Five suspects including SCBA president’s son arrested
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April 6, 2021
PESHAWAR: The police have arrested the five accused named in the First Information Report (FIR) filed by the son of the slain Anti-Terrorism Court judge Aftab Afridi.
Aftab Afridi was attacked by unidentified gunmen while being driven from Peshawar to Islamabad on Sunday at the Ambar Interchange on the Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway in Swabi district. The FIR registered by his son Majid Afridi noted that Aftab Afridi had attended a wedding in Peshawar and was proceeding to the federal capital.
Aftab Afridi’s wife Bibi Zainab, daughter-in-law Kiran and her three-year old son Mohammad Sanan were also martyred in the attack. Kiran was said to be six months’ pregnant.
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Narcotics seized, 2 ‘smugglers’ held in DI Khan
National
February 7, 2021
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The police seized a huge quantity of narcotics from a truck and arrested two alleged smugglers at Sar Dagar area in Draban tehsil on Saturday.
The Draban police said that narcotics, including 2,500 kilogram charas and 20.400 kilogram opium, were seized during checking of vehicles at Sar Dagar point.
They said that the alleged smugglers identified as Qaseem Khan Afridi and Khan Said, residents of Landikotal, had concealed the narcotics under the crates of apple and were smuggling the contraband from Quetta to Khyber district. During preliminary investigation, the police said that the smugglers were taking the narcotics to Mansoor Afridi, a resident of Bara in Khyber tribal district.