Gunmen attacked a police post in Pakistan’s insurgency-hit southwestern Baluchistan province
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Two Levies personnel martyred in ambush in Balochistan’s Mastung
[Dawn] Two Levies personnel were martyred after their checkpost came under attack in the Babri area of Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
’s Mastung district on Monday night, an official said on Tuesday.
Talking to Dawn.com, Assistant Commissioner Mastung Barkat Baloch said a group of armed bully boyz attacked a checkpost located along the Quetta-Taftan highway, causing the martyrdom of two personnel who were identified as Manzoor Ahmed and Muhammad Aslam.
He said the bodies of the martyred personnel had been moved to a hospital.
The deputy commissioner said the law enforcement personnel had launched a search operation in the area to nab the attackers.
Balochistan’s apex committee — comprising top civil and military officials of the province — had earlier this month decided to increase the role of Levies Force in maintaining law and order a day after twin attacks in the province’s capital injured seven people.
The committee had also decided to empower police and Levies force to act against bully boyz and their controllers.
Posted by: Fred 2023-02-22 |