Taliban kill Nawaz party leader in Pakistan

Islamabad: Haji Sardar Mohmand, president of the Peshawar chapter of Pakistan's ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), was shot dead on Wednesday.

The Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has taken responsibility for the killing of Khan. He was in Yakotot area of Peshawar.

TTP spokesman Muhammad Khorsani had declared the PML-N to be on its hit list after the Awami National Party (ANP).

This is te first time the terror group is targeting PML-N members. Previously, PPP and ANP leaders were on the TTP's hit list.

The PPP and ANP were not allowed to campaign freely in the 2013 general elections. Many of their leaders were targeted in the run-up to the elections.