice-president of Awami National Party (ANP) Charsadda chapter was gunned down in Shabqadar on Monday in another targeted attack on a political figure in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
SHO Saeed of Battagram Police Station told The Express Tribune that unknown gunmen opened fire on Sabihullah and his friend in the Sarekh area. Both sustained injuries and were rushed to a hospital.
Sabihullah succumbed to his injuries on his way to the hospital while his friend is in critical condition, said the SHO.
The police registered an FIR against unidentified culprits and have initiated an investigation.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.
On Saturday, an anti-Taliban leader Fateh Khan, along with four other people, was killed in a suicide attack in the Daggar area of Buner.
Fateh Khan was a former ANP leader and had recently joined the Qaumi Watan Party (QWP).
The vice-president of Awami National Party (ANP) Charsadda chapter was gunned down in Shabqadar on Monday in another targeted attack on a political figure in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
SHO Saeed of Battagram Police Station told The Express Tribune that unknown gunmen opened fire on Sabihullah and his friend in the Sarekh area. Both sustained injuries and were rushed to a hospital.
Sabihullah succumbed to his injuries on his way to the hospital while his friend is in critical condition, said the SHO.
The police registered an FIR against unidentified culprits and have initiated an investigation.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.
On Saturday, an anti-Taliban leader Fateh Khan, along with four other people, was killed in a suicide attack in the Daggar area of Buner.
Fateh Khan was a former ANP leader and had recently joined the Qaumi Watan Party (QWP).