[BETA.DAWN] Newly elected Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf
...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem , each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations....
(PTI) provincial politician Fareed Khan was rubbed out Monday by unknown gunnies in Hangu in restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
province, police said.
Fareed Khan's vehicle came under fire near his residence near Singair village in Hangu. Police said the politician and his driver were killed, while his brother Shahnawaz was injured in the attack.
Khan had won the May 11 general election as an independent candidate, and had later joined the PTI, the ruling party in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
He won the PK-42 seat by securing 16,129, defeating influential Jamaat Ulema-e-Islam
...Assembly of Islamic Clergy, or JUI, is a Pak Deobandi (Hanafi) political party. There are two main branches, one led by Maulana Fazlur Rahman, and one led by Maulana Samiul Haq. Fazl is active in Pak politix and Sami spends more time running his madrassah. Both branches sponsor branches of the Taliban, though with plausible deniability...
-- Fazl (JUI-F) candidate and two times MPA Attiqur Rehman, who received 12,680 votes in the polls.
PTI chairman Imran Khan
... aka Taliban Khan , who is the lightweight's lightweight...
condemned the incident.
"Strongly condemn the murder of PTI MPA Fareed Khan from Hangu. May Allah give his family strength to bear the loss. My prayers go out to them," said the PTI chief.
Imran also telephoned KP Chief Minister Pervez Khattak and directed him to immediately make efforts to arrest the killers.
So far there has been no claim of responsibility for the killing from any krazed killer group. 
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