There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but bully boyz are particularly opposed to girls' education in the northwest, where they have bombed hundreds of schools in recent years.
Shahnaz Nazli, 41, was rubbed out in Shahkas, near the town of Jamrud in Khyber tribal
district, between the northwestern city of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
and the Afghan border.
She was on her way to the government girls' primary school in Shahkas when gunnies fired at her about 200 metres from the school and fled, local government official Asmatullah Wazir told AFP.
"The teacher was killed after unknown gunnies on a cycle of violence shot her and fled," Wazir said.
Local education officer Mohammad Jadoon Khan confirmed the shooting and death of the teacher.