Pak Taliban claim killing of minister

The Pakistani Taliban have claimed the killing of a provincial minister for minority affairs who was shot dead in a restive northwestern district. Gunmen on motorbikes stopped Sardar Soran Singh's car in Buner district in northeast of Peshawar, Friday evening and opened fire, killing him on the spot. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the killing of Singh, who was minority affairs minister for Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.