Javed

Islamabad, June 19 (PTI): Pashto singer Ghazala Javed and her father were shot and killed by unidentified men in Peshawar, police said today.

The men fired indiscriminately at Javed and her father Mohammad Javed while she was leaving a beauty parlour at the busy Mohallah Nau in Dabgari Bazar last night, relatives told police. The singer’s younger sister, Farhat Bibi, escaped unhurt. The attackers, who were riding on motorcycles, escaped after the incident.

Police officials said they were trying to establish who was behind the crime. They said the singer’s relatives had not asked police to file charges.