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Nine soldiers martyred in Bannu suicide attack

by Ghulam Mursalin Marwat in Dawn, September 1st, 2023LAKKI MARWAT: At least nine soldiers were martyred and five others sustained injuries when a suicide bomber on a motorbike targeted a military convoy in the Janikhel town of Bannu district on Thursday evening, the army said. In a late-night statement, the military’s media wing identified one of the martyred soldiers as Naib Subedar Sanobar Ali. It said the security forces had cordoned off the area and…

Cop injured in attack on Swat police station

report in Dawn, August 30th, 2023SWAT: A policeman was critically injured after terrorists attacked the Talegram police station and the adjacent checkpost here on Monday night. Officials said terrorists attacked the police station building located on the main Malam Jabba Road from two sides. They said the personnel responded and repulsed the attack. However, a policeman, Jameeullah, sustained injuries during the exchange of fire with the militants. The law enforcement personnel shifted the injured to…

CTD team survives attack in Jaffarabad

by Abdul Wahid Shahwani in Dawn, August 28th, 2023KHUZDAR: A senior officer of the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), Khuzdar, and his team members survived an armed attack on Sunday late night after. According to police, Khuzdar Station House Officer Muhammad Murad Jamot, along with other CTD personnel, was going to his office when they were attacked by unknown armed men in Jaffarabad, a locality on the outskirts of Khuzdar town. The CTD personnel immediately took…

Two injured in Khuzdar hand grenade attack

by Abdul Wahid Shahwani in Dawn, August 23th, 2023KHUZDAR: Some unidentified miscreants hurled a hand grenade at Jhalawan Complex on Quetta-Karachi National Highway in Khuzdar on Tuesday evening, injuring two people. According to police, a man and a child passing through the area, were injured after being hit by splinters of the hand grenade. They were identified as Mohammad Aslam Shahzai and Mohammad Arshad, 10. Police rushed to the area and shifted the injured to…

Two shot dead in Miramshah

report in Dawn, August 22nd, 2023NORTH WAZIRISTAN: Two persons were killed in a targeted attack in Miramshah area of the district on Monday morning, police sources said. Police sources said that Yunus Khan, a resident of Danday Darpakhel, and Abdul Nasir, a resident on Hamzoni Patikhel area, used to supply water to the security forces at a check-post. They added that the two persons were targeted in Spalga area and the killers escaped after the…

Cop martyred in Lakki gun attack

report in Dawn, August 22nd, 2023LAKKI MARWAT: A levy police personnel was martyred when unknown armed men opened fire on him here on Monday. Police said the incident occurred in Gul Waliabad locality in the area limits of the city police station. They said that levy policeman Jehanzeb Khan, 39, came under fire when he was going to bazaar on his motorcycle for shopping. “The attackers also took away his motorcycle,” they maintained. Moeenuddin, father…

Huji-B tries to resurface in guise of Ansar al Islam

by Nuruzzaman Labu in Dhaka Tribune, Aug 22, 2023The banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami Bangladesh (Huji-B), which had direct involvement in the grenade attack on August 21, 2004, is now trying to resurface in the guise of another banned militant organization Ansar-Al-Islam The organization is still carrying out its operations in the country. Some top leaders were executed for their involvement in a grenade attack on August 21. Besides, some were arrested. Despite many challenges,…

Another PPP activist shot dead in ‘targeted attack’

Report in Dawn, August 21st, 2023KARACHI: Less than four days after the targeted killing of a local office-bearer of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in Orangi Town, another activist of the party was shot dead in Ittehad Town in the small hours of Sunday morning, police and party officials said. They added that Shaukat Hammad, 35, was sitting outside his home in Abidabad when assailants on a motorbike killed him. South-DIG Irfan Ali Baloch told…

PPP worker shot dead in targeted attack

Report in Dawn, August 19th, 2023KARACHI: A local leader of Pakistan Peoples Party was shot dead in a suspected targeted attack in Orangi Town late on Tuesday night, police and party officials said. Iqbal Market police said that Amjad Husain, 35, was standing at the local party office near his home when three assailants riding a motorbike fired indiscriminately and fled. He sustained 10 bullet wounds including three in the abdomen and two in the…

Police official injured in Peshawar attack

Report in Dawn, August 19th, 2023PESHAWAR: A police officer sustained injuries when unknown motorcyclists opened fire at him in Khankhel area on the outskirts of the provincial capital here on Friday morning. The police officials said Sub-Inspector Gul Jalal, a Police Assistance Lines (PAL) officer, was on his way to a mosque for offering morning prayers when he came under attack. They said SHO Mathra police station Abdullah Jalal along with a team reached the…

2 terrorists killed in retaliatory action after attack on military convoy in Gwadar: ISPR

by Iftikhar Shirazi in Dawn, August 14, 2023Two terrorists were killed by security forces after they attacked a military convoy in Balochistan’s Gwadar on Sunday morning, according to the army’s media affairs wing. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement that the terrorists carried out the attack at 10am, using small arms and hand grenades. “However, due to the efficient and swift response, two terrorists were sent to hell with no harm to…