Former ASWJ Peshawar chief gunned down

Author: Agencies

PESHAWAR: Unidentified assailants gunned down Maulana Ismail Derwish, former chief of defunct Siph-e-Sahaba for Peshawar district, and his police guard on Thursday night.
A police official said that Derwish was traveling in a car along with his guard when attackers opened fire on them on Phandu Road.

“The gunman was killed on the spot while he [Derwish] was critically wounded, and later succumbed to his injuries at Lady Reading Hospital,” said the official, adding that it was clearly a target killing incident.

Published in Daily Times, September 5th 2018.

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