PTI activist killed as ex-minister opens fire in jirga

Published July 29, 2020
Rehman Arif, the brother of the deceased, in the FIR stated that the accused along with accomplices managed to flee. — File
Rehman Arif, the brother of the deceased, in the FIR stated that the accused along with accomplices managed to flee. — File

MANSEHRA: Former provincial minister Ibrar Hussain alias Mohammad Iqbal allegedly opened fire in a jirga, leaving an office-bearer of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf dead in Ghazikot area here on Tuesday.

According to an FIR lodged with the city police, the jirga was in progress to settle a land dispute when Mr Ibrar got infuriated and opened fire with a Kalashnikov leaving Zeeshan Arif seriously injured.

The locals rushed him to King Abdullah Teaching Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead.

The body was handed over to family after autopsy.

Rehman Arif, the brother of the deceased, in the FIR stated that the accused along with accomplices managed to flee.

The police were making raids to arrest the accused.

Published in Dawn, July 29th, 2020

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