Unidentified assailants shot dead Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam leader and Wafaqul Madaris Vice Chairman Maulana Hassan Jan in the jurisdiction of Yakatoot police station here on Saturday, police said.
| He along with a group of Pakistani clerics traveled to Afghanistan in 2001 to convince Mullah Omar that he should expel Osama Bin Laden from Afghanistan to avoid American attacks. |
SSP Tahir Khan said the assailants took Hassan from his house on some pretext during Iftari and later killed him at a deserted place in the Wazir Bagh area. Peshawar Nazim Haji Ghulam Ali quoted HassanÂ’s relatives as saying that some people came to his house on Friday and requested him to solemnise a marriage on Saturday. Hassan, a former MNA, also issued a fatwa against suicide attacks.
AP adds: He along with a group of Pakistani clerics traveled to Afghanistan in 2001 to convince Mullah Omar that he should expel Osama Bin Laden from Afghanistan to avoid American attacks. |