Local JUI leader’s brother gunned down inside Peshawar mosque

victim, Zahid, son of Bari Shah, was the brother of Abid Khan, the Ameer of Town Three Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI)

PESHAWAR: A prominent leader of Tehreek-e-Khatm-e-Nabuwwat (TQN) was shot dead by unknown assailants in the Sarband area of Peshawar during Isha prayer on Sunday .

The victim identifed as Zahid, son of Bari Shah, was the brother of Abid Khan, the Ameer of Town Three Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam

File photo; victim, Zahid, son of Bari Shah, was the brother of Abid Khan, the Ameer of Town Three Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI)
File photo: Victim, Zahid, son of Bari Shah, was the brother of Abid Khan, the Ameer of Town Three Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI)

(JUI). He was reciting the Holy Quran inside a mosque in Achini Payan when he was targeted.

Police have launched an investigation but have not yet determined the motive behind the killing.

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