report in Dawn, December 25th, 2023LAKKI MARWAT: Police foiled a militant attack on Serai Gambila police station here late Sunday night. A police official said that unknown militants attacked the police station in a bid to enter the building. They used light and heavy weapons prompting policemen to retaliate in the same manner,” he maintained. The official said that the personnel deployed at the police station were fully alert and they responded strongly. The police…
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report in Dawn, December 21st, 2023LAKKI MARWAT: The police repulsed a militant attack on Wanda Banochi checkpost near the Darra Pezu town of Lakki Marwat district here on Wednesday evening. A police official said that the cops deployed at the post noticed movement of around a dozen militants in the night vision cameras and opened fire at them. “The cops were alert and their prompt action stopped militants from launching a full-scale attack,” he maintained.…
report in Dawn, November 7th, 2023LAKKI MARWAT: The police on Monday claimed to have foiled terror bids by defusing explosives in Bannu and Lakki Marwat districts. Officials said that the Bannu police seized hand grenades, anti-tank mines and safety fuses from a mosque in Mamandkhel Wazir area. They added that unidentified miscreants had dumped the explosives with an intention to use them in subversive acts. “The bomb disposal squad experts defused the explosives, thus averting…
report in The News, Nov 6, 2023LAKKI MARWAT: Two members of a family were killed and three others sustained injuries in a landmine blast in the Kotka Noor Khan area here on Sunday, police officials said. They said that Niaz Gul, along with his wife and three sons, identified as Saeed Khan, 17, Yasim, 9 and Yarman, 5, was working in his field when a sudden explosion occurred. Saeed Khan and Yarman died on the…
by Ghulam Mursalin Marwat in Dawn, Oct 21, 2023LAKKI MARWAT: Four militants were killed and one was apprehended in an intelligence-based operation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat district on Friday, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. It said the security forces conducted the operation in the Semu Wanda area on the reported presence of militants. During the operation, an intense exchange of fire took place between the troops and the militants, in which four militants…
report in Dawn, September 28th, 2023LAKKI MARWAT: The police claimed to have repulsed terrorist attacks on two police stations and district jail in Lakki Marwat city on Tuesday night. An official said a police station, a police post and the district jail building came under simultaneous attacks. He said the assailants used light and heavy weapons in a bid to breach police installations and the prison. “Policemen deployed there were fully alert as they had…
Report in Dawn,Sept 10, 2023LAKKI MARWAT: The police repulsed an attack by terrorists on the Lakki Marwat city police station here on Friday night. An official said on Saturday that a group of terrorists attacked the city police station with sophisticated weapons. He, however, said the assailants could not breach the police station as the policemen deployed there were fully alert and responded effectively. The official said the police station building was located at a…
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…
report in Dawn, June 10th, 2023LAKKI MARWAT: A policeman was martyred during an exchange of fire between police and unidentified assailants in Shahbazkhel area of Lakki Marwat district on Thursday night, an official said. He said a team of Shahbazkhel police post had set up a picket on the Bannu-DI Khan section of the Indus Highway after receiving information that six armed motorcyclists believed to be terrorists were seen roaming in the town. The official…
Report in The News, April 25, 2023LAKKI MARWAT: A retired intelligence officer and a police official were martyred in separate attacks in Lakki City, official sources said on Monday. They said that two armed men forced their entry into the hujra (male guest house) of Col (Retd) Muqarrab Khan Marwat in Khoidadkhel. One of the accused aimed his gun at the guests and relatives of the victim warning them not to move while the other…
by Sirajuddin in Dawn, Feb 23, 2023The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Counter-Terrorism Department and Lakki Marwat police killed six terrorists, belonging to the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), in a joint intelligence-based operation in the jurisdiction of the Dadiwala police station on Thursday. In a statement issued today, Lakki Marwat police spokesperson Shahid Hameed said that the operation was conducted after security personnel got a tip-off that terrorists were planning an attack on the Abbas police checkpost. “When…