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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Shia-Sunni peace jirga leader killed in Kohat

Source Central Asia Online

Attackers December 26 fatally shot a leading member of the Shia-Sunni Peace Jirga of Hangu, Maulana Niazbar, and injured his companion, Maulana Zeenatullah, on the Indus Highway in Kohat, media reported.
Armed men riding motorbikes opened fire on Niazbar, who is a member of the Sunni Supreme Council in Hangu District and who had come to Kohat to attend two separate jirgas. He died on the spot.
Zeenatullah, a resident of the Jarma area in Kohat, was hospitalised in Peshawar in serious condition.

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