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Security forces kill terrorist involved in attack on census team in Tank

report in The Nation online, Mar 14, 2023 at 10:03 AMA wanted terrorist commander Abdul Rasheed alias Rasheedi has been killed in an operation by security forces in Gara Guldad area of Dera Ismail Khan district. According to ISPR, the operation was conducted after a terrorist attack on police party deputed on census security duty in Raghzai area of Tank district. A policeman also embraced martyrdom in the exchange of fire. The killed terrorist was…

Police claim killing two ‘masterminds’ of KPO raid

by Imtiaz Ali in Dawn, March 14th, 2023KARACHI: Police on Mon­day claimed to have killed two ‘masterminds’ of last month’s deadly att­ack on the Karachi Police Office (KPO), while two other suspects affiliated with the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were arrested after an ‘encounter’ on the outskirts of the metropolis. Sindh Information Min­i­s­ter Sharjeel Inam Memon, flanked by senior officials of the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD), said that in order to eliminate the network behind the…

‘Militant’ killed, another held in North Waziristan

report in Dawn, March 13th, 2023NORTH WAZIRISTAN: A key militant commander was killed and another involved in suicide attacks against security forces was arrested during intelligence-based operations (IBOs) carried out by security forces in the district on Sunday, officials said. They said security forces also recovered a motorcycle with 20 kilogrammes of explosives. Officials said security forces launched the first IBO in Dirdoni area of Miramshah following information about presence of some militants in the…

‘Mastermind’ behind Karachi Police Office terror attack killed

By Qamar Ali in The News, March 13, 2023The mastermind behind the February 17 terror attack on the Karachi Police Office (KPO) and an accomplice of his were killed in an encounter with the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD), Geo News reported Monday. The CTD acted on a tip-off near the Northern Bypass in Manghopir. in which the mastermind of the Karachi Police Office attack, Iriadullah, was killed. CTD officials said that in an exchange of fire,…

IS claims bomb attack that targeted Afghan journalists

report in The News, March 13, 2023KABUL:e Islamic State group on Sunday claimed a bomb attack that killed a security guard and wounded a group of journalists and children in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif this week. Saturday´s bombing occurred at an event honouring Afghanistan´s journalists, and came two days after a suicide bomber killed the Taliban governor of Balkh province in an attack also claimed by IS. The attack against journalists was caused…

Two security guards killed in IED attack on Yar Rind’s son

report in The News, Mar 12, 2023QUETTA: Two security guards were killed and one injured after the convoy of Mir Sardar Khan Rind, son of MPA Sardar Yar Mohammad Rind, was targeted by an IED blast near Nushman area of Bolan, district Kachhi on Saturday. According to Fahad Shah Rashidi, Assistant Commissioner, Dhadar, the vehicle of the bodyguards included in the convoy of Mir Sardar Khan Rind struck an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) near Nushman…

Mazar-i-Sharif attack leaves one dead

AFP in Dawn, March 12th, 2023MAZAR SHARIF: A bomb blast in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Saturday killed a security guard and wounded a group of journalists as well as several children, police and a witness said. The blast came two days after a suicide bomber killed the Taliban governor of northern Balkh province in an attack claimed by the militant Islamic State (IS) group. Saturday’s blast took place during an event honouring…

Shipbreaking yards: Where safety takes a back seat

by Arun Bikash Dey in The Daily Star, Mar 10, 2023Another accident occurred at a shipbreaking yard in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila yesterday, claiming one life. But such accidents, and the injuries and deaths that accompany them, are nothing new there. In the past 18 years, 251 workers have been killed in accidents at shipbreaking yards. According to experts and rights activists, frequent accidents have been occurring at these sites due to the “sheer negligence” of…

Three killed in Swabi car attack

report in Dawn, March 10th, 2023SWABI: Gunmen killed three people in a car attack in Shewa village of Razaar tehsil here on Thursday. The police said Waqar Ahmad, his father Mohammad Sadiqand another person, Wahid Zaman, were targetedon the way to the Swabi Judicial Complex in Shahmansoor area. They said Waqar and Sadiq were to attend the court hearing into a murder case, while Zaman hitchhiked. The police said Sadiq died on the spot, while…

Policeman, student among four killed in Bannu firing

report in Dawn, March 10th, 2023LAKKI MARWAT: Four people including a policeman were killed and six others sustained bullet injuries when unknown assailants opened fire on them near a private school on DI Khan Road in Bannu on Thursday. Police said the incident occurred in the limits of Saddar police station and added that school students were also among the dead and injured….. After the gruesome shooting incident, Bannu regional police chief Syed Ashfaq Anwar…

One killed, three injured in Harnai IED blast

by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, March 10th, 2023QUETTA: One person was killed and three others were injured in an explosion in the Hazara dam area of Harnai district on Thursday. Officials said unknown miscreants planted an improvised explosive device (IED) at the under-construction dam which exploded when a tractor was passing through the area. The tractor was carrying drinking water for the employees working at the dam site. As a result of the powerful explosion,…