Two staffers of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) were martyred when they were sprayed with bullets near Peshawar toll plaza on the Kohat Highway on Saturday, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
The assassins, however, managed to flee from the spot, while the bodies were shifted to a hospital.
Soon after the incident, a heavy contingent of police reached the spot, while a search operation was launched in the area for the arrest of the suspects.
The law and order situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) is deteriorating by the day as militants carry out attacks on Pakistan Army and law-enforcement agencies’ personnel without any fear of being caught.
The situation has prompted the army and the federal government to urge the provincial government to take concrete steps to tighten noose around militants.
Reporter: Kamran Bangash