High court judge, driver injured in Peshawar targeted attack

PESHAWAR: A judge of the Peshawar High Court and his driver were injured as unidentified attackers opened fire at a vehicle in Hayatabad, Peshawar, on Thursday morning.

Police officials said unidentified attackers fired at least 10 to 15 times at the car with a pistol and a sub-machine gun.

Hayatabad ASP Najmul Hassan said Justice Ayub Marwat and his employee, Muhammad Gul, were heading towards the PHC when they were intercepted near the PDA building in Hayatabad.

Justice Ayub has been shifted to North West Hospital where his condition is said to be critical, while Gul was admitted to Hayatabad Medical Complex.

The ASP said an investigation was started and evidence, including CCTV footage, was being collected.

On January 19, the chief of a local peace committee in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bara tehsil was shot dead by unidentified assailants.

Malik Mir Alam Afridi was fatally shot by two motorcycle riders near the Hayatabad Toll Plaza in Peshawar.

Afridi’s murder was the second target killing on Peshawar’s Ring Road in a span of weeks, following an attack on journalists Noorul Hasan and Sabir on December 3 last year.

Source: Express Tribune