By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press Online, November 7, 2023Seven people died, and 20 others were injured in a bus explosion in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, as reported by the police. According to Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran, the explosion took place in the Dasht-e-Barchi neighbourhood of the capital. This area is known for being home to the historically marginalized Shia Hazara community. An explosion occurred in a bus carrying civilian passengers in the…
Posts tagged as “Police”
report in Dawn, November 7th, 2023LAKKI MARWAT: The police on Monday claimed to have foiled terror bids by defusing explosives in Bannu and Lakki Marwat districts. Officials said that the Bannu police seized hand grenades, anti-tank mines and safety fuses from a mosque in Mamandkhel Wazir area. They added that unidentified miscreants had dumped the explosives with an intention to use them in subversive acts. “The bomb disposal squad experts defused the explosives, thus averting…
report in The News, Nov 6, 2023TANK: Suspected militants attacked the Gul Imam Police Station in Tank last night, officials said on Sunday. The cops manning the police station also returned the fire and forced the attackers to retreat. Taking advantage of the dark, the terrorists fled the area. A police constable Waheed Gul was injured in the attack, which continued for an hour. He was rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital in Tank. District…
By Behram Baloch | Saleem Shahid in Dawn, November 1st, 2023GWADAR / QUETTA: Four labourers and a policeman lost their lives in an armed attack at a police station near Turbat in Kech district on Tuesday, according to officials. Makran Division Commissioner Saeed Ahmed Umrani told Dawn that around 17 labourers were staying in the police station due to security reasons when the attack took place, early in the morning. It was the second attack…
report in Dawn, October 30th, 2023BAJAUR: A prayer leader was killed in what police said a targeted attack in Mamond tehsil here on Sunday. Dilawar Khan, SHO Mamond police station, told reporters that unknown assailants fired at Qari Mohammad Qasim, 42, killing him on the spot. He said the locals chased the attackers, but they managed to escape. He said Qasim was a prayer leader at a mosque in his native Laghari area. No one…
By Imtiaz li in Dawn, October 23th, 2023KARACHI: A worker of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan and two others were gunned down in suspected targeted attacks in different parts of the city on Sunday, police said. They said that Niaz Husain, 45, was gunned down by armed motorcyclists near Aman Chowk in Khairabad within the remit of the Manghopir police station on Sunday evening. An area police officer, Saeed Wahab, said that the victim was a…
Report in Dawn, October 27th, 2023KURRAM: Four persons died and six others sustained injuries when two vehicles being escorted by police came under attack in Charkhel area of Lower Kurram on Thursday. Police sources said the vehicles were on way from Thal area of district Hangu to Parachinar, headquarters of Kurram district, when it came under attack, adding the injured persons were shifted to Combined Military Hospital Thal. An eyewitness, Tahir Hussain, who escaped the…
Report in Dawn, October 26th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Residents of a village looted cash from a police team, besides beating them in Phulgran area and also got freed their relative allegedly involved in drug peddling, police said on Wednesday. Police said a four-member police team was patrolling the area of Sri Chowk where they got information that a grocery store in Athal Village was selling drugs. The police team reached the shop and arrested the shop owner…
Report in Dawn, October 26th, 2023DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Two militants of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan were killed in an encounter with the police in Prova tehsil here on Wednesday, an official claimed. He said on a tip-off about presence of TTP militants in Prova tehsil, the police launched a search and strike operation in the area. He said during the operation, militants opened fire on the policemen, who responded promptly. During exchange of fire, two…
Bureau Report in Dawn, October 26th, 2023PESHAWAR: The police arrested three Afghan nationals for being involved in mobile phone snatching following an exchange of fire in separate actions on the outskirts of the provincial capital on Tuesday night. Officials said a mobile team of Pahari Pura police station signaled two men riding on a motorcycle to stop, but they opened fire on the personnel, who had to retaliate, forcing the criminals to flee. They said…
By Imtiaz Ali in Dawn, October 23th, 2023KARACHI: A worker of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan and two others were gunned down in suspected targeted attacks in different parts of the city on Sunday, police said. They said that Niaz Husain, 45, was gunned down by armed motorcyclists near Aman Chowk in Khairabad within the remit of the Manghopir police station on Sunday evening. An area police officer, Saeed Wahab, said that the victim was a…