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KOHAT: The central finance secretary of the Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP), Malik Shameem Afridi, was injured in an assassination bid while his driver was killed on the spot and brother got wounded in the incident on Tuesday.
The sources said that Malik Shameem, father of NWFP Housing Minister Malik Amjad Afridi and Senator Malik Abbas Afridi of the Awami National Party, was heading for his home located in the Babari Banda when unidentified assailants sprayed his car with bullets in the Belytang area.
The assailants, who were following the JWP leader’s vehicle in their car, escaped towards the tribal area after committing the crime.In the firing, Malik Shameem and his brother Said Zaman sustained multiple injuries while driver Zeeshan was killed on the spot.
After the incident, the district police headed by DIG Kohat Abdullah Khan and DPO Delawer Khan Bangash reached the scene of the crime.
The area around the tribal part of the locality was cordoned off while a search operation was launched with the assistance of political administration in Bazidkhel, Shin Dhand and Ziarat Sheikh Alladad.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
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