MARDAN: An employee of daily Mashriq was gunned down outside his office here on Friday, police said.

Ihsan Ali, 28, had been associated with the newspaper for the past 10 years. He was an assistant to the newspaper’s bureau chief in Mardan district.

According to eyewitnesses and police, Mr Ali was standing outside the newspaper’s office when three men on a motorcycle reached there.

One of them fired three shots to Mr Ali’s head. Before escaping, the attacker fired shots in the air, spreading panic among people.

Police said it seemed to be a case of targeted killing.

But Mr Ali’s family said neither he nor any other member of the family had enmity with anyone.

Police registered a case against unidentified attackers on the complaint of the victim’s brother, Jafar Khan.

Published in Dawn, August 30th, 2014