Cop guarding BISP office shot dead in DI Khan

DI Khan: A police constable, who was deployed at the office of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), was gunned down by unidentified assailants in tehsil Paroa of District Dera Ismael Khan on Thursday. Constable Aslam was going from Police Station Paroa to his duty at BISP office when he was targeted and martyred. The unidentified attackers also took away Kalashnikov of constable Aslam. The body was shifted to a local hospital for medico-legal formalities and later handed over to the heirs. The incident has created a mourning atmosphere at the victim’s house. The police have started a probe into the incident.