PESHAWAR, Aug 9 Dr Gulalai, prominent surgeon and sister of ANP chief Asfandyar Wali Khan, was injured in an attack outside her clinic in Khyber Bazaar on Monday evening.

A police official said two men fired three shots at her when she was leaving the clinic in the Karachi Market. “Dr Gulalai was hit by one bullet in her right arm,” he said. She was rushed back to her clinic for first aid. According to family sources, Dr Gulalai suffered minor injuries.

Police cordoned off the area and launched a search for the attackers.

“A bearded man standing beside a motorcycle outside her clinic fired at her,” an official quoted a witness as saying.

Although belonging to a major political family of the country, Dr Gulalai did not take part in politics.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain and other leaders of the Awami National Party rushed to her clinic after the attack.