Unknown gunmen in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa kill cousin of CM Gandapur

Peshawar: A cousin of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in northwest Pakistan on Monday, police said.

Sardar Saqlain Khan Gandapur, who is also a former local government functionary, was shot dead in Dera Ismail Khan district, the native place of the chief minister, a police official said.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack which took place at Luni Mor, an area which has a considerable presence of the Pakistani Taliban.

An investigation has been initiated into the incident, the official said.