Seven people were killed and 16 were injured in countrywide attacks on Monday. Most of the attacks were sectarian in nature.Unidentified men shot at a Rawalpindi-bound passenger bus from Gilgit near Chilas Farm on Karakorum Highway, killing five people and seriously injuring 15 others, said area police officer Iqbal Khan. Khan said it was not clear who was behind the attack.
Separately, gunmen shot dead Abdul Waris Khan, the brother of a police official, here, said police. Local police chief Sarmad Khan said the killing appeared to be sectarian. Tahir Raza was killed and his wife Nargis Fatima injured when unidentified motorcyclists fired upon them at Saryab Road. Tahir, a retired WAPDA official, and Nargis were running a private school. They were on their way to school when they were attacked.