Dr Swarn Singh, special assistant to chief minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Minority Affairs, and former Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee president, was shot dead in Pakistan. on Friday.

He was assassinated in Pir Baba area of Buner District of the province, police said.

The car of Singh was ambushed by unknown assailants on main road near a shrine. The body of the special assistant has been shifted to the district headquarters hospital for postmortem, police said.

The deputy commissioner, ADC Buner and police officials rushed to the site.

Singh was also a doctor, TV anchor, politician and minister of minorities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Before joining Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, headed by Imran Khan, in 2011 he was a member of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan for nine years.

He was also member of Tehsil council, Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee and Evacuee Trust Property Board. Singh also hosted programme Za Hum Pakistani Yam for three and a half years with Khyber News.