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Four security personnel were injured when militants attacked Spina Thana in Akhorwal area of Darra Adamkhel with rockets on Tuesday night.
The security forces responded with artillery and machinegun fire and destroyed two hideouts of Darra Taliban. However, no casualties were reported from militants’ side.
Militants fired three rockets at the heavily guarded camp of security forces in Spina Thana. As a result naib subedar Gul Nabi, lance naik Rehmatullah, lance naik Zikria and sepoy Hayatullah sustained serious injuries.
The injured were shifted to combined military hospital in Peshawar for treatment.
Security forces retaliated with artillery and heavy machinegun fire and destroyed two hideouts of the militants.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Kidnapped arms dealer recovered
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Security forces recovered the owner of Daud Sons Armory and arrested three kidnappers in an operation carried out in Doaba area of Hangu district on Monday.
Acting on a tip-off about the shifting of Hakeemuddin, owner of the arms factory on Kohat Road Peshawar, to Wana from Doaba, the security forces raided a hideout in the area. An exchange of gunfire took place between the security forces and kidnappers, resulting in the arrest of three of them and recovery of the kidnapped arms dealer.
Militants associated with the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had kidnapped Hakeemuddin from Peshawar on March 9. They had demanded Rs50 million as ransom which was reduced to Rs20 million later.
Hakeemuddin was accused by the militants of supplying arms and ammunition to the security forces across the country. The NWFP Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti had already announced award of Rs5 million for the safe recovery of the kidnapped arms dealer.
Security forces recovered the owner of Daud Sons Armory and arrested three kidnappers in an operation carried out in Doaba area of Hangu district on Monday.
Acting on a tip-off about the shifting of Hakeemuddin, owner of the arms factory on Kohat Road Peshawar, to Wana from Doaba, the security forces raided a hideout in the area. An exchange of gunfire took place between the security forces and kidnappers, resulting in the arrest of three of them and recovery of the kidnapped arms dealer.
Militants associated with the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had kidnapped Hakeemuddin from Peshawar on March 9. They had demanded Rs50 million as ransom which was reduced to Rs20 million later.
Hakeemuddin was accused by the militants of supplying arms and ammunition to the security forces across the country. The NWFP Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti had already announced award of Rs5 million for the safe recovery of the kidnapped arms dealer.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
TMA official’s body found in Darra
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The throat-slit body of Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) official working in Lachi teshil, who was kidnapped Friday, was found dumped in Akhorwal area of Darra Adamkhel Saturday. Official sources said the official Saadullah Khan, along with his family members, was on his way to Kohat from Peshawar Friday morning when his car was intercepted and militants kidnapped him near Speena Thana. His body was shifted to a public hospital in Darra Adamkhel.
The throat-slit body of Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) official working in Lachi teshil, who was kidnapped Friday, was found dumped in Akhorwal area of Darra Adamkhel Saturday. Official sources said the official Saadullah Khan, along with his family members, was on his way to Kohat from Peshawar Friday morning when his car was intercepted and militants kidnapped him near Speena Thana. His body was shifted to a public hospital in Darra Adamkhel.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Four killed in separate incidents
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Four persons, including a woman and a child, died and five others sustained injuries in separate incidents here Wednesday.
Police said that a man along and his nephew drowned while swimming in Zebi Dam. Farman and Sajid of Thor Mrach area had gone to the dam for picnic on Eidul Fitr. Divers took out the bodies from the dam after hectic efforts.
In another incident, a four-year-old child was killed and his father Ismail injured when his grandfather Abdullah Noor of Thordhand accidentally triggered the pistol while cleaning it. Separately, a passer-by, Asmatulah of Tappi, was injured during crossfire between two rival groups.
In yet another incident, two motorbike riders, Sayal and Ramazan of Badeenkhel, sustained injuries in a head on collision between their bikes.A woman died and another was injured when a motorcar hit them on Indus Highway at Mirkalam Banda. The deceased was identified as Gul Mewa of Chennikhel while the injured was identified as Zuleha of Mirkalam Banda. She was rushed to DHQ hospital.
Four persons, including a woman and a child, died and five others sustained injuries in separate incidents here Wednesday.
Police said that a man along and his nephew drowned while swimming in Zebi Dam. Farman and Sajid of Thor Mrach area had gone to the dam for picnic on Eidul Fitr. Divers took out the bodies from the dam after hectic efforts.
In another incident, a four-year-old child was killed and his father Ismail injured when his grandfather Abdullah Noor of Thordhand accidentally triggered the pistol while cleaning it. Separately, a passer-by, Asmatulah of Tappi, was injured during crossfire between two rival groups.
In yet another incident, two motorbike riders, Sayal and Ramazan of Badeenkhel, sustained injuries in a head on collision between their bikes.A woman died and another was injured when a motorcar hit them on Indus Highway at Mirkalam Banda. The deceased was identified as Gul Mewa of Chennikhel while the injured was identified as Zuleha of Mirkalam Banda. She was rushed to DHQ hospital.
Mastermind of suicide bombings’ held in Darra
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The security forces arrested 11 militants, including alleged mastermind of suicide bombings, during search operation in Frontier Region of Darra Adamkhel on Wednesday.
Eight suspected militants were also held in raids on seminaries in Kohat district. Official sources said five militants, including an alleged mastermind of suicide bombings, were held in injured condition after an exchange of fire during a search operation in Sagiwal area of Darra Adamkhel. The government officials, however, did not disclose the name of the alleged mastermind of suicide bombings and other militants.
After giving required treatment to the arrested militants at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), the security forces shifted them to an undisclosed location for interrogation, the sources added.
The sources said the arrested militants were involved in an attack on a checkpoint in Zor Killay that had left two soldiers dead a couple of day ago. Six militants were rounded up elsewhere in Darra Adamkhel during the search and clearance operation, the sources said.
In Tekiwal area, the security forces blew up a house belonging to one Haya Khan Afridi, which was in the use of militants. The forces also targeted various hideouts of militants in the hills of Darra Adamkhel with heavy artillery. No casualty was, however, reported. Meanwhile, the security forces arrested eight militants during raids on two seminaries in Junglekhel and Bili Tang towns in Kohat.
The security forces arrested 11 militants, including alleged mastermind of suicide bombings, during search operation in Frontier Region of Darra Adamkhel on Wednesday.
Eight suspected militants were also held in raids on seminaries in Kohat district. Official sources said five militants, including an alleged mastermind of suicide bombings, were held in injured condition after an exchange of fire during a search operation in Sagiwal area of Darra Adamkhel. The government officials, however, did not disclose the name of the alleged mastermind of suicide bombings and other militants.
After giving required treatment to the arrested militants at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), the security forces shifted them to an undisclosed location for interrogation, the sources added.
The sources said the arrested militants were involved in an attack on a checkpoint in Zor Killay that had left two soldiers dead a couple of day ago. Six militants were rounded up elsewhere in Darra Adamkhel during the search and clearance operation, the sources said.
In Tekiwal area, the security forces blew up a house belonging to one Haya Khan Afridi, which was in the use of militants. The forces also targeted various hideouts of militants in the hills of Darra Adamkhel with heavy artillery. No casualty was, however, reported. Meanwhile, the security forces arrested eight militants during raids on two seminaries in Junglekhel and Bili Tang towns in Kohat.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
33 killed, 60 hurt in Kohat suicide attack
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Thirty-three people were killed and 60 others sustained injuries in a suicide car bombing in Katcha Pakha bazaar near here on Friday for which a little-known sectarian militant organisation, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Al-Almi, claimed responsibility.
The explosion also brought down a two-storey hotel and about 25 nearby shops besides partially damaging other properties. The bomb went off at the busy intersection in Katcha Pakha bazaar in Astarzai union council area on the main Kohat-Hangu Road. The suicide bomber blew his double-cabin up at 10:00am when the small bazaar was thronged by shoppers.
It killed 33 people, majority of whom were buried under the debris of the hotel and shops that collapsed due to the impact of the explosion. Eyewitnesses said that human limbs were lying scattered at the place of the occurrence and some of the bodies were mutilated beyond recognition. They said besides the two-storey hotel, 25 shops razed to the ground and about 16 vehicles were destroyed. The blast caused an eight-foot deep and 12-foot wide crater on the roadside.
Maulana Rauf, chief of the shadowy Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Al-Almi, said his organisation carried out the attack. He also warned of more attacks in future. It is believed that the group is linked to the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi of Maulana Haq Nawaz.
The organisation has reportedly said that the attack was in revenge for the death of a prominent religious leader, Maulana Muhammad Amin, the chief of the Sunni Supreme Council and renowned religious scholar, who was killed when his house and Madrassa was bombed in Hangu in June.
NWFP Inspector General Police (IGP) Malik Naveed Khan told a private TV channel that the incident might be the reaction to the ongoing military operation against the militants in Hangu district and the bordering Orakzai tribal agency.
The Kohat police spokesman, Fazal Naeem, however, termed the incident part of the ongoing wave of militancy and said that a clean-up operation was already under way in the area. The residents of Astarzai waited long for machinery and rescue team to help lift the debris and pull bodies out of the rubble, but shovels could not reach the place till 5:00 pm. However, local people rescued some victims themselves.
The injured were rushed to the Kohat Development Authority (KDA), the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) and the Astarzai hospital. The Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Kohat Abdullah Khan and the district police officer (DPO) rushed to the site along with the bomb disposal squad and the Rescue 15 team. The police also recovered some body parts of the suicide bomber and sent them to the forensic laboratory in Peshawar for tests. The engine and some other parts of the double-cabin vehicle used in the suicide attack were taken into custody which may provide help in the investigation.
The bomb disposal squad said that 150 kgs of explosives were used in the blast. An enraged mob gathered at the site of the blast and pelted the police team with stones, damaging some of the police vehicles. However, Army personnel cordoned off the area and brought the situation under control.
The police officials said most of the bodies could not be identified because of the extent of the mutilations. Those identified were: Qayyum Ali, Zareen Khan, Iftikhar Hussain, Sher Muhammad Ishaq, Abdus Samad, Nihar Hussain, Dost Ali, Rahman Ali, Shakeel, Mujahid, Jameel and Saddat Ali. The injured included: Nazim Ali, Akram Ali, Arbab Ali, Sirat Ali, Said Muhammad, Taqi Hussain, Gul Hussain, Hamid Ali, Sharbat Khan, Gul Wali, Haider Hussain, Syed Inayat and Nushad Ali. The police also said that majority of the victims belonged to Katcha Pakha area.
Later, at the burial of one of the dead, Jameel, his rivals attacked the funeral and killed three members of his family in Boraka village. The cause of the incident was said to be old enmity. Meanwhile, NWFP Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti announced Rs 0.3 million, and Rs 100,000, respectively, for the deceased and injured.
Thirty-three people were killed and 60 others sustained injuries in a suicide car bombing in Katcha Pakha bazaar near here on Friday for which a little-known sectarian militant organisation, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Al-Almi, claimed responsibility.
The explosion also brought down a two-storey hotel and about 25 nearby shops besides partially damaging other properties. The bomb went off at the busy intersection in Katcha Pakha bazaar in Astarzai union council area on the main Kohat-Hangu Road. The suicide bomber blew his double-cabin up at 10:00am when the small bazaar was thronged by shoppers.
It killed 33 people, majority of whom were buried under the debris of the hotel and shops that collapsed due to the impact of the explosion. Eyewitnesses said that human limbs were lying scattered at the place of the occurrence and some of the bodies were mutilated beyond recognition. They said besides the two-storey hotel, 25 shops razed to the ground and about 16 vehicles were destroyed. The blast caused an eight-foot deep and 12-foot wide crater on the roadside.
Maulana Rauf, chief of the shadowy Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Al-Almi, said his organisation carried out the attack. He also warned of more attacks in future. It is believed that the group is linked to the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi of Maulana Haq Nawaz.
The organisation has reportedly said that the attack was in revenge for the death of a prominent religious leader, Maulana Muhammad Amin, the chief of the Sunni Supreme Council and renowned religious scholar, who was killed when his house and Madrassa was bombed in Hangu in June.
NWFP Inspector General Police (IGP) Malik Naveed Khan told a private TV channel that the incident might be the reaction to the ongoing military operation against the militants in Hangu district and the bordering Orakzai tribal agency.
The Kohat police spokesman, Fazal Naeem, however, termed the incident part of the ongoing wave of militancy and said that a clean-up operation was already under way in the area. The residents of Astarzai waited long for machinery and rescue team to help lift the debris and pull bodies out of the rubble, but shovels could not reach the place till 5:00 pm. However, local people rescued some victims themselves.
The injured were rushed to the Kohat Development Authority (KDA), the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) and the Astarzai hospital. The Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Kohat Abdullah Khan and the district police officer (DPO) rushed to the site along with the bomb disposal squad and the Rescue 15 team. The police also recovered some body parts of the suicide bomber and sent them to the forensic laboratory in Peshawar for tests. The engine and some other parts of the double-cabin vehicle used in the suicide attack were taken into custody which may provide help in the investigation.
The bomb disposal squad said that 150 kgs of explosives were used in the blast. An enraged mob gathered at the site of the blast and pelted the police team with stones, damaging some of the police vehicles. However, Army personnel cordoned off the area and brought the situation under control.
The police officials said most of the bodies could not be identified because of the extent of the mutilations. Those identified were: Qayyum Ali, Zareen Khan, Iftikhar Hussain, Sher Muhammad Ishaq, Abdus Samad, Nihar Hussain, Dost Ali, Rahman Ali, Shakeel, Mujahid, Jameel and Saddat Ali. The injured included: Nazim Ali, Akram Ali, Arbab Ali, Sirat Ali, Said Muhammad, Taqi Hussain, Gul Hussain, Hamid Ali, Sharbat Khan, Gul Wali, Haider Hussain, Syed Inayat and Nushad Ali. The police also said that majority of the victims belonged to Katcha Pakha area.
Later, at the burial of one of the dead, Jameel, his rivals attacked the funeral and killed three members of his family in Boraka village. The cause of the incident was said to be old enmity. Meanwhile, NWFP Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti announced Rs 0.3 million, and Rs 100,000, respectively, for the deceased and injured.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Six Taliban camps destroyed in Hangu
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The security forces blew up six camps of Taliban after entering into Chappri Naryab area of Hangu district on Tuesday night.
The militants had re-entered the area after the last year’s operation and had enforced their style of Sharia in several towns and villages near Orakzai Agency. They had destroyed a private health centre in Kurt area, located at the border between Hangu and Kurram Agency on Monday night.
The security forces targeted the hideouts of militants on Kurram-Hangu border after the incident. The security forces had been using air force and artillery against militants in the area for the last three years. According to Taliban sources 120 militants were eliminated in the air strikes during the last month.
An eyewitness, privy to the activities of the Taliban in the area, said that suicide bombers were trained there and then dispatched to Punjab in vehicles loaded with explosives via Kohat-Mianwali road.
On Sunday, Mianwali police started patrolling Indus River after banning all commercial boat service between southern parts of NWFP and Punjab following reports that terrorists had been using it.
The security forces blew up six camps of Taliban after entering into Chappri Naryab area of Hangu district on Tuesday night.
The militants had re-entered the area after the last year’s operation and had enforced their style of Sharia in several towns and villages near Orakzai Agency. They had destroyed a private health centre in Kurt area, located at the border between Hangu and Kurram Agency on Monday night.
The security forces targeted the hideouts of militants on Kurram-Hangu border after the incident. The security forces had been using air force and artillery against militants in the area for the last three years. According to Taliban sources 120 militants were eliminated in the air strikes during the last month.
An eyewitness, privy to the activities of the Taliban in the area, said that suicide bombers were trained there and then dispatched to Punjab in vehicles loaded with explosives via Kohat-Mianwali road.
On Sunday, Mianwali police started patrolling Indus River after banning all commercial boat service between southern parts of NWFP and Punjab following reports that terrorists had been using it.
Rocket defused in Kohat
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The bomb disposal squad defused on Tuesday a rocket and 17 hand grenades, hurled by militants at two different police stations in the city on Monday night.
Police said that they found 17 hand grenades near Cantt police station on Tuesday morning. Similarly a rocket fired by militants at City police station failed to explode and was later defused by the bomb disposal squad in the small hours of Tuesday. The hand grenades were also destroyed by the bomb disposal squad.
Meanwhile, officials of Cantt, City and Jungle Khel police stations arrested six suspected militants during search operations and recovered ammunition including hand grenades and pistols from their possession.
The arrested persons were identified as Usman, Qasim Khan, Tanveer, Gul Jamal and Roshan Khan. Two hand grenades, six pistols and 1,000 cartridges were recovered from their possession.
They were handed over to special investigation team for interrogation after registration of cases against them in the respective police stations.
The bomb disposal squad defused on Tuesday a rocket and 17 hand grenades, hurled by militants at two different police stations in the city on Monday night.
Police said that they found 17 hand grenades near Cantt police station on Tuesday morning. Similarly a rocket fired by militants at City police station failed to explode and was later defused by the bomb disposal squad in the small hours of Tuesday. The hand grenades were also destroyed by the bomb disposal squad.
Meanwhile, officials of Cantt, City and Jungle Khel police stations arrested six suspected militants during search operations and recovered ammunition including hand grenades and pistols from their possession.
The arrested persons were identified as Usman, Qasim Khan, Tanveer, Gul Jamal and Roshan Khan. Two hand grenades, six pistols and 1,000 cartridges were recovered from their possession.
They were handed over to special investigation team for interrogation after registration of cases against them in the respective police stations.
TRIBAL ELDER HOUSE BLOWN UP
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Militants blew up the house of a tribal elder in the semi autonomous tribal area of district Kohat on Monday night.
Official sources said that militants had planted several bombs around the boundary wall of the house of Saeed Khan Afridi. The bombs exploded after midnight. Three rooms of the house were damaged in the blasts but the inmates remained safe miraculously.
Sources said that militants destroyed the house of tribal elder for helping the administration.
Militants blew up the house of a tribal elder in the semi autonomous tribal area of district Kohat on Monday night.
Official sources said that militants had planted several bombs around the boundary wall of the house of Saeed Khan Afridi. The bombs exploded after midnight. Three rooms of the house were damaged in the blasts but the inmates remained safe miraculously.
Sources said that militants destroyed the house of tribal elder for helping the administration.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Kidnapped person released
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An official of revenue department reached home on Monday after remaining in the captivity of Taliban for two months.
The naib tehsildar, Musaddiq Hussain, was kidnapped from Hangu-Thall road at gunpoint and his release was made possible as a result of a deal after long negotiations with Taliban, sources said.
An official of revenue department reached home on Monday after remaining in the captivity of Taliban for two months.
The naib tehsildar, Musaddiq Hussain, was kidnapped from Hangu-Thall road at gunpoint and his release was made possible as a result of a deal after long negotiations with Taliban, sources said.
Smuggling control through Checkpost
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The authorities approved on Monday establishment of two police checkposts to control smuggling of sugar and flour to Afghanistan via tribal areas.
A meeting chaired by District Coordination Officer Siraj Ahmed decided that two police checkposts would be set up at Kaghazai and Sumari to control smuggling of sugar and flour to Afghanistan. The policemen deployed at the checkposts would be authorised to seize the commodities being smuggled to the neighbouring country.
The meeting discussed availability of essential food items at controlled rates in the bazaars and constituted three monitoring committees to stop smuggling and take action against hoarders and profiteers.
The DCO said that transportation of sugar and flour would not be checked at any other checkpost unless permitted by the higher authorities as the commodities were also being provided to Hangu and Orakzai Agency through the same routes.
He directed the officials to remain in touch with the management of Farooq Flour Mills, Javed Flour Mills and Zahid Flour Mills for the distribution of flour in the three constituencies of Kohat district.
The authorities approved on Monday establishment of two police checkposts to control smuggling of sugar and flour to Afghanistan via tribal areas.
A meeting chaired by District Coordination Officer Siraj Ahmed decided that two police checkposts would be set up at Kaghazai and Sumari to control smuggling of sugar and flour to Afghanistan. The policemen deployed at the checkposts would be authorised to seize the commodities being smuggled to the neighbouring country.
The meeting discussed availability of essential food items at controlled rates in the bazaars and constituted three monitoring committees to stop smuggling and take action against hoarders and profiteers.
The DCO said that transportation of sugar and flour would not be checked at any other checkpost unless permitted by the higher authorities as the commodities were also being provided to Hangu and Orakzai Agency through the same routes.
He directed the officials to remain in touch with the management of Farooq Flour Mills, Javed Flour Mills and Zahid Flour Mills for the distribution of flour in the three constituencies of Kohat district.
Hangu blast injures union council nazim
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A union council nazim was injured when a remote controlled explosive device hit his car on Thall road in Hangu on Monday.
Police said that the nazim, Shafiqur Rehman, was on his way home when his car was targeted near the Tableeghi Markaz on Thall road. The nazim sustained minor injuries in the remote controlled blast while his car was badly damaged.
Shafiqur Rehman is son of former provincial minister Ghaniur Rehman and brother of sitting MPA Atiqueur Rehman.
Hangu police have registered a case against unidentified terrorists and started investigations on the complaint of the nazim.
His father had escaped three attempts on his life in the past and he nominated some militant leaders in the FIR saying they wanted to kill him.
A union council nazim was injured when a remote controlled explosive device hit his car on Thall road in Hangu on Monday.
Police said that the nazim, Shafiqur Rehman, was on his way home when his car was targeted near the Tableeghi Markaz on Thall road. The nazim sustained minor injuries in the remote controlled blast while his car was badly damaged.
Shafiqur Rehman is son of former provincial minister Ghaniur Rehman and brother of sitting MPA Atiqueur Rehman.
Hangu police have registered a case against unidentified terrorists and started investigations on the complaint of the nazim.
His father had escaped three attempts on his life in the past and he nominated some militant leaders in the FIR saying they wanted to kill him.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
NWFP minister’s father injured Driver killed in attack
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KOHAT: The central finance secretary of the Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP), Malik Shameem Afridi, was injured in an assassination bid while his driver was killed on the spot and brother got wounded in the incident on Tuesday.
The sources said that Malik Shameem, father of NWFP Housing Minister Malik Amjad Afridi and Senator Malik Abbas Afridi of the Awami National Party, was heading for his home located in the Babari Banda when unidentified assailants sprayed his car with bullets in the Belytang area.
The assailants, who were following the JWP leader’s vehicle in their car, escaped towards the tribal area after committing the crime.In the firing, Malik Shameem and his brother Said Zaman sustained multiple injuries while driver Zeeshan was killed on the spot.
After the incident, the district police headed by DIG Kohat Abdullah Khan and DPO Delawer Khan Bangash reached the scene of the crime.
The area around the tribal part of the locality was cordoned off while a search operation was launched with the assistance of political administration in Bazidkhel, Shin Dhand and Ziarat Sheikh Alladad.
KOHAT: The central finance secretary of the Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP), Malik Shameem Afridi, was injured in an assassination bid while his driver was killed on the spot and brother got wounded in the incident on Tuesday.
The sources said that Malik Shameem, father of NWFP Housing Minister Malik Amjad Afridi and Senator Malik Abbas Afridi of the Awami National Party, was heading for his home located in the Babari Banda when unidentified assailants sprayed his car with bullets in the Belytang area.
The assailants, who were following the JWP leader’s vehicle in their car, escaped towards the tribal area after committing the crime.In the firing, Malik Shameem and his brother Said Zaman sustained multiple injuries while driver Zeeshan was killed on the spot.
After the incident, the district police headed by DIG Kohat Abdullah Khan and DPO Delawer Khan Bangash reached the scene of the crime.
The area around the tribal part of the locality was cordoned off while a search operation was launched with the assistance of political administration in Bazidkhel, Shin Dhand and Ziarat Sheikh Alladad.
Training camp destroyed
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Nine militants were killed and three others injured when fighter jets destroyed a large camp of the proscribed Tehrik- i-Taliban Pakistan in lower Orakzai Agency on Tuesday.
According to officials, security forces had received information about movement of some TTP activists in the area.
They had also been informed that suicide bombers were being trained there. The camp was located in the Said Haleem Baba area of Chappri Ferozekhel.
Nine militants were killed and three others injured when fighter jets destroyed a large camp of the proscribed Tehrik- i-Taliban Pakistan in lower Orakzai Agency on Tuesday.
According to officials, security forces had received information about movement of some TTP activists in the area.
They had also been informed that suicide bombers were being trained there. The camp was located in the Said Haleem Baba area of Chappri Ferozekhel.
Friday, September 4, 2009
SHO suspended in murder case
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The station house officer (SHO) of Banda Daud Shah Police Station was suspended in a recent incident of police firing on protestors and a case was registered against him Thursday.
Sources said that District Police Officer Danishwar Khan suspended the SHO Inayat Ali Amjad and ordered registration of a case against him. A man was killed and eight others injured during a protest demo recently when police opened fire to disperse the anti-loadshedding protesters.
On the application of family of the deceased, an FIR was registered against the SHO of Banda Daud Shah Police Station. Inayat Ali Amjad has been transferred to Karak Police Lines while SHO Karak Noor Muhammad has been posted at Banda Daud Shah.
The station house officer (SHO) of Banda Daud Shah Police Station was suspended in a recent incident of police firing on protestors and a case was registered against him Thursday.
Sources said that District Police Officer Danishwar Khan suspended the SHO Inayat Ali Amjad and ordered registration of a case against him. A man was killed and eight others injured during a protest demo recently when police opened fire to disperse the anti-loadshedding protesters.
On the application of family of the deceased, an FIR was registered against the SHO of Banda Daud Shah Police Station. Inayat Ali Amjad has been transferred to Karak Police Lines while SHO Karak Noor Muhammad has been posted at Banda Daud Shah.
Stoppage of Zakat funds to affect masses in Karak
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The federal government has stopped Zakat funds and it would affect millions of the underprivileged in the province, District Zakat Committee Chairman Muhammad Ilyas Khattak said Thursday.
Talking to The News, Ilyas Khattak said the government decision would affect thousands of the poor in the city. He said Zakat fund was usually issued twice a year. He said that on the one hand the federal government was earmarking billions of rupees to Benazir Income Support Programme while on the other hand Zakat funds have been stopped. He demanded of the federal government to release the Eid, ‘Guzara’ and rehabilitation allowances before Eidul Fitr to poor people.
Meanwhile, Zakat committee held a meeting, which condemned the decision of the federal government to stop issuance of Zakat funds. The participants of the meeting threatened to tender their resignations if the government did not release Zakat funds in the holy month of Ramazan.
The federal government has stopped Zakat funds and it would affect millions of the underprivileged in the province, District Zakat Committee Chairman Muhammad Ilyas Khattak said Thursday.
Talking to The News, Ilyas Khattak said the government decision would affect thousands of the poor in the city. He said Zakat fund was usually issued twice a year. He said that on the one hand the federal government was earmarking billions of rupees to Benazir Income Support Programme while on the other hand Zakat funds have been stopped. He demanded of the federal government to release the Eid, ‘Guzara’ and rehabilitation allowances before Eidul Fitr to poor people.
Meanwhile, Zakat committee held a meeting, which condemned the decision of the federal government to stop issuance of Zakat funds. The participants of the meeting threatened to tender their resignations if the government did not release Zakat funds in the holy month of Ramazan.
Bombs damage 18 shops in Kohat
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At least 18 shops were damaged when bombs planted near two CDs shops exploded in the old Lorry Adda on Thursday. Sources said a bomb explosion completely destroyed Momin Ijaz CDs shop. The blast was so powerful that 10 other shops were also damaged. A 5kg bomb planted near another CDs shop in the same area destroyed eight more shops. The sources said militants had threatened the owners of the music shops to wind up their business.
At least 18 shops were damaged when bombs planted near two CDs shops exploded in the old Lorry Adda on Thursday. Sources said a bomb explosion completely destroyed Momin Ijaz CDs shop. The blast was so powerful that 10 other shops were also damaged. A 5kg bomb planted near another CDs shop in the same area destroyed eight more shops. The sources said militants had threatened the owners of the music shops to wind up their business.
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