ISLAMABAD, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Gunmen shot dead a local leader of ruling coalition in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province on Saturday, police said.
Muhammad Jan Gigyani, a lawyer and leader of the Qaumi Watan Party (QWP), was attacked in Charsadda district when he was heading to courts in his car, a police officer said. QWP is part of the ruling coalition in the province.
Gigyani and his nephew received bullet injuries and were shifted to hospital in Peshawar, the provincial capital. Gigyani later died of wounds while his nephew was receiving treatment.
The gunmen, riding on a motorcycle, fled after the shooting, eye witnesses said.
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