Former Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senator Taj Afridi was killed in a traffic accident on the Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway.
Afridi's vehicle met with an accident near the Colonel Sher Khan Interchange, motorway police said. His driver sustained minor injuries in the accident.
Motorway police said Afridi was travelling from Islamabad to Peshawar when the accident occurred.
Initial information suggested that the accident apparently took place due to a mechanical fault in the vehicle.
