CHARSADDA: Unknown gunmen shot and killed a former local politician in Charsadda district, in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police officials said.

Police officials said the man was a member of the Awami National Party (ANP), the provincial ruling party, which is often targeted by militants who see the ANP as supporting the US-led war against al Qaeda and The Taliban in Afghanistan.

No one claimed responsibility.

Meanwhile in Balochistan, a group of militants ambushed a paramilitary convoy in the Uch area, security officials said.

Three militants were killed when Pakistani forces returned fire.