A Colonel of the Pakistan Army was killed when unknown assailants targeted him near Ring Road in Peshawar's Hayatabad area on Friday.
SP Peshawar Cantt Kashif Zulfiqar informed that Colonel Tariq Ghafoor was on his way to a nearby mosque to offer Friday prayers in Hayatabad Phase VI area when he was targeted by unknown armed men, reports Dawn.
Zulfiqar further said that the attack might be result of some personal enmity.
Colonel Ghafoor was stationed in Quetta.
Hayatabad is a posh suburb of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province's capital city Peshawar on the south-western fringe of the city.
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