A prominent cleric was shot dead in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, May 5. Unidentified gunmen ambushed the vehicle of Sheikh-ul-Hadith Maulana Mohammad Idris in the Usmanzai area of Charsadda district. He was seriously injured in the attack and died on the way to hospital. Two security guards accompanying Idris were also injured in the attack.
Pakistani police said on Tuesday that they had ambushed the vehicle of Sheikh-ul-Hadith Maulana Mohammad Idris in the Usmanzai area of Charsadda district when unidentified gunmen attacked him.
Sheikh-ul-Hadith Maulana Mohammad Idris, a prominent religious scholar, was shot dead by unknown assailants in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday. Two of his security guards were also injured in the attack. The incident sparked massive protests and chaos throughout the region.
Peshawar police said the attackers opened fire as the cleric was on his way to deliver a Dars-e-Hadith (religious discourse) at Darul Uloom Utmanzai. He suffered serious injuries and died on his way to the district headquarters hospital. His body was later taken to his native village of Turangzai in Charsadda district. Upon hearing the news of his death, a large number of his supporters gathered at the hospital. His body was taken to his native village of Turangzai in Charsadda district. Hundreds of protesters marched to Charsadda city to protest the killing and demanded the immediate arrest of the perpetrators. The protesters also staged a sit-in at Farooq-e-Azam Chowk.
Idris was also the Charsadda district chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) and was considered a close associate of party chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman.
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