HARIPUR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf local leader Tahir Iqbal was gunned downby unidentified assailants in Haripur district of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa onSunday.
According to police, PTI Hazara captor’s deputy general secretary TahirIqbal was killed when unknown assailants opened fire at him in Haripur. Thesuspects escaped from the site after killing the PTI leader, the policeadded.
On being informed, police and rescue officials rushed to the scene andshifted the body to the hospital for medico-legal formalities.
The police have registered a case and launched investigations into themurder.
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Last year on October 5, a person had been killed in a firing incident inKarachi’s Ayesha Manzil area. According to police, unidentified armed menhad opened fire at the person outside a mosque in the Ayesha Manzil area,resulting in his death.
The diseased had been identified as Asif. He had been a formeroffice-bearer of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Karachi chapter. Thepolice, citing preliminary investigations, had said it appeared to be anincident of targeted killing.
