by Jamil Nagri in Dawn, December 3rd, 2023GILGIT: At least nine people lost their lives and 21 passengers received injuries after an Islamabad-bound bus came under fire near Chilas in Diamer district of Gilgit-Baltistan on Saturday evening. Officials said unknown gunmen targeted the bus, operated by a local private company, from nearby hills which caused the vehicle to swerve into a goods truck, causing a head-on collision which also killed the truck driver. Police said…
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by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, Sept 14th, 2023QUETTA: A key commander of banned outfit Daesh was killed in a gun battle with Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) personnel in Mastung area on Wednesday. Officials said that the CTD, on intelligence reports about the presence of the suspected Daesh commander Ghulam Din Shahwani alias Shoaib in Mastung town, cordoned off the area for his arrest. The Daesh commander, instead of surrender, started firing on the CTD personnel.…
report in Dawn, August 22nd, 2023LAKKI MARWAT: A levy police personnel was martyred when unknown armed men opened fire on him here on Monday. Police said the incident occurred in Gul Waliabad locality in the area limits of the city police station. They said that levy policeman Jehanzeb Khan, 39, came under fire when he was going to bazaar on his motorcycle for shopping. “The attackers also took away his motorcycle,” they maintained. Moeenuddin, father…
By Saleem Shahid in Dawn, April 12th, 2023QUETTA: Four policemen were martyred after an intense gun battle with terrorists in the Killi Spin area of Kuchlak on Tuesday. A heavy contingent of the police’s Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), along with the Frontier Corps, had cordoned off a suspected compound on the tip about the presence of militants involved in Sunday’s attack on a police convoy. The alleged militants resorted to indiscriminate firing using automatic weapons,…
report in Dawn, February 23rd, 2023QUETTA: Three Frontier Corps personnel and a police constable were injured in separate gun attacks in Jewani and Kuchlak areas, on Wednesday. Officials said a security vehicle was passing through the Panowan Pul area of Jewani town when armed motorcyclists opened fire on it, leaving three personnel Mohammad Bilal, Shoukat and Nassir wounded, officials said. In Kuchlak area, officials said, police constable Jalal Khan sustained gunshot wounds in the Zhob…
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,…