The district police officer and SHO Rashid Khan confirmed the news of the PTI leader's murder.
Khan, contesting as an independent, was also a candidate for provincial assembly seat PK-22.
Khan was at Siddiqabad Gate and canvassing for the upcoming general elections when he was attacked by unidentified attackers.
This is the second attack on PTI's electioneering within 24 hours. A day earlier, a bomb ripped through a PTI rally in Sibi, , leaving at least four people dead and five others injured, according to police and witnesses.
Saddam Tareen, the PTI candidate for the National Assembly constituency of NA-253, who was leading the rally on Jinnah Road, escaped unharmed. The injured were transported to the Sibi district headquarters (DHQ) hospital for urgent medical attention.
