DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Unidentified gunmen killed two men going to the Paharpur tehsil courts on a motorcycle, police said here on Saturday.

A police official said that Qayyum Nawaz and Kaleemullah died on the spot, and the attackers escaped the area. He said the victims were going to the courts to appear in a case.

The police rushed to the spot soon after receiving information about the incident and shifted the bodies to Paharpur Civil Hospital for postmortem. The official said that according to the preliminary investigation, the incident appeared to be the result of a feud.

The police registered a case and started investigations.

Published in Dawn, May 22nd, 2022

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