KOHAT: A young son of the president of flour dealers association, Kohat, was found dead in Qazi Banda area on the Hangu highway here on Sunday, the police said.

The cantonment police said they shifted the body of Zahir, son of Sultan Noor, to the KDA hospital.

The police said that he had been shot several times. They said that the deceased was also the nephew of wholesale cloth merchant, Gulab Noor.

The police posted the pictures of the deceased on Facebook and Whatsapp groups. Later, his parents arrived at the hospital and collected the body.

The family belonging to Mengal tribe of Kurram tribal district had been living in Kohat for decades.

Published in Dawn, June 12th, 2023

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