report in Dawn, August 30th, 2023MANSEHRA: The chief of Torghar Levies escaped unhurt from a bomb blast in Judbah Mera area of the district on Tuesday morning. An improvised explosive device went off outside the house of Gulfaraz when his vehicle drove past it, according to district police officer Bilal Ahmad. He told reporters that the explosion left a crater on the road but didn’t hurt anyone. The DPO said the terror attack targeted the…
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report inThe Daily Star’, JUly 11, 2023At least one person was injured as a crude bomb went off in the capital’s Moghbazar intersection last night. Inspector (Operations) Abdus Kuddus said that the incident took place on Dilu Road around 10:00pm. For all latest news, follow The Daily Star’s Google News channel.Police immediately went to the spot and recovered another unexploded crude bomb from the area. The identity of the injured could not be known. The…
by Ashutosh Sarkar in The Daily Star, Apr 14, 2023Both the victims and convicts of Ramna Batamul bomb blasts have been deprived of final justice due to legal tangles, even 22 years after the gruesome incident. Different issues, including repeated adjournments and reconstitution of High Court benches, have unusually delayed disposal of the case filed for killing of 10 people in the blasts. Besides, it is still uncertain when the appeals filed by the convicts…
By Ali Jan Mangi in Dawn, April 12th, 2023DERA MURAD JAMALI: A Lahore-bound train on Tuesday narrowly escaped a bomb blast that happened at the main railway track linking Quetta with the other three provinces. Railway officials said the powerful explosion occurred at the main railway track near Mushkaf railway station in Bolan district when Jaffar Express was on its way to Lahore from the Mach railway station. The police linked the explosion to an…
AFP in Dawn, March 12th, 2023MAZAR SHARIF: A bomb blast in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Saturday killed a security guard and wounded a group of journalists as well as several children, police and a witness said. The blast came two days after a suicide bomber killed the Taliban governor of northern Balkh province in an attack claimed by the militant Islamic State (IS) group. Saturday’s blast took place during an event honouring…
by Munawer Azeem in Dawn, Dec 27th, 2022ISLAMABAD: Investigators of last Friday’s bomb blast in the capital have suspected that the terrorist had reached the capital the same day in a passenger vehicle from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). Sources close to the investigation said the investigators had detected the presence of a person at Karak, Pirwadhai and I-10/4 the same day and suspected that he might be the bomber. The suspect’s presence was spotted at Pirwadhai…