The local police have yet to register a case over the murder of Rehan Zeb Khan, an election candidate affiliated with PTI, who was killed on Wednesday.

Sources in the police and Rehan Zeb’s family told Dawn on Friday that the police had yet to lodge a case against the assailants involved in the attack, occurred in the Sadiqabad Bazaar.

A police official also confirmed to Dawn that a case of the attack was yet to be registered.

The official, however, said the case of the incident would be registered when the family members of the slain could submit an application for it. The official said efforts were underway to trace those involved in the killing.

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