DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Five persons were killed and three received injuries when armed men opened fire on people attending a wedding ceremony here on Tuesday.

The district police officer, Ziauddin Ahmed, told this scribe that the incident, occurred in the limits of University police station, seemed to be the result of a personal and political dispute between two groups.

He said that the incident occurred when the two groups came face to face after a volleyball match held in connection with the wedding celebrations. The incident occurred near a girls’ school in Malana village, where people were heading to attend the wedding.

The deceased were identified as Mohammad Shafiq, Mohammad Ajmal, Qudratullah, Umar Farooq and Arsalan. The injured were identified as Saadullah, Qaiser and Fazl.

The dead and injured were shifted to hospital.

The DPO said that police had registered a case and launched an investigation into the incident.

Further details about the circumstances surrounding the incident were being ascertained.

Published in Dawn, October 14th, 2026