PTI-affiliated candidate Rehan Zeb Khan shot lifeless in KPs Bajaur

The district police officer and SHO Rashid Khan confirmed the information of the PTI chief’s homicide.

Khan, contesting as an unbiased, was additionally a candidate for provincial meeting seat PK-22.

Khan was at Siddiqabad Gate canvassing for the upcoming normal elections when he was attacked by unidentified attackers whereas he was in his private car.

That is the second assault on PTI’s electioneering inside 24 hours. A day earlier, a bomb ripped by means of a PTI rally in Sibi, , leaving no less than 4 individuals lifeless and 5 others injured, in line with police and witnesses.

Saddam Tareen, the PTI candidate for the Nationwide Meeting constituency of NA-253, who was main the rally on Jinnah Street, escaped unhurt. The injured had been transported to the Sibi district headquarters (DHQ) hospital for pressing medical consideration.

Police reported that preliminary investigations point out an improvised explosive system (IED) was planted on a bike parked by the roadside. The IED detonated with important power because the PTI rally handed by means of the realm, they added.

Within the aftermath of the blast, all outlets and markets alongside the primary Jinnah Street had been shuttered. Legislation enforcement personnel cordoned off the realm and initiated investigations. Safety measures had been intensified in and round Sibi following the incident.