KOHAT: Hafeezur Rehman, the chief editor of a local weekly newspaper, Nawa-i-Asia, and president of the cable TV network owners association of Kohat, was shot dead in Kalo Khan Banda on Sunday.
According to police, he was going on a motorcycle to his guava orchard when men sitting in ambush opened fire on him.
The body was taken to Kohat Development Authority Divisional Headquarters Hospital for autopsy and later handed over to relatives.
City police registered a case against unidentified killers on the complaint of his brother Asim Naeem. The relatives said he had no enmity with anyone.
According to AFP, 42-year-old Hafeezur Rehman had been working as a journalist for 12 years and was also employed by the Neo TV channel.
Published in Dawn, November 23rd, 2015
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