ISLAMABAD: A member of the Pakistan’s diplomatic staff in Jalalabad has been shot dead outside his residence, a spokesman for the Foreign Office said here on Monday.
Rana Nayyar, who worked as an assistant with the diplomatic mission, was gunned down by unknown attackers riding on motorbike outside his house in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. he added.
Strongly condemning the murder, the spokesman demanded of the Afghan government to enhance security of Pakistan’s diplomatic staff.
A senior Afghan official had been summoned to the Foreign Office to receive protest over the murder of Pakistani diplomatic official in Jalalabad.
Meanwhile, Pakistan People's Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari strongly condemned the killing of a Pakistani diplomat in the Afghan city of Jalalabad.
In a statement, the PPP chairman said that providing protection to foreign diplomats and their families was the primary responsibility of the Afghan government.
He said that the murder of a Pakistani diplomat, Nayyar, is a matter of serious public concern, with implications for bilateral ties between the two countries.
He urged the Afghan authorities to conduct an investigation into the murder and strengthen security protocols for Pakistani diplomats in their country.
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