KOHAT, Dec 12: Governor Iftikhar Hussain Shah has asked the police to immediately arrest the killers of the president of the Mushtarika Markets Association, who was killed in the cantonment area, Happy Valley, on Wednesday morning.

He was also the member of public safety commission and patron-in-chief of the Tanzeem Khidmat-i-Khalq.

The governor also attended the funeral prayers of Haji Gulzar.

According to the FIR, the brother of the Haji Gulzar had stated that three armed men attacked them in the Happy Valley. Two men came from the front and stopped them while one who was riding a cycle fired three shots at Haji Gulzar which led to his instant death.

He told the police that he could recognize the killers.

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