JUI-F activist shot dead in Bajaur

KHAR: A local activist of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam–Fazl (JUI-F) was shot dead by unidentified gunmen here on Monday. The police said that Qari Muhammad Ilyas had come to Khar, the headquarters of Bajaur tribal district, to appear in the M.A Islamiat paper. They said that unidentified assailants opened fire on him as he came out of the examination centre, killing him on the spot.

The slain JUI-F activist was also a candidate of the party for the general councillor seat. Soon after the incident, a large number of JUIF workers and supporters rushed to the spot and staged a protest demonstration against the killing.

The protesters placed the body on the road and blocked it for vehicular traffic. The protesters said that the killing of the JUI-F activist in broad daylight in the fortified Khar was a question mark over the performance of the district administration and law-enforcing agencies.

No militant group or individual claimed responsibility for the killing. It may be mentioned that unknown persons had also shot dead his brother Mufti Sultan Muhammad some two years ago.