PESHAWAR: A Shia leader was gunned down here on Tuesday. Police officials said Haji Ghulab Hussain was going to his shop at around 9:15am when unidentified assailants opened fire and injured him seriously in the jurisdiction of Khan Raziq Shaheed police station. He was rushed to Lady Reading Hospital, but could not survive. He was a resident of Parachinar and was dwelling in Mohallah Marviha in the old city. Shops in the area were closed after word of his death spread.