(Deepshikha Gautam, Intern Journalist) Peshawar: A Muslim professor from Pakistan was shot and killed on Monday in Peshawar. Police say that a day before the two had a heated debate on a religious issue. Maad attacked Khatak when he was going to college. The accused professor was also assisted by a gunman in the incident. Police say Khatak was killed after a debate on a religious issue with Professor Maad and another man. Khatak was a faculty member in the Government Superior Science College. His brother’s report police have registered an FIR. In the FIR, Khatak’s brother has said that he went to Khatak’s college and then the two left together. Khatak was in the car and brother on a motorcycle. As he was passing through Wazirbag at around 1:30 pm, two motorcycle riders stopped Khatak’s car and ran away with open fire. Khatak was hit by five bullets and died on the spot.
Khatak’s brother has accused the murder of a professor at the University of Agriculture who was Khatak’s friend. He said that they had a heated debate on the religious issue a day earlier. The police have identified the accused with the help of the testimony of the people present on the spot and are trying to arrest them. The family consists of a wife, two sons and three daughters. After the incident, Salimuddin, a spokesman for the Ahmadi community of Pakistan, has said that Khatak had completed his doctorate in Zoology and was having trouble due to his faith. He issued a statement saying that Khatak was receiving threats. Salim has demanded the safety of the people of his community. He has alleged that the government has failed to provide security to the Ahmadi community. The Ahmadi community from which Prof Khatak came from was founded in the 19th century by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad whom the followers considered to be the Prophet. The parliament of Pakistan declared Ahmadis non-Muslim in 1974. He has many times become a target of Islamic fundamentalists, which has been condemned by domestic and international human rights organizations.
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