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| ANP leader Najma Hanif gunned down in Peshawar |
| 2013-08-17 |
| [Dawn] Unknown myrmidons bumped off Awami National Party (ANP) leader Najma Hanif after breaking into her house in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. late on Friday night. She was bumped off at her residence in phase one of the upscale Hyatabad neighbourhood of Peshawar. Police sources told Dawn.com that unknown gunnies shot up Najma Hanif after breaking into her home just before midnight on Friday. The attackers managed to escape the site unhurt and unidentified, they added. In-charge of police unit at Hyatabad Medical Complex, Ismail khan has confirmed that Najma Hanif was hit in the head and face and was received dead at the hospital. It is pertinent to mention that her husband Hanif Jadoon, who also was an ANP leader, was killed along with his son and guard in a suicide kaboom in July 2011. The ANP leader was a candidate for a provincial assembly seat reserved for women in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... . Her body has been sent to her native town in Swabi district. ANP chief Asfandyar Wali has condemned the brutal killing saying sacrifices of Najma's family will always be remembered. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Half lives. Trust me on this. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-08-17 10:42 |
| #1 First read it as "HALF GUNNED DOWN". Considering it's Peshawar, it'd be appropriate. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-08-17 08:58 |