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Prime Minister Dahal reassures chief ministers on police adjustment, civil service law

Report in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 31, 2023Drawing the federal government’s attention to their demand to adjust the police force and promulgate the federal civil service law has been the provincial leadership’s regular business for the last few months. The chief ministers and ministers descend on Kathmandu to pressure the prime minister to address their demands. Every time they approach Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, he promises them to act immediately, and they return. The…

Hand grenade attack injures three in Gwadar

by Syed Ali Shah in The Express Tribune, Dec 30, 2023December 29, 2023At least three people sustained injuries in a hand grenade attack that occurred on Friday in the Gwadar district of Balochistan, according to police sources. The incident unfolded when unidentified miscreants threw a hand grenade at a garage situated on Syed Hashmi Road in the port city. Swift response from law enforcement and rescue teams saw the injured promptly transported to the Indus…

Militant killed in Tank operation

report in Dawn, December 29th, 2023DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A militant wanted by the Counter-Terrorism Department was killed during a joint operation conducted by the Tank police and the security forces on the outskirts of the city, police said on Thursday. A police spokesman said the Tank police and security forces were engaged in a joint operation in the surrounding villages of Tank city, including Karri Haider, Alikhel and Karri Puk, when militants affiliated to the…

First police command and control centre opens in Khyber

report in Dawn, December 27th, 2023KHYBER: Inspector General of Police Akhtar Hayat Khan inaugurated on Tuesday the first command and control centre at Police Training Center Shahkas in Khyber tribal district. He was accompanied by CCPO Sayed Ashfaq Anwar, who also performed the opening of a new police station in Bara alongside inaugurating women-specific separate complaint desk in the same new building with female staff. Addressing the inaugural ceremony of police command and control centre,…

Tribal elder killed in Waziristan blast

report in The News, Dec 26, 2023WANA: A tribal elder was killed in Azam Warsak area in Lower South Waziristan district here on Monday, police sources said. The sources said that the tribal elder identified as Akbar Jan was going home on a motorcycle when he was attacked with an improvised explosive device (IED) at the Azam Warsak area. He lost life on the spot. The slain Akbar Jan was the son of late Malik…

Baloch protesters being freed after bail: police

Report in Dawn, Dec 25th, 2023• Organisers claim 100 students still missing, demand they be produced in court• Balochistan minister accuses protesters of ‘following an agenda’ISLAMABAD: Islamabad police said on Sunday the bail of all detained Baloch protesters — taken into custody during a demonstration demanding an end to enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings — had been approved and they were being released. However, the protesters have accused the police of “giving false statements” and…

Police set up special desk for ‘safe release’ of detained Baloch activists

by Ikram Junaidi in Dawn, December 25th, 2023ISLAMABAD: As more than 100 Baloch students reportedly remain missing in the aftermath of a crackdown on their long march, the police on Sunday set up a ‘special help centre’ for the release of the incarcerated individuals. The long march — which started in Turbat on December 6 after the alleged “extra-judicial killing” of a Baloch youth by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) officials — had reached the federal…

Militant attack on Lakki police station repulsed

report in Dawn, December 25th, 2023LAKKI MARWAT: Police foiled a militant attack on Serai Gambila police station here late Sunday night. A police official said that unknown militants attacked the police station in a bid to enter the building. They used light and heavy weapons prompting policemen to retaliate in the same manner,” he maintained. The official said that the personnel deployed at the police station were fully alert and they responded strongly. The police…

Police intercept Baloch marchers

report in The News, Dec 21, 2023ISLAMABAD: An advance party of Baloch Yakjehti Council (BYC) Wednesday reached Islamabad through the Motorway but the police intercepted it at Chungi No. 26 and barricaded all the main and artery roads, including Kashmir Avenue, leading to the Red Zone. “Two groups of BYC arrived unscheduled Wednesday evening but the authorities deployed police to block the mob as their motorcade reach Chungi No. 26,” police sources said, adding that…

Lakki police repulse attack on checkpost

report in Dawn, December 21st, 2023LAKKI MARWAT: The police repulsed a militant attack on Wanda Banochi checkpost near the Darra Pezu town of Lakki Marwat district here on Wednesday evening. A police official said that the cops deployed at the post noticed movement of around a dozen militants in the night vision cameras and opened fire at them. “The cops were alert and their prompt action stopped militants from launching a full-scale attack,” he maintained.…

Terrorists behind Dera, Tank attacks traced: police chief

report in Dawn, December 20th, 2023CHARSADDA: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police chief Akhtar Hayat Khan on Tuesday claimed that the terrorists behind the recent Dera Ismail Khan and Tank attacks against security personnel had been traced and their identity would be disclosed “very soon.” After inaugurating the “command and control room” at the City Police Station here, Mr Khan said the events in Afghanistan affected peace in Pakistan. He said the police were “fully” prepared to counter…