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HARIPUR, Feb 20: An uncle of the Haripur tehsil nazim was shot dead and eight other people were injured when armed bodyguards of former provincial minister Akhtar Nawaz Khan allegedly opened fire on supporters of Zulfiqar Ahmed Khan, a PML-N candidate who lost the election for PF-51 Haripur, in the Khalabat township on Wednesday.
The injured were taken to the District Headquarters Hospital in Haripur where Haji Anwar Khan, uncle of Tehsil nazim Iftikhar Ahmed Khan, died.
According to sources, a man belonging to the group accused of firing on Mr Khan was also injured and Nazim Iftikhar Khan has been reported charged in the FIR.
