PESHAWAR: A relative of ex-prime minister of Afghanistan Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Haji Fareed was killed in Pishtakhara area of Peshawar in the wee hours of Tuesday.
According to the police reports, Fareed was coming out of a mosque in Tajabad area in Pishtakhara when some unidentified persons started firing, killing him on the spot.
Fareed, who has also served as the secretary of Hekmatyar, had recently returned from Afghanistan. He was related to Hekmatyar by law as him daughter was married to the latter’s son.
Afghan scholars in Peshawar have been targeted in the past as well.
