 The curfew imposed in Gilgit city last Saturday (January 8) and in Skardu on Thursday has not yet been lifted, as no violent incident was reported throughout the region after Shia leader Agha Ziauddin was buried in Gilgit on Friday night. Northern Areas Police said one of the assailants who shot at Agha Ziauddin's car and was killed in the ensuing gunfight was identified as Mukhtar Ahmed (son of Naqeeb Ahmed and resident of Peshawar). Mr Naqeeb was reportedly a prayer leader at a mosque in Peshawar.
| Boy. Doesn't that come as a surprise: A prayer leader at a mosque in Peshawar. What an unlikely suspect! |
Police also said a team headed by Muhammad Dilpazeer, the Northern Areas assistant inspector general of police, was investigating Agha Ziauddin's assassination and the culprits would be caught soon.
| Just pop on over to Peshawar and pick 'em up... |
Northern Areas administration sources said a six-member team set up by the federal government to investigate the attack and also the ensuing violence that claimed 16 lives had reached Gilgit. |