{"id":115181,"date":"2026-06-12T16:43:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T11:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=115181"},"modified":"2026-06-12T16:43:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T11:43:31","slug":"former-senator-taj-afridi-killed-in-motorway-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/former-senator-taj-afridi-killed-in-motorway-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Senator Taj Afridi Killed in Motorway Accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">PESHAWAR: Former senator <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/mother-of-former-cricketers-mansoor-rana-and-maqsood-rana-passes-away\/\">Taj Afridi<\/a> was killed in a tragic traffic accident on the Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway, authorities confirmed on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">According to the Motorway Police, the accident occurred near the Colonel Sher Khan Interchange when Afridi&#8217;s vehicle was involved in a crash while traveling from Islamabad to Peshawar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Initial reports suggest that the accident may have been caused by a mechanical fault in the vehicle. Rescue officials and law enforcement personnel responded to the scene shortly after the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Authorities said further details are being collected, while an investigation has been launched to determine the exact cause of the accident.<\/p>\n<p>The news of Taj Afridi&#8217;s death has sparked grief among political and social circles, with many expressing condolences over the loss of the former senator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PESHAWAR: Former senator Taj Afridi was killed in a tragic traffic accident on the Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway, authorities confirmed on Thursday. According to the Motorway Police, the accident occurred near the Colonel Sher Khan Interchange when Afridi&#8217;s vehicle was involved in a crash while traveling from Islamabad to Peshawar. Initial reports suggest that the accident may [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":115182,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[42953],"class_list":["post-115181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","tag-taj-afridi-killed-in-motorway-accident"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115181"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115183,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115181\/revisions\/115183"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}