BAJAUR: A woman allegedly committed suicide after ‘strangling’ her minor daughter to death in War Mamond tehsil of Bajaur district on Saturday, police and residents said.

They said that the incident had occurred in the hilly Wara Kharkai area in the limits of War Mamond police station.

They said the woman, whose identity could not be ascertained, first allegedly strangled her minor daughter to death and then hanged herself inside her home for unknown reasons.

A police official told Dawn that a team rushed to the spot after receiving information about the incident and the bodies were taken to the District Headquarters Hospital in Khar for postmortem.

The bodies were handed over to relatives for burial after the postmortem.

Mansoor Khan, a spokesperson for the district police, told reporters that an investigation had been launched to ascertain the causes behind the incident.

Meanwhile, an person was killed after unidentified gunmen opened fire on him in Mina Bazaar of Lowi Mamond tehsil on Friday night.

Police and residents said Malik Tamreez Khan, 57, was on his way to home when the assailants targeted him, leaving him wounded.

He was taken to the District Headquarters Hospital in Khar where he succumbed to injuries.

Police have launched an investigation to ascertain the motive behind the killing and bring the perpetrators to justice.

Published in Dawn, November 1st, 2026