By Muhammad Irfan Mughal in Dawn, November 15th, 2023DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Unknown militants gunned down a policeman on the Tank-Wana Road in the Wazirabad area of Tank district on Tuesday. According to a police official, constable Sharifuddin was on his way to duty when the militants targeted him near a grid station. He embraced martyrdom on the spot. The assailants fled the scene after the attack. A heavy police contingent, including SP Investigation Haji Nasir…
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Report in Dawn, October 17th, 2023KARACHI: Two army soldiers embraced martyrdom in separate encounters with terrorists in North and South Waziristan on Monday, the military’s media wing stated. At least two terrorists were killed and another wounded during operations in the Asman Munza area of South Waziristan district and the Miran Shah area of North Waziristan, according to Inter-Services Public Relations. Sepoy Waris Khan, 27, was a resident of Karak and Sepoy Sajid Azam, 31,…
by Zahiruddin in Dawn, Sept 7th, 2023• ISPR says five soldiers injured in Lower Chitral attack; 12 militants dead• Four assailants killed as another infiltration attempt foiled in N. Waziristan• Kabul asked to prevent terrorists from using Afghan soil for incursionsCHITRAL/NORTH WAZIRISTAN: At least four security men embraced martyrdom while more than 16 fighters were killed on Wednesday as militants’ attempts to enter Pakistan from Afghanistan were foiled by troops deployed along the border with…
by Dilawar Wazir in Dawn, August 23rd, 2023SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: Six soldiers embraced martyrdom, while four terrorists were killed in an exchange of fire in Asman Manza area of Upper South Waziristan district on Tuesday. The military’s media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), in a statement said that on Tuesday an exchange of fire took place between troops and terrorists in general area Asman Manza of South Waziristan district. The statement said that the troops effectively…
by Umer Farooq in Dawn, April 16th, 2023PESHAWAR: Security forces have killed at least eight suspected militants during an intelligence-based operation in South Waziristan wherein two soldiers of the Pakistan Army also embraced martyrdom, said the military’s media wing on Saturday. Officials stated that the security forces launched the operation after a tipoff about the presence of a group of militants in the Zarmilan area of the district. “The group, with some 10 to 15…
Report in Dawn, February 11th, 2023QUETTA: Two officers of the Frontier Corps, Balochistan, embraced martyrdom and three soldiers sustained injuries in an explosion near a vehicle of the troops taking part in an operation against miscreants in the Kahan area of Kohlu district, on Friday, officials said. On the basis of credible intelligence, a sanitisation operation was initiated on Feb 10 in the Kohlu area to deny terrorists any liberty of action, according to an…