by Asif Chaudhry in Dawn, October 2nd, 2023LAHORE: In a gun battle that lasted all night, police thwarted an ambush by more than a dozen militants on a police post in Mianwali killing two of the attackers, officials said. The ambush comes on the heels of back-to-back terrorist attacks in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that claimed scores of lives since Friday. A police constable embraced martyrdom during the latest attack initiated by the militants belonging…
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Report in Dawn, July 10th, 2023MARDAN: Sub-divisional police officer (SDPO), Katlang tehsil, Farooq Zaman Khan sustained serious bullet injuries when unknown miscreants opened indiscriminate fire on his car near Ghundo police post here on Saturday night. An FIR registered by the officials of Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) quoted constable, Shayan Hasan, the gunman of the injured SDPO, as saying that they were on their way to Baizai police station when unidentified terrorists opened fire on their…
By Ghulam Mursalin Marwat in Dawn, March 31st, 2023LAKKI MARWAT: A deputy superintendent of police (DSP), along with his three gunmen, was martyred in an attack targeting a police vehicle in Lakki Marwat in the early hours of Thursday. According to details, militants stormed the Saddar police station on the Bannu-Mianwali road near Chawkijand area when personnel inside the station called for reinforcements. DSP Iqbal Momand, who responded to the call, was on his way…
by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, February 24th, 2023QUETTA: Security forces foiled an attempt to ambush a convoy of security forces in Balochistan’s Kech district and later killed eight militants in a follow-up operation, the military’s media wing said on Thursday. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the militants attempted to ambush a convoy of security forces on Wednesday evening, but the “alert and combat-ready troops foiled the cowardly attempt without any loss of life”.…
by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, February 10th, 2023QUETTA: A Levies Force official was martyred and three others injured when shooters ambushed a convoy escorting a returning officer in Dera Bugti district on Thursday. Levies officials said the convoy came under attack on its way to Dera Bugti from the Phelawagh area of Pir Koh after polling in the third phase of the local government elections. When the convoy reached near Lop area, unidentified shooters hiding…