report in Daily Mirror online, Apr 20, 2023 Serious allegations of bribes paid to a Sri Lankan to bury the matter Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe instructs police to initiate probe CEJ says only 29 days remaining for govt. to take legal action At a time when the country is depending on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and its international partners to bail Sri Lanka out of its worst ever economic crisis, there are serious questions as…
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Report in Dawn, April 15th, 2023HYDERABAD: Unidentified motorcycle-riding assailants gunned down son of a former superintendent of police in Qasimabad phase-I late on Thursday night. Arsalan alias Naveed Jamali, son of Ahmed Khan Jamali, was sitting outside a friend’s house along with two other friends when four assailants on two motorcycles shot at him six to seven times after confirming his identity, leaving him dead. He was taken to Liaquat University Hospital’s city branch where…
Report in The News, April 14, 2023TIMERGARA: Lower Dir police and CTD officials in a joint operation killed two terrorists involved in the murder of a traffic police official. Briefing local journalists at his office on Thursday, District Police Officer (DPO) Tariq Iqbal, SP CTD Amjad Khan and DSP Headquarter Fakhr-i-Alam Khan said that the cops conducted a raid on a tip-off regarding presence of two alleged terrorists Burhanuddin alias Burhan, a resident of Malakand,…
KHUZDAR: A policeman was gunned down and another injured by unknown armed men in the Nawa Jaffarabad area of Khuzdar district. Police officials said the incident took place late on Tuesday night when the Eagle Squad personnel were patrolling the area. “Armed men riding a motorcycle opened fire on the personnel, resulting in the killing of one policeman on the spot and injuries to another,” a senior official said. Police returned fire, but the attackers…
By Umer Farooq in Dawn, April 13th, 2023PESHAWAR: Three militants were shot dead and six others arrested during operations by security forces and Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of police on Wednesday, officials said. An intense exchange of fire took place between security forces and militants during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the Loesum area of Bajaur, where, according to local officials, three militants were gunned down. A statement later issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR),…
Report in Dawn, April 12th, 2023DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The Dera police foiled terror bids by recovering three rockets, as many rocket launchers, five repeaters and 10 magazines in two different actions here on Tuesday. A police spokesman said the Parova police thwarted an attempt to smuggle arms from Dera Ismail Khan to Karachi. He said a police team led by Parova circle DSP Malik Abid Iqbal and SHO Gulsher Khan took action on a tip-off.…
Report in Dawn, April 11th, 2023SWABI: A constable was among five people injured when unidentified militants attacked the Tordher police station in Chota Lahor tehsil with a grenade on Sunday night, the police and rescue officials said. District police officer Najamul Hussain said on Monday that the attack occurred three days after an assistant sub-inspector was martyred and two police personnel were injured when militants lobbed grenades onto their car in Yar Hussain area. He…
By Essa Khankhel in The News, April 11, 2023MINGORA: A child sustained injuries in a hand-grenade attack on the house of a member of dispute resolution council (DRC) in the Nokhara area in the Matta Tehsil of the Swat district, police said on Monday. They said that unidentified miscreants lobbed a hand-grenade into the house of Ihsanullah, a member of DRC in Nokhara area Sunday night. They said a child identified as Kamal sustained injuries…
By Saleem Shahid in Dawn, April 11th, 2023QUETTA: At least four people were killed and 21 others injured in two attacks targeting the police in Quetta on Monday. In the first attack, a blast took place in a busy market, killing four people and injuring 18. According to police, the target of the attack was SP Investigation Naseer Shah of Quetta police whose vehicle was parked at the Kandahari Bazaar. The SP was not in…
Report in The News, April 11, 2023QUETTA: In the latest terror incident, four people – including two policemen – were martyred Monday after an explosion near a police vehicle in the city’s Shahrah-e-Iqbal area. Officials told Geo News that at least 15 people were also injured in the blast which left several cars and motorcycles in the vicinity damaged. The bodies have been shifted to the Civil Hospital, hospital administration said. Those killed in the…
By Saleem Shahid in Dawn, April 10th, 2023QUETTA: Two cops were martyred and one was injured in an attack by unknown assailants in the Killi Spine area of Kuchlak district on Sunday evening, police said. The policemen, who belonged to the Eagle Squad, were patrolling on a motorcycle when the assailants opened indiscriminate fire, leaving three injured. One of the assailants was killed while the other managed to escape as cops returned fire. The injured…