Report in The News, December 07, 2023QUETTA: The unknown armed men gunned down an advocate and injured his colleague in Mastung town area of Balochistan on Wednesday. According to police sources, the victim identified as Muhammad Waris Advocate along with his colleague Haji Habibullah was on way to the Session Court from his house when armed assailants opened fire at them and fled from the scene near Major Chowk area. As a result, Muhammad Waris…
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by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, October 5th, 2023QUETTA: Two Pakistani nationals, including a 12-year-old boy, were killed and two others injured on Wednesday when an Afghan sentry opened “unprovoked” and “indiscriminate” fire at pedestrians at the Chaman border crossing, the military said. The incident happened when people were crossing over into Afghanistan through the Friendship Gate, officials said. The incident took place hours after Kabul described as “unacceptable” Islamabad’s ultimatum to all undocumented immigrants, including…
by Ali Jan Mangi in Dawn, July 31st, 2023DERA MURAD JAMALI: Four people were gunned down by unknown armed men in separate incidents in Dera Murad Jamali and Noshki areas of Balochistan on Sunday. According to the police, unknown armed men opened fire on Auraz Muhammad Jattak, who succumbed to his injuries in Ward No 40 of Dera Murad Jamali. The assailants managed to escape from the scene. In another incident, Noor Ahmed was killed…
report in Daily Times, June 17, 2023Unknown assailants opened fire at the residence of former Punjab governor Latif Khosa late on Thursday night, leaving his driver injured, a private TV channel reported. Soon after the incident was reported, Superintendent of Police (SP) Cantt Owais Shafiq reached the location and police personnel began to collect evidence. According to the initial reports, seven shots were fired at Khosa’s house using rifles and pistols. The bullets hit the…
KHUZDAR: A policeman was gunned down and another injured by unknown armed men in the Nawa Jaffarabad area of Khuzdar district. Police officials said the incident took place late on Tuesday night when the Eagle Squad personnel were patrolling the area. “Armed men riding a motorcycle opened fire on the personnel, resulting in the killing of one policeman on the spot and injuries to another,” a senior official said. Police returned fire, but the attackers…
Report in The News, April 10, 2023KHAR: A religious scholar was killed and another sustained injuries when unidentified gunmen opened fire on them in Lagharai Bazar in Mamond on Sunday. Eyewitnesses said that unknown armed men opened fire on Maulana Naseeb Gul, a resident of Gat Mamond, and his companion Mufti Shafiullah, a resident of Jangzay Mamond. They said that the religious scholars were on their way home when targeted in Lagharai Bazar. As a…
by Umer Gujjar in The Frontier Post, Dec 13, 2022A highly regretful incident occurred on Sunday at the Pak-Afghan Chaman border when Afghan troops resorted to unprovoked and indiscriminate firing from across the border that resulted in the martyrdom of six innocent civilians and serious injuries to 17 others. According to the Pakistan Army media wing, the Afghan border forces used heavy weapons in the attack, while Pakistan’s troops gave a befitting albeit measured response…
Unrest from the western frontiers is unabated. The firing of mortars and other heavy ammunition from Afghanistan across the border in Chaman in the Killi Sheikh Lal Muhammad areas is highly condemnable, and without any premise. At least, six locals were killed and many more injured as a result of the onslaught that has no reason to stand. The fact that the Chaman front has now become a theatre of violence, as this attack comes…
Less than a month after the first instance of unprovoked firing in Chaman from Afghan security forces, we have seen a repeat incident, and once again, it is unclear why this transpired. On both occasions, the Afghan security forces fired on Pakistan from across the border without any provocation, only this time, 7 civilians were killed as a result with 16 others injured. It was expected that the interim Taliban government would bring stability to…
report in The News, Dec 12, 2022Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the “unprovoked shelling and firing” by the Afghan border forces at the Chaman border and stressed the Afghan government should ensure that such incidents are not repeated. The latest incident of cross-border firing by the Afghan border security forces at the Chaman border martyred six people and injured 17 others. Taking to Twitter, PM Shehbaz said that the unfortunate attack on civilians “deserves the…
by Syed Ali Shah in The Express Tribune, Nov 15, 2022QUETTA: The Pakistan-Afghanistan border on Monday remained closed for the second consecutive day as tensions run high between the two countries after unprovoked firing from the Afghan side. The Chaman border – also known as Friendship Gate –, which connects Balochistan province to Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, was closed after an armed Afghan reportedly crossed into Pakistan’s border and opened fire on the security troops, martyring…