Official killed, 2 injured in Pak attack

ISLAMABAD, May 18 (Xinhua): A government official was killed and his two colleagues were injured in a firing on their vehicle in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Wednesday, sources said.

The incident happened in the provincial capital of Peshawar when the two injured were riding in the private vehicle of the killed official, sources told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

The attackers fled the scene, and the investigation procedure and search efforts in the surrounding area are underway.

The injured were sent to a hospital, where one of them is in critical condition.

The law enforcement agencies, backed by intelligence agencies, have picked up the pace of operations against terrorists, following a recent surge of terrorist attacks in the country.