A journalist, Javedullah Khan, who was also a local leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and member of the peace committee, was shot dead in the Shakardara area of Matta tehsil (revenue unit) in Swat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on February 25, reports Dawn. According to Police, Javedullah Khan was going to his fields in his car when some unidentified assailants opened fire on his vehicle, leaving him seriously wounded. He was rushed to a hospital where he died during treatment. A Police guard of the journalist who was with him in the car remained unhurt. Javedullah Khan was the bureau chief of Urdu-language daily Ausaf.