by Umer Farooq in Dawn, Jan 15, 2023• Two ‘assailants’ killed hours after Sarband attack; militants used automatic weapons, thermal sights PESHAWAR: A senior police officer along with two constables embraced martyrdom in a midnight militant attack, which officials believe is the first of its kind where modern gadgets were used to target police, on Sarband police station on the outskirts of Peshawar. Deputy Superintendent of Police Sardar Hussain and his gunmen Irshad Khan and…
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Report in Dawn, January 14th, 2023DERA GHAZI KHAN: A police official and a civilian were killed, and one police official was injured in a drive-by attack by two motorcyclists at the Jhangi police checkpoint, Vehowa tehsil of Taunsa Sharif district, and escaped. According to sources, the gunmen attacked the Punjab police off-road border checkpoint and killed police official Mazar and one unidentified passer-by. Ramzan, a policeman, was injured. The attack was carried out by unidentified…
by Behram Baloch in Dawn, January 11th, 2023PANJGUR: Several vehicles, including a pickup of the Anti-Terrorist Force (ATF), were damaged in a grenade attack on the Panjgur police station late Tuesday evening, officials said. Police officials said unidentified attacker hurled a grenade at the police station, damaging the vehicle.https://www.dawn.com/news/1731042/grenade-attack-in-panjgur
Report in Dawn, January 9th, 2023PESHAWAR: Unidentified persons hurled a grenade on the house of a nephew of MNA Nasir Musazai here on Sunday. The inmates, however, remained unhurt in the attack, the police said. “House of Mr Taimur, who is nephew of MNA Nasir Musazai, was targeted with a hand grenade. However, all his family members remained unhurt,” a police official said, adding that a search operation had been launched in the area to…
By Javed Aziz Khan in The News, January 07, 2023PESHAWAR: Bannu and Dera Ismail Khan regions in southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) have come under more attacks compared to other divisions of the province after the law and order situation worsened over the last several months. The prime target of the attacks remained police and security forces. North and South Waziristan, Bannu, Lakki Marwat, Dera Ismail Khan districts of the DIK and Bannu division have witnessed…
Report in Dawn, January 7th, 2023NORTH WAZIRISTAN: A man and his son were killed and another son suffered injuries when unidentified assailants opened fire on them in Dattakhel tehsil of North Waziristan district here on Friday. According to an official report, the slain, Sharbat Khan, accompanied by his two sons, was going home in Mama Ziayarat area of Dattakhel when assailants sitting in ambush opened fire on them. As a result, Sharbat Khan and his…
Report in Dawn, January 6th, 2023KARACHI: Afghan Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said on Thursday the Islamic State (IS) militants involved in the attack on Pakistan’s embassy in Kabul have been killed in an operation, Dawn.com reported. Afghan security forces carried out operations in Kabul against a “dangerous network” of the militant Islamic State group who were involved in attacks on the Pakistan embassy and on a hotel where Chinese nationals were staying, Mr Mujahid said…
Report in Dawn, January 6th, 2023KARACHI: Afghan Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said on Thursday the Islamic State (IS) militants involved in the attack on Pakistan’s embassy in Kabul have been killed in an operation, Dawn.com reported. Afghan security forces carried out operations in Kabul against a “dangerous network” of the militant Islamic State group who were involved in attacks on the Pakistan embassy and on a hotel where Chinese nationals were staying, Mr Mujahid said…
report in The News, January 05, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) and police have arrested two terrorists who had entered Islamabad to attack the Parliament House building, the CTD sources said. Four detonators, Prima Cord and 500gm explosive material were recovered from the terrorists and a case was registered against them under sections 7 ATA, 13/20/65 AO, 120/B, PPC and 4/5 ESA. The terrorists identified as Danyal alias Zulfiqar from Swabi and Mohammad Zubair…
By Editorial in The News, Jan 31, 2023A city that has seen bloodshed to last a hundred lifetimes seems to be back in the middle of a terror onslaught. At least 44 people were martyred and 157 injured in a suicide attack inside a mosque in Peshawar’s Police Lines area yesterday. There are fears that the number of casualties may increase. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for what seems to have been a suicide…
by Munawer Azeem in Dawn, December 30th, 2022ISLAMABAD: Though the interior minister claimed two days ago that suspects had been arrested in connection with last week’s terror attack in the capital, no one has so far been produced in court. Despite failure to produce the suspects in the court to make their arrest or detention legal, the capital police also remained silent over the details of the development including identification of the suspects. On Tuesday,…