ISLAMABAD: A local leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e
-Insaf (PTI) Raja Yasir Mur
taza was reportedly killed in the federal capital on Friday.
Police said that the body of the
PTI leader Raja Yasir Murtaza, who
was a union council vice chariman, was found hanging near Kinara Restaurant in Bani Gala Police Station limits.
Police added that the Raja Yasir
was abducted a couple of days earlier and his vehicle was found from Sadiqabad area of Rawalpindi. The deceased was first cousin of PTI Islamabad presiden
t Raja Khurram Nawaz. A case was registered against unidentified culprits.
Published in Daily Times, February 24th 2018.