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Four gunned down in Kalat, Khuzdar

by Abdul Wahid Shahwani in Dawn, August 26th, 2023KHUZDAR: Four people were killed in two separate attacks in Khuzdar and Kalat on Friday. A man and his two wives were gunned down by armed men who barged into a house in the Killi Rodini area of Kalat, according to the police. The attackers opened indiscriminate fire resulting in the killings of Muhammad Hayat and his two wives on the spot. One person was injured in…

Levies official survives Kalat IED explosion

by Abdul Wahid Shahwani in Dawn, Mar 2, 2023KHUZDAR: A senior Levies official survived a roadside IED blast, but a civilian was hit by its splinters and died on the spot in the Juhan area of Kalat district on Wednesday. Officials said unknown miscreants had planted the improvised explosives device at the roadside to target the vehicle of the Levies officer, but he passed through the area without any loss. “The IED exploded when a…

by Abdul Wahid Shahwani in Dawn, December 20th, 2022

KHUZDAR: Twenty people were injured, some of them seriously, in two bomb explosions which took place, with a small interval, in Khuzdar — the divisional headquarters of Kalat division — on Monday evening. Seven people were injured when the first bomb, planted in a motorcycle parked in the busy shopping area of Umar Farooq Chowk, exploded, police said. Police investigators believed it was a remote-controlled bomb. As soon as police personnel and people rushed to…