A close friend of Naqeebullah Mehsud, the man who was killed in Karachi in a staged encounter that sparked protests by Pakistani Pashtuns, has been found dead in Dera Ismail Khan. Aftab Mehsud was an active member of the recent Pashtun long march, held in Islamabad to demand justice for Naqeebullah's murder by a Karachi police official who is now at large. Aftab was shot dead by unknown assailants and later his body was recovered from Diyal Road in Naqshband town at around 8:30pm on Saturday. The postmortem report revealed he was shot thrice in the chest and once on his arm. The protesters demanded capital punishment for Anwar and his team for the killing of Naqeeb.

Source: Hindustan Times February 25, 2018 15:33 UTC