LAKKI MARWAT: Noor Zaman, the former personal secretary of MNA Ayesha Gulalai, was gunned down on Sunday.
Police said assailants chased Noor Zaman’s car before spraying it with bullets in Tajori area, leading to his death on the spot.The body was shifted to a nearby hospital.
Four individuals from the Dawar tribe have been nominated in the first information report registered at Tajori police station by Zaman’s relatives.
On August 8, Noor Zaman, along with his aides, submitted an application against Gulalai for allegedly embezzling millions of rupees in developmental schemes in her constituency.
According to the reference, Gulalai and her father Shamsul Qayyum had been found involved in embezzlement and corruption in various provincial development schemes, saying it needed to be investigated on priority basis.
Zaman had also threatened to present evidence before the provincial Ehtisab Commission and NAB if Gulalai did not apologise to PTI chief Imran Khan for levelling “baseless allegations” of sending her unsolicited text messages.
Published in Daily Times, October 30th 2017.