LOWER DIR: PTI’s member of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Malik Liaqat Ali Khan was critically injured while four others lost their lives after unidentified men attacked them in Dir on Saturday.
The police said that the MPA was on his way to his village Nagotal in Lower Dir District, when he was attacked by armed assailants.
The PTI MPA was shifted to Peshawar due to his critical condition.
According to the police, a Levies Force official and a policeman were martyred. The nephew and brother of the MPA also lost their lives in the firing incident, which took place in the jurisdiction of the Zaimdara police station. The MPA was returning home after attending a funeral in Gal Maidan when his vehicle came under attack on Saturday night.
The MPA, along with two other relatives, was moved to the DHQ hospital in Timergara. However, Mr Liaqat was later moved to Peshawar.
According to Rescue 1122, the deceased include Constable Naseer, Levies Constable Bacha Rawan, MPA’s brother Jahan Alam, and nephew Yasir. The injured include MPA Liaqat Khan, his secretary Mohammad Shoaib, 28, Shakireen, 35, and Huzaifa, 14.
KP Chief Minister Mahmood Khan took notice of the incident and directed inspector general of police (IG) to take necessary steps for the immediate arrest of the suspects involved in the attack.
Condemning the incident, the chief minister termed it a cowardly act and said that the culprits cannot escape from the law.
“The people involved in the incident will be arrested and brought to justice,” vowed the CM.
CM Mahmood also wished for the speedy recovery of the MPA and other people who got injured. While he expressed condolences to the families of the martyred police and levies personnel.
