- Firing also injured three of cleric’s associates: DPO Rafiq.
- Slain cleric was head of ANP’s Ulema Council, ex-MNA.
- ANP workers stage protest after killing of the politician.
BAJAUR: Two people, including Awami National Party (ANP) leader Maulana Khan Zaib, were killed on Thursday in a shooting near the Khar Tehsil headquarters in Bajaur.
The ANP leader was shot dead while campaigning for the July 13 peace movement, according to the Bajaur District Police Officer (DPO) Waqas Rafiq.
Furthermore, the senior police official added that the firing also injured three of Maulana’s associates who were shifted to the hospital.
Maulana Zaib was the head of ANP’s Ulema Council and a former National Assembly candidate.
Following the killing, ANP workers and citizens staged a protest, which ended moments later.
In a post on X, ANP President Senator Aimal Wali Khan expressed grief over the attack. In the post, he uploaded a picture with the slain politician, writing: “Devastated”.
Maulana’s funeral prayer would be held tomorrow at 11am in Nawagai, according to the district president of ANP.
Last week, five people, including Assistant Commissioner Nawagai Faisal Ismail, were martyred in a deadly blast in Tehsil Khar of Bajaur district.
This attack also claimed the lives of Tehsildar Abdul Wakeel, two police officials and a passerby. In addition, 11 others, including five police personnel, sustained injuries and were shifted to nearby medical facilities for treatment.
