'PTI worker' Afzal Jhummad gunned down in Jhelum

Published November 19, 2018
A local PTI worker in Jhelum was gunned down. ─ File photo
A local PTI worker in Jhelum was gunned down. ─ File photo

A suspected Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) worker, Afzal Jhummad, was gunned down in Jhelum on Monday.

Jhummad was having tea at a roadside tea stall in Jhelum's Toor area when unidentified gunmen opened fire on him, police said.

Police said Jhummad was a local PTI worker, adding that he was embroiled in some personal disputes in the area.

His body has been sent to a hospital for a post-mortem examination and police have begun investigating the murder.

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