KP Food Authority DG sustains minor injuries in Peshawar gun attack

PESHAWAR: Director General of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety and Halal Food Authority, Kashif Iqbal Durrani, sustained minor injuries after unidentified assailants opened fire on him in Peshawar on Wednesday.

According to police, the incident took place within the jurisdiction of the Chamkani police station. Durrani was on his way to his office when unknown motorcyclists fired at him near the Jhagra area, causing him minor wounds.

Following the attack, police said the area was cordoned off and a search operation was launched. A case has been registered against unidentified assailants.

Civil service officers' association condemns attack

The provincial management service officers' association condemned the attack on Durrani. In a statement, the association's chairman, Noman Wazir, said that the act of violence against a public servant performing his lawful duties was not merely an attack on an individual but an assault on the writ of the state and the integrity of the civil service.

"Such incidents create an atmosphere of fear and insecurity, hindering the ability [of public servants to carry out their duties],"

Wazir said in the statement.

The attack on a senior government official in broad daylight has raised concerns about the security situation for public servants in Peshawar. Durrani, as head of the KP Food Safety and Halal Food Authority, oversees food safety regulation and enforcement across the province.

Police are investigating the motive behind the attack and efforts are underway to identify and apprehend the assailants who fled the scene on motorcycles after carrying out the shooting.