PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly Deputy Speaker Mehmood Jan on Friday escaped unhurt after unidentified armed men opened fire at him during an event in Peshawar.
He was attending a gathering in Peshawar’s Shagai area, police said.
“Mahmood Jan remained unhurt in the attack,” SSP Operations Peshawar Police Kashif Abbasi was quoted as saying in Dawn.com. He added that the police were conducting a search operation in the area to arrest the miscreants.
The motive of the attack could not be ascertained as yet, he added.
In a statement, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader said he was attacked while addressing a livestock-related event. He added that the guards fired back at the attackers.
Jan added that he or anyone else was not injured in the attack; however, the attackers escaped.
The incident comes just days after militants overpowered a counterterrorism department centre in Banny and took personnel over there hostage. The facility was later cleared by the Pakistan Army’s Special Services Group (SSG).
It should be noted that Mehmood Jan was elected to the KP assembly on a general seat in 2018 and became the deputy speaker that same year.
