Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Inspector General of Police (IGP) Zulfiqar Hameed on Thursday said three police officials were martyred and several were injured as the force thwarted a “severe three-pronged terrorist attack” in Lower Dir on Wednesday. “At least three cops were martyred, and several others were injured during the terrorist attack that occurred during a combing […]
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Two cops martyred, as many injured in IED attack in Tank
Two cops were martyred and as many injured on Monday in what police suspect was an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Tank district. Sources in police said it appeared that an IED was used to target an armoured personnel carrier (APC) of the police in the incident that took place on Tank-Jandola […]
Nine policemen martyred in Ziarat attack, 15 terrorists killed in clearance operation
At least nine police officers, including two Station House Officers (SHOs), were martyred on Tuesday in an attack by terrorists affiliated with Fitna al-Khawarij in the Kach Mangi Phase III area of the tourist district of Ziarat in Balochistan, police said. According to Ziarat Superintendent of Police (SP) Abdul Qadoos Dehwar, the terrorists targeted police […]
SHO, constable martyred in Mohmand ambush
Two police personnel, including an additional station house officer (SHO), were martyred and another was seriously injured in a terrorist attack on a police patrol in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Mohmand district, police said on Friday. According to Mohmand police spokesman, terrorists belonging to the banned Fitna al Khawarij group ambushed a police mobile patrol near the […]
Rangers official Wahid Khan martyred, to be laid to rest in native village
Rangers official Wahid Khan, a resident of Ziarat Sheikh Allah Dad Sahib in Kohat district, embraced martyrdom in Karachi, according to family sources. The family said the martyr’s body will be brought to his ancestral village, Ziarat Sheikh Allah Dad Sahib, where he will be laid to rest with full respect. The schedule for the […]
Over 1,020 security men martyred as militancy hits ‘peak’ in 2025
State Minister for Interior Tallal Chaudhry said on Monday more than 1,020 law enforcement personnel had been killed in militant violence this year, describing 2025 as the “peak” of militancy in the country. Pakistan has witnessed a sharp rise in militant attacks in recent years, particularly in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and southwestern Balochistan provinces […]
Civil, military leadership attend funeral of soldiers martyred in chopper crash
The funeral prayer for the soldiers, who embraced martyrdom in tragic MI-17 helicopter crash in Muzaffarabad, was offered on Thursday at Chaklala Garrison, Rawalpindi, which was attended by the Honourable Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, NI (M), HJ, COAS & CDF, Deputy Prime Minster and Foreign Minister, Minister of Defence, Minister […]
7 soldiers martyred amid terror spike in KP, Balochistan
A soldier was martyred while 14 militants planning to attack a nearby police station and banks in southwestern Pakistan were gunned down on Tuesday, the Pakistan Army said in a statement, vowing to eliminate militancy in the country. The incident took place in the Naal area of district Basima in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province on […]
Four CTD personnel martyred in gunfight with terrorists in Quetta
At least nine terrorists were killed during an operation conducted by the Counter Terrorism Department on the outskirts of Quetta, while four personnel were martyred, a spokesperson for the CTD said on Saturday. According to the spokesperson, the CTD conducted the operation in the Panjpai and Nohsar areas on the outskirts of Quetta. During the […]
Pakistan warns of ‘open war’ on Afghanistan as five troops martyred
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif warned on Wednesday there would be an “open war” if Kabul did not stop militants from launching attacks on Pakistani territory, marking one of Islamabad’s strongest public statements in recent weeks amid spiraling tensions between the neighbors. Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have sharply deteriorated over the past year as Islamabad […]