A senior lawyer Shaukat and his wife, were shot dead by unidentified assailants while driving on Khushgai Road in Nowshera town (Nowshera District) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on September 8, reports ARY News. Police said advocate Shaukat and his wife, was on their way to a Fatiha Khwani ceremony of a relative in Nowshera when unidentified assailants opened fire on their car and left them both dead.
Separately, Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) arrested nine Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants during a raid at Rehmat Shah Banda refugee camp in Hangu District on September 8, reports ARY News. Three Kalashnikov, two rocket-propelled grenade, 14 shells, five pocket phones and a motorcycle were recovered from the possession, CTD said.