JUI-F leader shot dead in Peshawar

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 the 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.