PESHAWAR, Oct 12: An official of Fata Secretariat was shot dead here on Wednesday by unknown assailants when he was driving his car in Hayatabad, police said.
An official of the Tatara police station told Dawn that Javaid Akhtar was heading a community programme for Khyber Agency.
The official said that a bullet pierced his eye and he was killed on the spot.
He said that Mr Akhtar was rushed to the hospital but the doctors pronounced him dead. Quoting his cousin, Ali Gohar, the official said that the deceased had no enmity. Police have registered a case and are investigating.
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