One police officer was martyred while five others sustained injuries on Monday after a suicide bomber targeted a police mobile in the Tajori area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat district. Read More: Security forces repulsed 3 terrorist attacks in Lakki Marwat According to Lakki Marwat District Police Officer’s spokesman Asif Hassan, the police vehicle came under attack when […]
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Three police martyred in Hangu checkpost attack
HANGU: Three police personnel were martyred and at least one terrorist killed after a militant attack on the Qazi Talab checkpost in Hangu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on Wednesday night, authorities said. The provincial Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) described the assault as a “cowardly attack” carried out under the cover of darkness. Read More: Three motorway police officers martyred in M-5 crash […]
Security forces foil suicide attack on FC headquarters in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: Pakistan’s security forces thwarted a major suicide attack on the Frontier Corps Headquarters in Peshawar on Monday, killing three terrorists, according to CCPO Peshawar. Three FC personnel embraced martyrdom while preventing the attackers from entering the facility. Read More: Police reveal foiled past terror bids of G-11 suicide bomber Officials said two powerful explosions occurred […]
KP CM Afridi vows no mercy for terrorists
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi said anyone killing Pakistani soldiers is a terrorist. He added that eliminating terrorists is the only option. Afridi stressed that law and order in the province will not be compromised under any circumstances. Afridi told reporters that KP Police are fully capable of tackling terrorism. He has approved the […]
17 TTP terrorists, including commanders, killed in Bannu operations
BANNU: At least 17 terrorists, including three high-profile Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commanders, were killed in coordinated operations by police, the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), and security forces across Bannu division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, officials said Saturday. The operations were launched following a deadly attack on the Howaid Peace Committee office on Friday that left seven people […]
Police, CTD strike successfully; five terrorists killed in Bannu-Lakki Marwat
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police and the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) killed five terrorists in a joint operation in Bannu and Lakki Marwat. The operation targeted militants of Fitna-e-Khawarij in the border areas of Takhti Khel and Hovid. All police personnel remained safe during the exchange of fire. The operation was led by DIG Bannu, Sajad Khan, […]
CM KP rejects ‘old, faulty’ police vehicles from centre
Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sohail Afridi, has directed the return of faulty bulletproof vehicles given by the federal government to the police. He said the vehicles were old, substandard, and insulting to the KP police. The CM made this statement during his first formal cabinet meeting in Peshawar, where he also reviewed the province’s […]
Interior Ministry hand over bulletproof vehicles to KP Police
In a significant step to strengthen the security apparatus in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the Ministry of Interior handed over a fleet of bulletproof vehicles to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Police during an official ceremony held in Islamabad. Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi formally presented the keys of the vehicles to Inspector General (IG) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa […]
7 Police Officers Martyred as Forces Repel Deadly Terrorist Attack
PESHAWAR – A major terrorist assault on the Ratta Kulachi Police Training School in Dera Ismail Khan was repelled late Friday night after a fierce five-hour gun battle, leaving seven police personnel martyred and six attackers dead, officials confirmed. According to the Central Police Office, the attackers—identified as Khawarij (militant extremists)—rammed an explosives-laden truck into […]
Challenges for KP Police
Prime Minister Imran Khan’s vision to make Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) a model province amid pledges of an imminent massive development in the newly-merged tribal areas is facing daunting challenges because of a recalcitrant bureaucracy. Some elements in connivance of prime minister’s close aides have joined hands to erode PM’s vision for a developed tribal region-a […]