report in Dawn, November 21st, 2023DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A militant was killed as police and Frontier Corps personnel repulsed an attack on a checkpost here on Sunday night. A police spokesman said that militants stormed the Kot Azam checkpost in the limits of Gomal police station with heavy weapons on Sunday night, but the attack was foiled as police and FC jawans promptly responded, forcing the militants to flee. He said that after the attack,…
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report in The News, April 13, 2023PESHAWAR: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed to have arrested seven terrorists involved in a suicide attack on Takhta Baig Checkpost in Khyber a few weeks back. Three people including two policemen were martyred in the attack. A CTD official said four of those involved in the attack were arrested in one action while three were arrested in another raid.It was claimed that one of the terrorists involved has been…
Report in Dawn, January 14th, 2023SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: Police established security checkposts at the entry and exit points of Wana, the headquarters of South Waziristan Lower district, on Friday. District police officer Shabbir Hussain Marwat told the locals that the checkposts were established in order to maintain law and order situation in the area. He said that protection of the local population was top priority of the government. “There will be no compromise on security of…
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 13th, 2022DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A police officer was injured when two unidentified attackers opened fire on Takwara checkpost in Kulachi tehsil, police said here on Monday. A police official told Dawn that two unknown motorcyclists fired at ASI Shah Waliullah, who was going to check the ongoing work at Takwara post in Kulachi police station limits, injuring the officer. After committing the crime, the accused managed to escape from the spot,…
report in Dawn, December 8th, 2022LAKKI MARWAT: A policeman was martyred when terrorists attacked a checkpost near Kinger Bridge in Bannu district on Tuesday night. Police officials said that the checkpost had been established near the bridge in the limits of Mandan police station as part of security measures to protect roads and citizens from attacks. They said that the policemen deployed at the post were performing their duties as usual when they came under…