PESHAWAR, Aug 12: Police on Sunday found two bodies bundled in a sack and dumped in Bolai area in Chamkani police station limits here.

According to identity cards recovered with the bodies, the two were father and son, a police official told Dawn. He identified the two as Jamil Khan and his son Mohammad Nabi, residents of Orakzai Agency.

The official said that there were no visible signs of torture on the bodies that could cause death. He said that they had asked the political administration of Orakzai Agency to trace and inform relatives of the two persons about the occurrence.

Meanwhile, a woman was shot dead and her relative identified as Ayaz Khan sustained bullet injuries when their rivals opened fire on them in Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar. The town police have registered an FIR against Hidayatullah, Shah Hussain and others on the complaint of injured Ayaz Khan.

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