report in Dawn, Sept 16, 2023PESHAWAR: The Counter-Terrorism Department claimed to have killed three suspected Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) militants in an exchange of fire in Khazana area, on the outskirts of the provincial capital on Friday. CTD officials said they had received information that suspected IS-K militants were planning to carry out sabotage attacks. “As soon as a special team reached Goye area, the militants fired at them,” a statement said, adding the CTD men…
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by Umer Farooq in Dawn, Sept 12, 2023PESHAWAR: A Frontier Corps (FC) soldier embraced martyrdom and nine others, including three civilians, sustained injuries in a roadside explosion on the outskirts of Peshawar on Monday, police said. The banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for carrying out the attack. The FC convoy of Mohmand Rifles was on its way from Michni area of district Mohmand towards the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s capital when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED)…
edit in The Nation, Feb 20, 2023Following the devastating attack in Karachi on Friday, the Sindh Police has established a committee to inquire into the incident and supervise the investigation of the case. This was a serious security lapse, especially following the attack in Peshawar; and the Interior Minister’s statement expressing surprise that militants have expanded their network into urban centres does not inspire a lot of confidence, and only illustrates how the state is…
by Asif Chaudhry in Dawn, February 1st, 2023LAHORE: A day after a deadly suicide bombing in Peshawar claimed over 100 lives, a police station in Mianwali came under a gun attack by a group of heavily armed militants belonging to banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Tuesday night. However, police claimed late at night the attack had been repulsed. The attack is significant in that terrorists — who had so far targeted police stations and check…
by Umer Farooq in Dawn, Jan 17th, 2023PESHAWAR: One of the country’s senior most lawyers, Abdul Latif Afridi, was shot dead in a broad daylight attack inside the bar room of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Monday, allegedly over a family feud. Mr Afridi, 80, was sitting in the bar room with other lawyers when the attacker opened fire, SSP Operations Kashif Abbasi said. Mr Afridi, a former president of the Supreme Court Bar…
by Shahid Khan in the Nation, Jan 16, 2023PESHAWAR – Police and Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) have shot dead the facilitators of the militants who had martyred a DSP and two other cops the other day, CTD official said. The official said that soon after the attack that claimed the lives of DSP Sardar Hussain and two other policemen, the police and CTD personnel launched a search operation in the precincts of Sarband police station.…
Report in Dawn, January 8th, 2023PESHAWAR: The banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) leader, Mufti Noor Wali Mehsood, has indicated that his outfit is still amenable to a ceasefire agreement with the government. “We held talks with Pakistan mediated by Islamic Emirates of Afghanistan. We are still open to the ceasefire agreement,” Mehsood said in a message on Saturday. The statement indicated that the TTP sought guidance from religious scholars, saying: “If you find anything mislaid, any…
Report in Dawn, january 7th, 2023PESHAWAR: The station house officer of the Mattani police station here sustained bullet injuries when unknown motorcyclists opened fire in a bazaar on Friday. The police station’s additional Muharrar Noor Zeb said SHO Imranuddin was patrolling in the area when armed motorcyclists opened fire, injuring him and a passer-by. “Both the police officer and the passerby were immediately shifted to a local hospital, where they are out of danger,” Mr…