Swat Universitys VC Dr Farooq mowed down in Mardan

First ever Vice Chancellor of Swat Islamic University Dr Farooq Khan has been gunned down in Mardan on Saturday. Police said that Dr Farooq was coming out of his clinic located at Muqam Mandi when some unknown gunmen opened fire at him killing him on the spot. Dr. Muhammad Farooq Khan is a recognized writer, columnist, and intellectual throughout the country. He is also known as a religious scholar and competent TV compare. He was born at a village, in the district of Swabi. He obtained his elementary education at his hometown. Then he joined Cadet College, Hasanabdal, and later on the Cadet College, Kohat. After having acquired the degree in medicine, he decided to specialize in psychiatry. He established his private practice in Mardan. Some of his works include Pakistan and the Twenty First Century (Urdu), The Struggle for Islamic Revolution, and What is Islam. God has bestowed upon him the quality of presenting his propositions in simple language and clarity of style.