Security upgraded in KP after recent attacks on police
July 21, 2021
PESHAWAR: Police across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have been alerted after the attacks on cops and other law- enforcement agencies in different parts of the province in the past several days.
It was learnt that police have been directed to ensure security to foreigners, especially Chinese nationals in different parts of the province.
In some areas, foreigners have been issued security advisory, urging upon them to take necessary measures for the security of their homes and offices.
The force has taken measures to maintain law and order during and after Eidul Azha in the wake of a few recent incidents. Apart from a number of terror incidents in the erstwhile Fata, police were targeted in different parts of other districts in the last few days.
Three cops martyred in Peshawar incidents
PESHAWAR: Three policemen were martyred in separate incidents in the provincial capital on Sunday.
In the first incident, a police constable allegedly shot dead his two senior colleagues during duty at the quarantine centre in Dauranpur locality in Peshawar.
An official said constable Abbas opened fire on his two seniors, Sub-Inspector Gul Rahman and head constable Imran when they were performing duty at the quarantine centre.
The official said the accused had been arrested. He added the motive of the murders was being investigated.
A source said the accused had recently allowed a local to go home from the quarantine centre despite the fact that he had not spent the required number of days in the facility setup to curb Covid-19.