by Muhammad Irfan Mughal in Dawn, Nov 12th, 2023DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Three police personnel, including a station house officer (SHO), were martyred and five others including a deputy superintendent of police, sustained injuries in a militant attack on police in Kari Shah Noor area of district Tank on Saturday. Police spokesperson informed that DSP Chan Shah was leading a police party to arrest kidnappers of a woman in Shah Noor village when unidentified assailants opened…
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By Muhammad Irfan Mughal in Dawn, November 8th, 2023DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Amid a renewed wave of assaults targeting security personnel in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa — particularly D.I. Khan — and Balochistan, two police personnel were martyred and three others sustained injuries when unidentified armed men attacked the camp office of a private oil and gas company in the early hours of Tuesday. The incident took place in Darazinda area and the attackers targeted the policemen on…
by Muhammad Irfan Mughal in Dawn, November 6th, 2023• No let-up in attacks on security personnel in D.I. Khan; two injured• Gunfight continued for over an hour before assailants fled• Militants failed to demoralise cops, says RPO DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Though significant casualties were averted, militants again struck security personnel in Dera Ismail Khan — their fourth such attack within 48 hours in the district which has increasingly become vulnerable to assaults. Three provinces —…
By Hemantha RandunuDubai-based underworld figures are reportedly issuing threats to law enforcement officers, particularly those engaged in combating organised crime, according to police sources.These criminals aim to disrupt operations against the underworld, with former IP Balendrasingha, recently assassinated, being among the officers consistently targeted with death threats. Sources said Balendrasingha’s assassination was intended to serve as a warning to other members of the police force.The police estimate around 50 underworld leaders are currently based in…
By Saleem Shahid in Dawn, April 10th, 2023QUETTA: Two cops were martyred and one was injured in an attack by unknown assailants in the Killi Spine area of Kuchlak district on Sunday evening, police said. The policemen, who belonged to the Eagle Squad, were patrolling on a motorcycle when the assailants opened indiscriminate fire, leaving three injured. One of the assailants was killed while the other managed to escape as cops returned fire. The injured…
by Muhammad Irfan Mughal | Pazir Gul in Dawn, March 9th, 2023DERA ISMAIL KHAN/NORTH WAZIRISTAN: A police officer guarding a census team was martyred and four other cops were injured when militants targeted their vehicle in Dera Ismail Khan on Wednesday. Separately, six militants were killed in an intelligence-based operation in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan, the military’s media wing said. In the Dera Ismail Khan attack, unidentified shooters targeted the police vehicle…
By Qazi Fazlullah in The News, Jan 20, 2023In a terrorist attack on a police check-post in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Khyber Agency Thursday at least three policemen were martyred. Terrorists opened fire on the check-post in Tekhta Beg and used explosive material in the attack, after which the police station caught fire, according to the local police. The exchange of fire between the police force and terrorists still continues. Immediately after the attack, the traffic on…