Report in Dawn, August 19th, 2023PESHAWAR: A police officer sustained injuries when unknown motorcyclists opened fire at him in Khankhel area on the outskirts of the provincial capital here on Friday morning. The police officials said Sub-Inspector Gul Jalal, a Police Assistance Lines (PAL) officer, was on his way to a mosque for offering morning prayers when he came under attack. They said SHO Mathra police station Abdullah Jalal along with a team reached the…
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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…
Report in Dawn, July 25th, 2023PESHAWAR: Unidentified gunmen killed an official of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Public Service Commission in the limits of the Shahpur police station here on Monday morning, officials said. They said Arshad Khan, a resident of Charsadda district, who was serving as the commission’s director examination, was travelling to his office along with his driver when he came under attack. Aftab Khan, an official at the Shahpur police station, said Ismail Khan,…
report in Dawn, July 10th, 2023PESHAWAR: Eleven militants were killed and 35 others arrested along with 477 facilitators during the 40 intelligence-based operations carried out by the police since February 15, according to a report prepared by the Peshawar Intelligence and Response Cell (PIRC). The report, a copy of which is available with Dawn, also said that five networks of extortionists and 23 networks of hundi-hawala were also busted during the operations. It stated that…
By Javed Aziz Khan in The News, June 07, 2023PESHAWAR: Hours after a militant was killed in Matani, a police post in nearby Sarband was attacked late Tuesday night. Heavy firing was reported from both sides as the alert cops retaliated. The firing continued for long. An official said no casualty was reported in attack on the Achini post in Sarband police station, close to Khyber district. Some reports said a rocket was fired on…
Report in Dawn, June 4, 2023 PESHAWAR: A religious scholar was killed in Afridi Abad area on the outskirts of the provincial capital on Saturday, the police said. Badhber police station officials said Muhibullah, a brother of the deceased, Mufti Ehsan, informed them that they were on their way back home after offering prayers in a mosque when unidentified motorcyclists opened fire at his brother, killing him on the spot. The officials said the attack…
Report in Dawn, May 1st, 2023PESHAWAR: A constable of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police’s elite force was martyred when he came under attack while going home in Tarnab area on the outskirts of the provincial capital on Sunday evening, officials said. The city police station officials said that Mohammad Ibrar Khan, a resident of Meher Gul village of Tarnab, was deployed at the office of an intelligence agency. They said that he came under attack when…
Report in Dawn, April 22nd, 2023SWABI: A constable, who was seriously injured in a terrorist attack earlier this month, succumbed to injuries in Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, on Friday. Constable Mohammad Tayyab was performing duty at Tordher police station when two unidentified motorcyclists lobbed a grenade at the building on April 9. The policeman along with some civilians was injured. Tayyab’s death took the number of the police personnel martyred in Swabi during Ramazan to…
report in The News, April 03, 2023PESHAWAR: A police post in the Sheikhan village of the Badaber area was attacked with a hand grenade early Sunday. No casualty was reported when unidentified motorcyclists lobbed a hand grenade into the police post, close to the boundary with the Khyber tribal district, said officials. In one such attack on Sarband Police Station a few weeks back, the attackers targeted a deputy superintendent of police, Sardar Hussain, and…
report in The News, April 02, 2023PESHAWAR: A member of the Christian community was shot dead in Banaras Abad Academy Town here on Saturday. Officials said Kashif Masih, who was a sanitation worker, was going home when armed men opened fire on him. He died on the spot while the attackers managed to escape. Senior Superintendent of Police, Investigation, Kokab Farooq, and others arrived at the spot and collected evidence. A case was registered. On…
report in Dawn, March 7th, 2023PESHAWAR: Two police posts came under attack when militants lobbed grenades at them in Malazai and Jabba Masjid areas of the provincial capital on Monday, the officials said. They said the first incident took place in the jurisdiction of Regi police station when unknown militants hurled a grenade, which fell in an open area around the Malazai police post. There were no casualties in the attack. Militants also lobbed a…