Noor Islam Dawar

Responsibility No one claimed responsibility for the murder, nor did the government charge or arrest anyone. The North Waziristan police chief, Shafiullah Gandapur, said that a case had been registered against "unknown individuals" and that an investigation about the targeted killing was under way.

Reactions The murder caused widespread panic among the locals, who demanded the government of Pakistan improve the law and order situation in the area. Mohsin Dawar, another leader of PTM and the chairman of the National Democratic Movement, said that "Noor Islam was the first person to protest against targeted killings in the area, but unfortunately he was himself killed."

On 19 June 2022, Waqar Ahmad Dawar, who was the general secretary of the YOW and a schoolteacher, and three other YOW activists – Hemad Durrani (the senior vice president of the YOW and a Rescue 1122 employee), Asadullah Shah (a government servant in the health department and district president of Alkhidmat Foundation), and Sunaid Ahmad Dawar (a university student and worker of the National Democratic Movement) – were sprayed with bullets when gunmen on two motorcycles attacked their moving car in Haider Khel. The incident took place in the afternoon when the four friends were returning to their homes after having lunch with their friend in Haider Khel. All four victims were rushed to the nearby hospital in Mirali where they were pronounced dead on arrival. The gunmen escaped after the shooting, and no one claimed responsibility for the attack.

Jahanzeb Khan, deputy superintendent of police (DSP) in Mirali, told the BBC that "the four companions were riding in a car when suddenly the attackers on motorcycles came and opened fire on the car from both sides." When asked if the Pakistani Taliban (Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP) were behind the attack, Jahanzeb Khan said other extremist organizations were more likely to be involved.

The National Democratic Movement (NDM), the Awami National Party (ANP), Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), and other political parties protested against the murders in different parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including North Waziristan, Peshawar, Charsadda, Swabi, Bannu, and Lakki Marwat, as well as in Balochistan, Sindh, and Punjab.