by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, February 10th, 2023QUETTA: A Levies Force official was martyred and three others injured when shooters ambushed a convoy escorting a returning officer in Dera Bugti district on Thursday. Levies officials said the convoy came under attack on its way to Dera Bugti from the Phelawagh area of Pir Koh after polling in the third phase of the local government elections. When the convoy reached near Lop area, unidentified shooters hiding…
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report in The News, Jan 31, 2023RAWALPINDI: Security forces and intelligence agencies killed a terrorist in Kurram district, who had martyred two intelligence officers in Khanewa earlier this month. Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Counter-Terrorism Director Naveed Sadiq and Inspector Nasir Abbas of the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) had been martyred when they were sitting in a roadside hotel in Khanewal on January 3. According to the ISPR, the intelligence agencies after hectic efforts and using latest technology…
report in The Express Tribune, Jan 31st, 2023PESHAWAR: At least 61 people, many of them policemen, were martyred and more than 170 sustained injuries after a suicide bomber blew himself up at a mosque in Peshawar’s Police Lines during the afternoon prayers on Monday, police and medics said. Officials confirmed that it was a suicide attack and that the bomber was standing in the front row at the time of the explosion. Peshawar Capital City…
Report in Dawn, Jnuary 24th, 2023LAKKI MARWAT/KHYBER: A Pakistan Army soldier was martyred in a bomb blast in Bannu and a suspected militant was killed in a joint operation in Khyber tribal district on Monday. A local official told Dawn that an improvised explosive device (IED) was planted by militants in the Janikhel area of Bannu district and it exploded when it was being defused by the bomb disposal unit. “The [explosive] device went off…
By Qazi Fazlullah in The News, Jan 20, 2023In a terrorist attack on a police check-post in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Khyber Agency Thursday at least three policemen were martyred. Terrorists opened fire on the check-post in Tekhta Beg and used explosive material in the attack, after which the police station caught fire, according to the local police. The exchange of fire between the police force and terrorists still continues. Immediately after the attack, the traffic on…
by Dilawar Wazir in Dawn, December 30th, 2022PESHAWAR / SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: Three Pakistan Army soldiers were martyred in the Arawali area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Kurram district on Thursday in a gunfight with militants, the military’s media wing said in a statement. Separately, two people were killed in South Waziristan district when security forces opened fire at a car when its driver failed to stop at a checkpoint. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) identified the martyred…
by Naveed Siddiqui in Dawn, Dec 20th, 2022A soldier and two civilians were martyred in a suicide blast in North Waziristan district’s Miranshah on Monday, the military’s media wing said. A press release from the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) identified the soldier as 33-year-old Naik Abid from Mansehra. The ISPR added that one civilian was injured in the incident too. Today’s incident comes five days after a soldier and a civilian were martyred in…
report in Dawn, December 8th, 2022LAKKI MARWAT: A policeman was martyred when terrorists attacked a checkpost near Kinger Bridge in Bannu district on Tuesday night. Police officials said that the checkpost had been established near the bridge in the limits of Mandan police station as part of security measures to protect roads and citizens from attacks. They said that the policemen deployed at the post were performing their duties as usual when they came under…
by Ghulam Mursalin Marwat in Dawn, Dec 7th, 2022LAKKI MARWAT: A Frontier Constabulary soldier was martyred and beheaded by unknown attackers in Janikhel town of Bannu district, according to police. The deceased was gunned down, along with his son inside their home, according to the FIR. The victims have been identified as Rehman Zaman, 45, and Shahid, 18. The victim’s widow, in her statement, told the police that her husband and son were asleep in…
by Pazeer Gul in Dawn, Dec 6th, 2022NORTH WAZIRISTAN: One soldier was martyred and five alleged militants were killed during an intelligence-based operation in the Jhallar Algad area of North Waziristan district on Monday, a statement by the military’s media wing has said. According to ISPR, the troops effectively engaged the militants during the operation and managed to gun down five militants allegedly involved in terrorist activities against security forces and citizens. Weapons and ammunition…
report in Dawn, Dec 2nd, 2022CHARSADDA: A police constable, Zarmast Khan, was martyred when unknown assailants opened fire on him at Chontra bridge in the limits of Tangi police station here on Thursday. The attackers riding on a motorcycle opened fire on the police constable while he was coming home in Tangi after performing his duty at the exise and taxation office. He died on the spot. The police personnel reached the site, cordoned off…