Pakistan People’s Party Bannu District President Malik Ashfaq Khan was gunned down near Judicial Complex Bannu over unknown reasons, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
Police launched further investigation into the matter and shifted the body to DHQ Hospital.
The firing incident occurred near Bannu Judicial Complex.
Deceased Ashfaq Khan was candidate for the MNA seat from Bannu constituency.
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari strongly condemned the senseless assassination of Bannu District President Ashfaq Khan.
پی پی پی چئیرمین بلاول بھٹو زرداری کا ضلع بنوں کے صدر ملک اشفاق خان کے بہیمانہ قتل کی شدید الفاظ میں مذمت
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ملک اشفاق کے قاتلوں کو فوری گرفتار کیا جائے، پی پی پی چئرمین بلاول بھٹو زرداری
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He urged authorities to arrest the killers immediately.
Bilawal said that the assassination of Ashfaq Khan in front of Kuchhari put a big question mark on the performance of PTI government.