DI KHAN: Two Pakistan Customs officials were shot dead in an attack near York Toll Plaza in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan district.
Four other people were injured in the gun attack and admitted to the DHQ hospital, according to law enforcement officials.
Police said unidentified gunmen fled the scene after opening fire.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif reiterated that this cowardly act cannot shake the resolve of the government and the war against terrorism will continue until it is eradicated.
The PM Office Media Wing said in a press release that the Prime Minister prayed for the bereaved souls and bereaved families for their grief.
He said that now it is the government’s responsibility to take care of the bereaved officials’ families and directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) chairman to prepare a Shuhada package for the bereaved families.
The law enforcers said that unknown assailants targeted customs officials on Jalan Sago in Daraban tehsil of the district.
The armed assailants, hiding in the bushes, attacked the customs vehicle and fled on a motorbike.
According to statistics provided by the Ministry of Home Affairs and Tribal Affairs, the most terror-affected areas include Peshawar, Khyber, Bajaur and Tank, while Dera Ismail Khan and North Waziristan and South Waziristan are terror-prone areas.
