ANP Leader Killed
Pakistan: ANP mayoral candidate shot dead in Dera Ismail Khan
Islamabad/IBNS: A leader of Pakistan's Awami National Party (ANP), who was contesting in the Dera Ismail Khan city's mayoral elections, was shot dead on Saturday, media reports said.
The incident took place just a day before the polling for local government seats was scheduled to take place in parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
According to police, unidentified attackers opened fire on ANP leader Umar Khitab Sherani outside his residence in the limits of Model Town police station and escaped the scene.
Sherani died on the spot, reports Dawn News.
Confirming these details, Dera Ismail Khan District Police Officer Najamul Hasnain told the media that police had launched an investigation into the matter and started search operations to arrest Sherani's killers.
He added that at the moment, it would be "premature to comment on who is behind the killing".
Sherani's relatives and ANP workers later reached his residence in large numbers and protested against his killing.
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