Gunmen kill a professor and school principal in Pakistan

By Our Staff Reporter


Peshawar: A school principal and professor were shot dead by unidentified attackers in two separate incidents in northwest Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said.

The Bhana Mari Police recorded the first information report (FIR) on the complaint of the deceased ‘s brother. Professor Naeem was returning home from work when the assailants ambushed him in the Bhana Mari region of the interior of Peshawar City on Monday, around 1:30 pm, two men riding a motorcycle stopped the professor’s car, opened fire on him, and fled, the FIR said.

Naeemuddin, 57, whose death coincided with today’s International Teachers’ Day, held a Ph.D. in Zoology, according to Anjuman Ahmadiyya Pakistan.

The Bhana Mari police, within the limits of which the incident took place,

According to the FIR, the complainant told the police that he had visited his brother Naeemuddin at the college of Naeemuddin, and the duo later left for his home, the Dawn reports.

Naeemuddin and his alleged killer (the lecturer) had a heated argument over a religious issue a day earlier, as FIR stated. Police identified the suspects based on eyewitness testimony and claimed to be making efforts for their arrest.

In a statement, Jamaat-i-Ahmadiyya Pakistan spokesperson Saleemuddin said Naeemuddin was targeted due to his Ahmadi faith, adding that the deceased had previously been facing “threats and boycott”.

The professor has left behind a widow, two sons, and three daughters.

In another incident, Abdul Qayyum, principal of a private school, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Lakki Marwat district of the province on Monday, police said.

Peshawar has seen an uptick in violence against the community in recent months.




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