ISLAMABAD: The federal government and police authorities have refused toconfirm the news of murder of missing KP SP Tahir Dawar.
Police authorities on Tuesday said they had no confirmation regardingreports of the killing of Superintendent Police (SP) Tahir Khan Dawar, whowent missing from Islamabad last month.
SP Dawar had gone missing from Islamabad on October 27. But speculationover the fate of the missing officer mounted on Tuesday when pictures of adead body found in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, purportedly that ofDawar, started circulating on social media platforms.
When asked by reporters today, State Minister for Interior Shehryar Afridideclined to comment over the veracity of the social media reports, sayingit was a sensitive matter.
“It is a matter of national security and someone’s life, and cannot bediscussed on an open forum,” Afridi said.