JUI-F leader shot dead in Peshawar
Pakistan
Maulana Qazi Zahoor was returning home when he was targeted
PESHAWAR (Dunya News) - Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) leader and eminent scholar Maulana Qazi Zahoor Ahmad was killed in a gun attack here on Sunday night.
According to police, Qazi Zahoor was returning home from a mosque in Budhbeer when unidentified assailants targeted him, with indiscriminate fire and fled.
The JUI-F leader sustained fatal bullet injuries and died on way to hospital, police said.
A case has been registered on the complaint of the deceased’s brother Attaullah. Police started investigation and launched a manhunt for the fleeing assailants.
Police said two shells of 30-bore pistol's bullets have been recovered from the crime scene.
According to a statement issued by the JUI-F, Maulana Qazi Zahoor was an active leader of the party. His services for the party will be remembered, the statement said.
