Times of India PESHAWAR: Unknown gunmen on Monday shot dead a Pakistani employee of the US consulate in the northwestern city of Peshawar, officials said.
Two gunmen riding a motorcycle opened fire on Faisal Saeed, 30, outside his residence in Peshawar, senior police official Najibur Rehman told AFP.
Rehman identified Saeed as a former employee of the US consulate in Peshawar, but the US embassy in Islamabad said he was a staff member.
“Local authorities are investigating a tragic incident that has affected a Pakistani national US Consulate Peshawar employee,” a US Embassy spokeswoman said in a statement.
“We strongly condemn this brutal and senseless death, and express our heartfelt condolences to the family,” she said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the killing.
Peshawar is a front line city in Pakistan’s battle against Islamist insurgents. Since July 2007, Pakistan has been gripped by a local Taliban-led insurgency, concentrated largely in the northwest.
The government says more than 40,000 people have been killed in Pakistan by Taliban and Al-Qaeda-led militants, who oppose the country’s alliance with the United States.
“The government says more than 40,000 people have been killed in Pakistan by Taliban and Al-Qaeda-led militants, who oppose the country’s alliance with the United States.”
Really? They oppose it? Then someone obviously didn’t get the memo in Syria and Libya where they are working hand in hand with the U.S. to overthrow those countries and many more.
Funny how they fail to mention THAT part in the article. Gotta love one sided biased journalism.