Iran mission official shot dead in Pakistan: Police

Iran mission official shot dead in Pakistan: Police

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PESHAWAR: Gunmen shot dead a Pakistani spokesman for the Iranian consulate in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Thursday as he was on his way to work, police said. Gunmen targeted Abu Al-Hasan Jaffry, director of public relations and protocol at the consulate in Peshawar, as he left for the office in his car, senior police official Nisar Marwat said.

He died on the way to hospital, Marwat said. The motive of the killing was not immediately clear.

A provincial government official in Peshaw

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Funny this coming on the hells of that verbal tiff That Iran and Pakistan had just a couple of months go , no ?

It is reported that the person shot was " a Pakistani spokesman for the Iranian consulate " one can't help buy wonder if someone thought him a spy ?

It will be interesting to see if anything comes of this .

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