report in Dawn, Dec 29, 2022TAXILA: A chief editor of a local newspaper, his gunman and driver were shot dead near Marri village in the limits of Attock police station on Wednesday, police said. According to family sources, chief editor of a local newspaper Arshad Jaffari was going to his office along with his driver, Akhter Nawaz, and gunman, Nazam Khan, after meeting with the district police officer Attock, sharing details with him about the…
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report in Dawn, Dec 29, 2022PESHAWAR: Two soldiers were wounded when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into a security checkpost in Mirali area of North Waziristan tribal district on Thursday. “It was a vehicle-borne attack. The suicide bomber rammed the explosive-laden vehicle into the wall of the checkpost in Mirali,” local official said. He added that two soldiers sustained injuries in the attack. Local police said that the area was immediately cordoned off…
report in Dawn, December 28th, 2022Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said on Tuesday that the suspects involved in the suicide attack in Islamabad last week — that left a policeman martyred and several injured — have been arrested. The incident, in which four police officers and two civilians were injured, took place in Islamabad’s I-10/4 sector on December 23. The police had said that a suicide attacker, riding a cab, blew himself up after the vehicle…
report in Dawn, December 25th, 2022LAKKI MARWAT: A counter-terrorism department (CTD) constable survived an armed attack in Bachkan Ahmadzai village of Lakki Marwat, said a police official on Saturday. The official said that CTD constable Samiullah was going to a football ground in the village when armed men opened fire on him. He said that the constable remained unhurt and later armed villagers formed a ‘lashkar’ and chased the attackers. “A large contingent of police…
report in The News, Dec 20, 2022UNITED NATIONS: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called on the Afghan Taliban to prevent terrorist organisations from attacking Pakistan or any other neighbouring country from the Afghan territory, saying the UN was in discussions with the de facto authorities in this regard. “We consider that it is absolutely essential for the Taliban not to allow any form of terrorist activity that might have an impact in relation…
Years after we thought the war against militants had been won, and were reminded of this success repeatedly, it seems the battle is still very much on. In a new series of attacks which have torn apart law and order in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and specifically the former tribal areas, four policemen were killed on Sunday during an attack on a police station in the Lakki Marwat area, when militants laid siege to the building and…
Report in Dawn, December 20th, 2022PESHAWAR: A Sub-Inspector of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) was martyred in an attack occurred in the jurisdiction of Mathra police station here on Monday. According to the police, Shaukat Mehboob, an IB Sub-Inspector, was on his way back home after buying essentials from the market when unidentified men opened fire at him. The officials said that the area had been cordoned off and a search operation was launched to trace…
report in The News, Dec 18, 2022LAKKI MARWAT: At least four policemen were martyred and four others were injured in a terrorist attack on the Bargai police station in Lakki Marwat, Geo News reported on Sunday. The armed assault on the police was launched by terrorists overnight from two sides, which resulted in a fierce exchange of fire between the police and the outlaws. The perpetrators fled after launching the assault while the police launched…
Before the ink on Kabul’s emphatic apology over a cross-border attack at Chaman could dry, as many as eight Pakistanis bore the brunt of yet another spate of shelling on Thursday. Conservative estimates suggest one civilian was killed as a result while many of the 15 injured reached Quetta Civil Hospital in critical condition. However, the next-door neighbour had a different ace up its sleeve this time. No more regret or promise of immediate action…
by Umer Gujjar in The Frontier Post, Dec 13, 2022A highly regretful incident occurred on Sunday at the Pak-Afghan Chaman border when Afghan troops resorted to unprovoked and indiscriminate firing from across the border that resulted in the martyrdom of six innocent civilians and serious injuries to 17 others. According to the Pakistan Army media wing, the Afghan border forces used heavy weapons in the attack, while Pakistan’s troops gave a befitting albeit measured response…
AP report in Pakistan Today, Dec 14, 2022ISLAMABAD: China on Tuesday advised its citizens in Afghanistan to leave the country “as soon as possible,” following a coordinated attack by Islamic State militants the previous day on a Chinese-owned hotel in the heart of Kabul. The Chinese advisory appeared to be a setback for Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers who seek foreign investments in hopes of halting the downward spiral of the Afghan economy since their takeover of…