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DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The police arrested a suspected terrorist and seized 850 grams of explosives and weapons from a van at the Hathala checkpost here on Monday.
A police official said during search of the vehicle, the Kulachi police arrested the suspected terrorist, Azeem Marwat, and recovered 850 grams of explosives, two rifles, a pistol, two barrels of heavy weapons and 67,496 rounds. He said three other suspects travelling in the van managed to flee.
The police registered a case against the four under different sections of the Anti-Terrorism Act.
Separately, an improvised explosive device went off in the University police station area, and another was defused by the bomb disposal squad personnel. Police said no casualty was reported from the incident.
Man shot dead in D I Khan
National
February 15, 2021
DERA ISMAIL KHAN FEB: A man was shot dead by unidentified people in the Kulachi tehsil, said a police source on Sunday.
According to Kulachi police, Rafiullah, son of Inayatullah, was present outside his house in Maddi Village in jurisdiction of Kulachi police station when unidentified armed persons sprayed him with bullets, leaving him dead in the cold blood. The accused fled the scene after committing crime.
KP BDU saves thousands of lives since 2009
National
February 8, 2021
PESHAWAR: The bomb disposal unit (BDU) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has saved thousands of lives by foiling at least 137 suicide attacks and defusing 4653 explosive devices since 2009.
From a small squad of a few experts working within limited resources and no incentives for risking their lives, the BDU was made a proper unit when the province was hit by terrorism almost a decade ago. The experts of the BDU risked their lives on innumerable occasions to save the lives of the general public. They have foiled 4653 attacks in KP since 2009, Mohammad Ali Gandapur, the deputy inspector general of the Special Branch told The News. The BDU works under the Special Branch.
Incidents of theft, dacoities protested in DI Khan
National
February 7, 2021
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The traders and shopkeepers on Saturday staged a protest against the rising incidents of theft and dacoities in Dera, Kulachi and adjoining areas.
The protesting traders and shopkeepers led by their leaders Abdul Manan, Hayatullah Khan, Samiullah and others took to the roads after closing down their businesses in Dera, Kulachi and adjoining areas. The traders also burnt tyres and blocked the road for traffic at Shakhi Gate, creating hardships for the commuters and motorists.
The traders’ leaders said that theft and robberies had become a routine practice in Dera, Kulachi and nearby areas but the police were playing the role of a silent spectator. They said the police have totally failed to provide protection to the general public and traders.