Director of Pak Intelligence Bureau shot dead

Peshawar, Jan 20 : A director of the Pakistan's Intelligence Bureau, Nisar Khan, was shot dead by an unidentified gunman in Seerikh village adjoining Mohmand tribal district in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP).

Khan was killed near his home when he was returning home after offering early morning prayers at a local mosque, the police said.

"The attackers came in a white car, shot Nisar Khan and abducted the prayer leader of the mosque who was walking with him," said Momin Khan, a local police official.

The victim was rushed to a hospital in Peshawar, the capital of NWFP, but he was declared brought dead by doctors, the Dawn quoted the police official, as saying.

The fleeing assailants released the prayer leader on the way, he added.

ANI