Pakistan, July 10 -- At least five people, including a former Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) and a renowned legal expert, were killed in three separate firing incidents in Dera Ismail Khan district, police confirmed on Wednesday. The motives behind the attacks are said to be old rivalries, land disputes, and targeted violence.
In the most high-profile incident, former DSP and senior lawyer Muhammad Hussain Jorr was gunned down in the Muriali area of Dera Ismail Khan. According to the FIR lodged at Cantt Police Station by his son, Muhammad Ihsan Jorr, the victim was riding a motorcycle on his way to the district courts when he was stopped by an assailant identified as Waqar, son of Iqbal, a resident of Muriali.
The accused allegedly...