PESHAWAR: Unknown gunmen on motorbikes killed a Pakistani intelligence official in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Wednesday, police said.

The gunmen opened fire at the assistant director of the Intelligence Bureau when he was standing near his car, which was parked on the roadside.

“Two gunmen came on motorcycles and opened fire at Sirajuddin, the assistant director of the Intelligence Bureau,” Peshawar police chief Imtiaz Altaf told AFP.

“The incident occurred on the Kohat road. We don't know who is exactly involved in this attack but we have ordered the inquiry to find out the culprits,” another senior police official Tahir Ayub said.