Pakistan’s English-language newspaper Dawn quoted IO Safdar Khan as reporting that a JUI member was attacked by two armed suspects on a motorbike while returning home after offering prayers at a mosque.
“The incident is being investigated from all angles,” the IO said. “Police collected evidence from the crime scene and also called in a team of experts to provide assistance.”
The slain Abdul Salam, in addition to being a member of the provincial assembly, was also head of the Abu Bakar Siddiq church in tehsil Tangi and a preacher at a mosque within the Jamalabad Dairy area.
In July, Awami National Party politician Maulana Khan Zeb and a police officer were shot dead by unidentified suspects in KP’s Bajaur district, police said.
Bajaur District Police Officer (DPO) Waqas Rafique told Dawn that the politician was shot dead at Shindai Mall during the peace parade movement on July 13, adding that a police officer was also killed in the attack.
“Three other people were injured in the shooting,” DPO Rafiq said. “This was a targeted killing by an unidentified gunman on a motorcycle.”
MNA