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…
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Report in Dawn, August 8th, 2023NORTH WAZIRISTAN/PESHAWAR: Four people were martyred and two injured in separate attacks in North Waziristan and Peshawar on Monday, local officials and police confirmed. In the first attack, a couple was martyred in a bomb attack targeting security forces in Saidgai area of North Waziristan near the Pak-Afghan border. A Bomb Disposal Unit was carrying out a search operation in the area when a suicide bomber, travelling in a vehicle…
By Rasool Dawar in The News, Aug 7, 2023PESHAWAR: A policeman was martyred and two others suffered injuries when a police mobile was attacked in the Badaber area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Peshawar. The KP province, which borders Afghanistan, has seen a slew of terror incidents in recent months after the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ended its ceasefire with Islamabad, with other terrorist groups also increasing attacks. Constable Yar Muhammad suffered critical injuries along with two…
by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, July 13th, 2023QUETTA: As many as 12 soldiers of the Pakistan Army embraced martyrdom in separate military operations in the Zhob and Sui areas of Balochistan, while seven “heavily armed” militants who reportedly attacked the security forces were also killed, the military’s media wing said in multiple statements on Wednesday. This was the military’s highest single-day death toll from terrorist attacks reported this year. Before this, 10 personnel were martyred…
report in The Express Tribune online, July 12, 2023ZHOB, BALOCHISTAN: Four security personnel were martyred by terrorists on Wednesday in an early morning attack on the Zhob Garrison in Norther Balochistan, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) reported. The military’s media wing further stated that five soldiers were critically injured. “Initial attempt of terrorists to sneak into the facility was checked by soldiers on duty,” the ISPR said, adding that the terrorists were soon after cornered…
Report in The News, June 25, 2023TURBAT: One policeman was martyred and a woman constable sustained injuries in a suicide blast in the Turbat district of Balochistan, Geo News reported quoting a senior official on Saturday. The deputy commissioner of Kech district said the woman suicide bomber blew herself up on Commissioner Road in the city. A vehicle of security forces was also damaged in the explosion, he added. Balochistan Chief Minister Abdul Quddus Bizenjo…
Report in Dawn, June 6th, 2023PESHAWAR/SWAT: Three soldiers were martyred during clashes between security forces and militants in North and South Waziristan districts, according to the military’s media affairs wing. Two militants were also killed in the fighting, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. In Swat, meanwhile, a key militant commander of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP) was arrested during an operation in which a civilian lost his life and a policeman was injured. ISPR said…
Report in Dawn, June 6th, 2023PESHAWAR/SWAT: Three soldiers were martyred during clashes between security forces and militants in North and South Waziristan districts, according to the military’s media affairs wing. Two militants were also killed in the fighting, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. In Swat, meanwhile, a key militant commander of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP) was arrested during an operation in which a civilian lost his life and a policeman was injured. ISPR said…
report in The News, June 02, 2023RAWALPINDI: Two soldiers were martyred in an exchange of fire with terrorists in Singwan area (Dist Kech) of Balochistan along the Pakistan-Iran border. When a group of terrorists attacked the security post, the troops retaliated and pushed them back, said the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) in a statement on Thursday. During the exchange of fire, Sepoy Hasnain Ishtiaq, 34, and Sepoy Inayat Ullah, 27, embraced Shahadat. The security forces…
Report in Dawn, May 30th, 2023MOHMAND: A policeman was martyred when unidentified attackers opened indiscriminate fire on a check post in Aman Ghundiara area of Safi tehsil here on Sunday night, officials said. They said the unknown assailants escaped after attacking the check post. They said a constable identified as Jamshid Khan was critically injured in the attack. He was shifted to a hospital in Peshawar, where he succumbed to injuries. The police registered a…