[DAWN] The last days of the outgoing year saw a sudden increase in killings in 'encounters' with over 30 suspected Lions of Islam bumped off by law enforcers while a total of 925 suspects were killed in such shootouts and 160 personnel of police and Rangers fell in the line of duty during the year, it emerged on Wednesday.The sudden spike was seen by many as 'vengeance' for the massacre of schoolchildren in the Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
school attack.
According to official figures, 701 suspects were killed in 'encounters' with police and 224 were bumped off in shootouts with the paramilitary Rangers while 143 personnel of police and 17 of Rangers were killed in targeted attacks in the metropolis, said spokespersons for police and Rangers.