Quetta, June 28 (IANS) Four police personnel were injured after a bomb exploded near their vehicle in the Dasht area of Mastung district of Pakistan’s Balochistan province, local media reported on Sunday. An explosive device was planted by unidentified assailants along the Mian Ghandi Link Road near Pir Wali on Saturday, and the blast took place when the police vehicle carrying prisoners from Dasht court to Mastung jail passed through the location, police said, The Express Tribune reported. The …
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Islamabad, June 20 (IANS) At least seven people were killed and three others injured in two explosions on Saturday in Bannu district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.The two explosions occurred in Marka Bera, a semi-tribal mountainous area of Bannu’s Wazir sub-division, local media reported.According to the Bannu District Police Officer (DPO) Yasir Afridi, a total of seven people were killed, and three others injured in the two blasts, leading Pakistani daily Dawn reported.He also sai…
Islamabad, June 12 (IANS) Two police personnel killed after armed assailants opened fire on them in separate incidents in Bannu district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, according to officials’ statement on Friday, local media reported. On Friday, police constable was returning home after attending a gathering when he was attacked on Bannu-Miranshah Road. As per initial reports, unidentified armed assailants opened fire on him when he was returning home. He suffered critical injuries a…
Islamabad, June 7 (IANS) Zakhakhel tribesmen blocked the main highway leading to the Torkham border point in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and announced that they would take up arms in self-defence after two men were killed in a targeted attack, local media reported. Protesters, including several political party activists, civil society members and tribesmen, said that armed volunteers would be given the task to carry out patrols in local areas. They announced a complete ban on motorcycle riding…
Islamabad, March 19 (IANS) An assistant sub-inspector of the Elite Force was shot dead by unknown gunmen in Mano Banda area of Gandigar in Upper Dir district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local media reported on Thursday, citing police. Bacha Yousaf Khan was targetted by assailants outside his residence. He was immediately rushed to the hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. According to police sources, Khan was heading to mosque to offer prayers when he was targeted, Pakista…
Islamabad, March 13 (IANS) At least six police personnel were killed and one injured in a blast near a police vehicle in the Bettani tribal of Lakki Marwat district in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the local media reported. According to a spokesperson of the local police, the explosion took place near a police mobile, causing death of six police personnel and injuries to one policeman. The spokesperson further said that additional police personnel were deployed at the site of the incid…
Quetta, March 9 (IANS) A senior officer of the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) was killed after unidentified assailants opened fire at him in the Killi Ismail area of Pakistan’s Quetta, local media reported on Monday. Police said Inspector Metha Khan, who recently joined CTD, was shot by armed men when he was passing through the Killi Ismail area on Sunday, Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn reported. A senior police that the CTD officer died on the spot after the armed men on motorcycles opened…
Islamabad, March 4 (IANS) An Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), Daulat Khan, was killed in a sniper attack by unknown assailants on the Badan police post in Wara Mamond tehsil of Bajaur district in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday, local media reported, citing police. Following the attack, police cordoned off the area and launched a search operation to find the suspects, Pakistan’s leading daily The Express Tribune reported. Attacks on security personnel have occurred in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa…