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Two Elite Force cops gunned down in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: Two personnel of Elite Force were killed in a firing incident in Yakatoot area of Peshawar on Friday.

The deceased were identified as Farman and Shahzeb. Masked gunmen opened indiscriminate fire on the cops as they came out of a house. The assailants fled the scene.

The bodies were shifted to hospital for medico-legal formalities. Police have launched a search operation in the area.

M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.