Bureau Report in Dawn, November 28th, 2023PESHAWAR: The death toll from Sunday’s suicide attack on a security convoy in Bannu increased to two on Monday and the military identified the attacker as an Afghan national. Ten people were injured in the incident while the attacker was identified as an Afghan national affiliated with Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group, according to a statement released by the Inter-Services Public Relations. The attacker was riding a motorcycle laden with…
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Bureau Report in Dawn, November 22th, 2023PESHAWAR: A soldier embraced martyrdom in an improvised explosive device blast in North Waziristan, while separate intelligence-based operations in Dera Ismail Khan and South Waziristan districts left at least three ‘terrorists’ dead. Soldier Shahzeb, a resident of Rawalpindi, was martyred in an IED attack in Gharyoum area of North Waziristan district, Inter-Services Public Relations, military’s media wing, said in a statement on Tuesday. The ISPR stated security forces conducted…
Report in Pakistan Today, Nov 20, 2023QUETTA/KECH: Three people travelling in a car were killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted on roadside exploded in Hoshab area of Kech district in Balochistan on Sunday, officials said. Commissioner Mekran Division Saeed Ahmed Umrani confirmed that unidentified terrorists targeted a car using an improvised explosive device (IED) in Hoshab tehsil of district Kech, adding all three persons travelling in the car were killed on the spot.…
report in The News, Nov 6, 2023LAKKI MARWAT: Two members of a family were killed and three others sustained injuries in a landmine blast in the Kotka Noor Khan area here on Sunday, police officials said. They said that Niaz Gul, along with his wife and three sons, identified as Saeed Khan, 17, Yasim, 9 and Yarman, 5, was working in his field when a sudden explosion occurred. Saeed Khan and Yarman died on the…
By Qayyum Nawaz Babar in The News, Nov 5, 2023DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The only brother of seven sisters was among the five people who were killed in a blast near Tank Adda in Dera city on Friday. Qamar Zaman, 16, son of Habibullah, had come to the Dera Ismail Khan city to appear in his grade nine examination. His roll number slip was found at the site of the blast. It may be mentioned that…
by Behram Baloch | Muhammad Irfan Mughal in Dawn, Nov 4th, 2023• Two army men martyred in Lakki operation, one in D.I. Khan blast• Five civilians also fall victim to IED blast• ISPR reaffirms pledge to eliminate terrorists GWADAR / DERA ISMAIL KHAN: At least 17 soldiers were martyred in different incidents in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including a militant attack in Gwadar, a remote-controlled bomb explosion in Dera Ismail Khan and a security operation…
By Saleem Shahid in Dawn, October 9th, 2023QUETTA: An official of the Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation (PMDC) lost his life and his driver was critically injured in a roadside blast in the Sor Range coalfield, some 30km from Quetta, on Sunday. PMDC coal project manager Shabar Ali Mirza was on his way to the coal mines from Quetta when his official vehicle was targeted near the hilly region of Sor Range. The explosion was powerful…
by Zia Ur Rehman in Prism, Dawn, Oct 3, 2023The writer is a journalist and researcherTragedy struck at the heart of Balochistan’s Mastung district on September 29 when a suicide bomber targeted a gathering preparing for the 12th Rabiul Awwal procession. The blast echoed through the main market, killing 55 people and leaving over 120 injured. Muhammad Ashgar, a member of the procession’s organising committee, says despite threats from militant groups, conveyed to them by…
(BREAKING NEWS)report in The Express Tribune, Sept 29, 2023At least six people were killed and dozens injured when a bomb exploded in an Eid Miladun Nabi (PBUH) rally in Balochistan’s Mastung on Friday, confirmed the area’s deputy commissioner. The area was cordoned off by law enforcers and rescue personnel shifted the casualties to nearby medical facilities.https://tribune.com.pk/story/2438428/at-least-six-killed-in-eid-miladun-nabi-procession-blast-in-mastung-1
by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, Sept 15th, 2023• ‘Planted bomb’ apparently targeted Hafiz Hamdullah• Initial investigation suggests device was remote-controlledQUETTA: At least 11 people, including JUI-F leader Hafiz Hamdullah, were injured in a blast targeting the party’s convoy near Mastung, some 50 kilometres from Quetta, on Thursday. Officials said the blast occured near Mr Hamdullah’s car when he reached the Killi Chotu area, a locality on the outskirts of Mastung, while on his way there…
by Umer Farooq in Dawn, Sept 12, 2023PESHAWAR: A Frontier Corps (FC) soldier embraced martyrdom and nine others, including three civilians, sustained injuries in a roadside explosion on the outskirts of Peshawar on Monday, police said. The banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for carrying out the attack. The FC convoy of Mohmand Rifles was on its way from Michni area of district Mohmand towards the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s capital when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED)…