Report in The News, December 07, 2023QUETTA: The unknown armed men gunned down an advocate and injured his colleague in Mastung town area of Balochistan on Wednesday. According to police sources, the victim identified as Muhammad Waris Advocate along with his colleague Haji Habibullah was on way to the Session Court from his house when armed assailants opened fire at them and fled from the scene near Major Chowk area. As a result, Muhammad Waris…
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by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, Nov 12th, 2023QUETTA: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) has killed three suspected militants during an intelligence-based operation in Mastung area of Balochistan. A CTD spokesman stated on Saturday that based on intelligence information, CTD personnel conducted a search operation in the Kanak area of Mastung district, during which the armed men opened fire on CTD officials and attempted to escape. However, CTD personnel cordoned off the area, returned fire, and…
by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, Sept 15th, 2023• ‘Planted bomb’ apparently targeted Hafiz Hamdullah• Initial investigation suggests device was remote-controlledQUETTA: At least 11 people, including JUI-F leader Hafiz Hamdullah, were injured in a blast targeting the party’s convoy near Mastung, some 50 kilometres from Quetta, on Thursday. Officials said the blast occured near Mr Hamdullah’s car when he reached the Killi Chotu area, a locality on the outskirts of Mastung, while on his way there…
by Abdul Wahid Shahwani Report in Dawn, Sept 8th, 2023KHUZDAR: A Levies official was gunned down by unidentified men in Mastung on Thursday. According to Levies officials, armed men riding motorcycles targeted the man on the city’s bus stand. He died on the spot. Two other people who were passing by were injured….. The deceased was identified as Abdul Zahir. The attack has been classified as targeted killing and the police have initiated an investigation.…
by Abdul Wahid Shahwani in Dawn, September 4th, 2023KHUZDAR: A member of Levies Force and two other people were shot dead in two different firing incidents in Mastung and Kalat districts on Sunday. Officials said that some unknown assailants barged into the house of a Levies official in the Johan area of Mangochar town of Kalat district and opened fire, killing him on the spot and injuring his wife. Members of the Levies Force rushed…
Report in Dawn, August 18th, 2023QUETTA: A traffic policeman was martyred by unknown gunmen in Pishin town, while another man was killed by an assailant in the Mastung area, on Thursday. Police said the traffic constable, identified as Abdul Ghafoor, was on duty in the main city area when unknown people on motorbikes opened fire on him using automatic weapons. He died on the spot and the attackers escaped. Police rushed to the site and…
report in Dawn, June 15th, 2023QUETTA: A private school was damaged in a grenade attack on Wednesday in Mastung town. Police said some motorcyclists hurled the grenade at the Taleem Foundation Grammar School in the Sarawan area. However, the grenade exploded outside the school. The explosion damaged the school’s boundary wall and smashed some windowpanes. The attackers fled the scene after the incident. No person or group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.https://www.dawn.com/news/1759809/school-attacked-in-mastung
by Abdul Wahid Shahwani in Dawn, January 23th, 2023KHUZDAR: A Levies Force soldier was martyred and an officer got injured when unidentified gunmen opened fire on their vehicle near the Wali Khan bypass in Mastung district on Sunday. Mastung Deputy Commissioner Yasir Iqbal Dashti said armed men opened fire when the Levies personnel reached at a petrol station near the Wali Khan bypass, where the assailants were looting. In the exchange of fire, one soldier…