ANP leader Sartaj Khan was shot dead in Peshawar

Unidentified Gunmen on Saturday shot dead  a local leader of the Awami National Party (ANP) in an attack in Gul Bahar area of the provincial capital of KPK

Sartaj Khan, a District President of the ANP, was injured in the attack and was shifted to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries, according to South Punjab News. Hospital administration said body has been handed over the family of  Sartaj Khan.Police were yet to make a statement.The party’s parliamentary leader Sardar Hussain Babak condemned the incident. He decried that the government had failed to provide protection to its citizens while mourning the loss of the slain leader.

“We are being targeted again and again,” he said, adding that Khan was a long-time member of the party and losing him is a setback for ANP.

Senior Superintendent of Police Zahoor Babar Afridi told the media that two motorcyclists had targeted Khan and that further investigation was underway.

“It could be a target killing,” the SSP said.

Khan earlier served as the general secretary of the ANP’s city district and had been elected as the president for Peshawar in the recent intra-party elections.