Bloodshed in broad daylight: Peace committee member among 5 shot dead in Pakistan

Citing police officials, Dawn News reported that unidentified assailants opened fire near Committee Bagh in Tank district, killing a peace committee member identified as Farooq, a resident of Umar Khan Kallay.

In another incident, Khaizulullah Khan Mehsud was shot dead by unknown attackers near a petrol pump along the Tank-Dera Road. He belonged to the Mehsud tribe of Upper South Waziristan district.

Police said the bodies have been shifted to a hospital for further procedures.

Separate cases have been registered, and investigations into the incidents are underway, officials told Dawn News.