ISLAMABAD: In what appears to be an act of sectarian violence, leader of politico-religious party Majlis Wahdat-i-Muslimeen (MWM) was shot dead near his house in sector E-11.

Nawaz Irfani, Khateeb of Markazi Imambargah Parachanar, was returning home after attending majlis at Imambargah G-9/2, when assailant(s) gunned him down.

The deceased was on foot at the time.

People in the area rushed to the scene and found Irfani lying in a pool of blood.

He was taken to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences where he was pronounced dead.

Irfani had shifted to Islamabad a couple of month ago after receiving threats in Parachanar, police said.

No witness account about the incident has come forward yet to reveal how many assailants were involved and how they escaped.ISLAMABAD: In what appears to be an act of sectarian violence, leader of politico-religious party Majlis Wahdat-i-Muslimeen (MWM) was shot dead near his house in sector E-11.

Nawaz Irfani, Khateeb of Markazi Imambargah Parachanar, was returning home after attending majlis at Imambargah G-9/2, when assailant(s) gunned him down.

The deceased was on foot at the time.

People in the area rushed to the scene and found Irfani lying in a pool of blood.

He was taken to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences where he was pronounced dead.

Irfani had shifted to Islamabad a couple of month ago after receiving threats in Parachanar, police said.

No witness account about the incident has come forward yet to reveal how many assailants were involved and how they escaped.