 MIRANSHAH: Suspected insurgents on Friday shot dead a senior pro-government tribal chief in the Khaddi area of Miranshah in North Waziristan. According to sources, Tooti Gul, leader of the 30,000-strong Dawar tribe in Darpakhel district, had been making his way to Bannu from Miranshah by car when he was forcibly dragged from the vehicle by unidentified assailants. They left behind his driver and car. Discovering Gul's body three hours later, paramilitary force personnel took it to Esha check post where it was identified and handed over to family members. Gul's funeral prayers will be held today (Saturday) at Eidgah Darpakhel. In a separate incident, schoolteacher Abdul Ali was gunned down by unidentified assailants in Kotki. |