One of the most senior leaders of the Haqqani militant network was killed in a drive-by shooting near Islamabad on Sunday night.
Dr Nasiruddin Haqqani, son of Jalaluddin Haqqani, the founder of Haqqani Network, was shot dead by gunmen riding motorcycles in front of a bread shop.
According to the Express Tribune, the body was removed before the local police reached the scene.
A senior police official said that he could not confirm if it was Nasiruddin Haqqani, as they had not seen the body.
However, tribal sources confirmed the slain man was Nasiruddin.
A Haqqani Network member said that Nasiruddin's body was taken to a main town in North Waziristan for burial.
Family sources said Nasiruddin was buried in North Waziristan, where his father has built a huge religious school.
Nasiruddin was known to be the group's main fundraiser and the contact person between foreign 'donors' and Taliban supporters.
According to the report, a spokesman for the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) also confirmed the death, vowing to take revenge, while accusing the country's premier intelligence agency of killing him.
Afghanistan's spy agency, the National Directorate of Security, also confirmed Nasiruddin's death but blamed it on an 'internal conflict,' the report added.
