DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A prominent local poet was gunned down here on Tuesday as incidents of target killings continued in the district since the last one week. Unidentified gunmen opened fire on Sabir Hussain Sabir, a poet and narrator who spoke at religious gatherings, when he was sitting at his shop near Chodwan Morr in Parwa tehsil. His funeral prayers were offered at the Cha Syed Munawar Imambargh in Dera Ismail Khan. During the last one week, three persons belonging to the Shia sect were target-killed in the district. The fresh incidents of target killings have created a sense of fear among the people.
