Mukarram Khan Aatif, a 43-year-old correspondent with Deewa radio, was attacked at a mosque near his home in Shabqadar town, Khyber Pakhtunkhaw province, 30 kilometers north of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar.
"The two attackers came on a
cycle of violence, fired bullets at Aatif in the mosque and beat feet. He suffered bullet wounds to the head," local police officer Zahir Shah told AFP.Another police official confirmed the incident.
"Aatif was hit in the head and rushed to a hospital in Peshawar. The prayer leader was also injured," said district police chief Nisar Khan Marwat.