Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Timeline- 2012

Month/Date

Incidents

January 2

A local JUI-F leader and former Nazim Haji Mohammad Azeem Khan was killed and his driver was seriously injured when unidentified assailants attacked his pickup near Naverkhel on Begukhel road in Lakki Marwat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Intelligence agencies stepped up security for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain, after intercepted messages from militants revealed they were planning a suicide attack.

January 3

Two persons were killed and 19 others got injuries when a bomb planted in a motorbike at Azam Tower on Arbab Road in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, went off.

Unidentified militants blew up a tower of Sheikh Muhammadi transmission line near Rashakai, disrupting power supply to Peshawar and adjoining areas. Police said the militants planted a powerful bomb to a 500 KV tower near Rashakai Interchange and detonated it with remote control, destroying the tower completely.

Unidentified militants blew up a pylon on Tarbela-Peshawar transmission line at Baba Ji Kallay in Nowshera District.

An anti-terrorism court issued non-bailable arrest warrants for 34 TNSM and Swat Taliban leaders for non-compliance with the court order to appear in a case. The case was registered against TNSM Chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad and others for anti-state and anti-judiciary speeches at the Grassy Ground in Mingora, Swat in 2009. Maulana Sufi Muhammad, his three sons Hayatullah, Rizwanullah and Ziaullah and another TNSM leader Mufti Safiullah appeared in the Swat Anti-Terrorism Court headed by Syed Asim Imam in the case. However, 34 others who had delivered anti-state and anti-judiciary speeches were absent from the court.

A former 'commander' of a local peace committee, Umar Gul, was killed allegedly by TTP militants in Warki village of Tank District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the night. The beheaded body of Umar Gul was found in a nearby canal after he was taken away from his house by three militants.

A Police SI, identified as Zarnosh Khan, and Bawar Khan, the father of a militant 'commander' Tariq were killed when law-enforcement personnel raiding a house in Jungary village of Dubai Adda area in Mardan District came under attack of the hiding militants.

A Police sub inspector was killed during clashes between Security Forces and militants in Bakhshali area of Mardan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa while eight militants were arrested.

Militants blow up a Government girls' school in Ibrahimzai area of Charsadda District by triggering an IED. The blast damaged the school's boundary wall, rooms, furniture and documents.

Unknown motorcyclists shot dead a Mehsud tribesman, Sher Mohammad, in Jafarabad Colony in the limits of Dera Township Police Station in Dera Ismail Khan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The dead body of a man was found near the Pehur High Level Canal in the jurisdiction of City Police Station in Topi tehsil of Swabi District.

Hundreds of protesters closed the Kohat-Hangu highway against the killing of a prominent member of SSP. Sources said that Abdul Wahab, a cadre of SSP and Sunni Supreme Council, was abducted from the station area of Hangu on December 31, 2011.

KP Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti said that students are future of the country and any nation can't compromise on its future. The Chief Minister said that education was an effective weapon for defeating extremism.

KP Minister of Higher Education Qazi Muhammad Asad said that out of USD 200 billion, only one percent was allocated to the education sector per annum.

Unidentified militants blew up a primary school for girls at Shagai village in Razaar tehsil of Swabi District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Three houses were damaged in Ali Abbas area when five mortar shells were fired at Hangu city from an unspecified location.

A Hujra of former Union Nazim Johar Mohammad (Advocate) was partially damaged in an explosion in Dallokhel village of Lakki Marwat District.

At least seven LI militants and three SF personnel were killed in an attack on a checkpost in Sarbanda, a suburb of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the late night. Thirteen Police and Frontier Constabulary personnel were injured. According to Police, the LI militants attacked the post after entering the area from Bara in Khyber Agency of FATA. According to FC sources, about 150 militants armed with heavy weapons and rocket launchers attacked the Toot post of Police and FCB. FC trooper Mohammad Yaqoob and Policemen Naveed Nasir and Ahmed Saeed were killed.

Seven people were injured when unidentified militants blew up a CD shop by planting and triggering off an IED at a sewage line near the Ali CD Centre on Nowshera Road in Charsadda District.

The IDPs of Khyber Agency have given a two-week deadline to the Government to meet their demands. Speaking at a press conference at Peshawar Press Club in Peshawar, the tribesmen led by PTI FATA Chapter leader Mohammad Iqbal Afridi said that supply of food items to the IDPs had been suspended for the past nine months and despite their repeated appeals no attention had been paid to the issue so far.

The UNHCR asked the Afghan refugees residing in four camps of Lower Dir District to prepare for voluntarily repatriation to their home country by end of this year. In this regard, an office of the UNHCR called Centre for Voluntary Repatriation was inaugurated at Khiaima area of Timergara in Lower Dir.

Speaking on the occasion, the UNHCR provincial head praised Pakistan and Sudan for hosting a large number of Afghan refugees for over 30 years. He said that the refugees had to complete repatriation to their homeland by December 2012.

The Supreme Court ordered the Defence Secretary to verify claims made by military authorities while branding a Swat resident a terrorist. A four-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry had taken up a petition of Abdul Ghaffar Khan seeking to reclaim his ancestral farmland and gardens he had left behind while leaving as an internally displaced person when the Operation Rah-e-Rast was launched by SFs against militants in Swat.

A trooper was injured when unidentified militants attacked FCB fort in Girni Sheikhan of Tank District.

Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ameer Haider Khan Hoti said that the terrorist attacks against them will boost the Police and SFs' resolve to bring about peace instead of affecting it.

Four suicide bombers attacked the DPO's office in Dera Ismail Khan District, killing four people. "Three suicide bombers detonated themselves and one was shot dead by the army," Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Inspector General of Police Akbar Hoti said. "

Four militants, involved in attack on Riaz Shaheed Police Post in Sarbanda, the suburb of Peshawar, in the night of January 12, were arrested during a search operation in the area. At least seven LI militants and three SF personnel were killed in an attack on a checkpost.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Barrister Masood Kausar said that law and order situation in the province and FATA is far better than that of years ago.

Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain said the United States talks with the Afghan Taliban won't be result-oriented unless Pakistan and Afghanistan are included in the quest for peace.

A senior tribal reporter, Mukarram Khan Atif, correspondent for Washington-based Pashto language Deewa Radio and a reporter for a private TV channel, was shot dead by two unidentified assailants in Shabqadar area of Charsadda District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

SFs foiled an attempt to smuggle arms from Darra Adamkhel to Peshawar and arrested two carriers at Spina Thana checkpost in Kohat.

Intelligence agencies and SFs denied the custody of Mohammad Hasnain, a missing official of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Communication and Works (C&W) Department.

Ghulam Nabi Khan, counsel for the missing official, accused intelligence agencies and SFs of taking away many people and said the number of missing persons was the highest in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Six persons, among them a Police official, were injured when a suspected suicide bomber blew himself up to avoid arrest in Akora Khattak area of Nowshera District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Dost Mohammad Khan said that the cases of missing persons was a major issue of fundamental rights and because of their efforts around 700 such persons had been shifted to internment centres so far.

Unidentified militants shot dead an elder from Mohmand Agency of FATA at Bakhshi Pul area on the outskirts of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The Government nominated focal persons in three Districts of Kohat division in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for ensuring quick response to acts of terrorism and decided to devise a strategy for the repatriation of illegal Afghan refugees.

The Police foiled a terror bid by arresting a suspected terrorist and recovering weapons from a house during a raid in Basyakhel area of Bannu District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Three German nationals were taken into custody for their alleged involvement in 'suspicious activities' from a house located in University Town of Peshawar. The suspects, who were interviewed after reports they were living in the house on the Park Lane Street illegally, failed to produce documents validating their stay in Pakistan.

Unidentified militants shot dead a person, identified as Haji Noor Mohammad while was going home after offering Maghrib (evening) prayers in Eesakkhe village mosque in Lakki Marwat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Unidentified militants killed one Sahibzada Daud Ahmad, near Kotka Parade in Naurang town.

At least one Policeman was killed while another was injured when unidentified militants opened fire on them in Par Hoti area of Mardan District.

Four Policemen were injured in a roadside bomb blast targeting the Police in Ajab Bagh area of Nowshera District.

The elders of Dallokhel area in Lakki Marwat District and local leaders of JUI-F said that they would continue to cooperate with LEAs and SFs for restoration of durable peace in the area.

The Defense Secretary failed to submit a report in the Supreme Court regarding the alleged occupation of the property of a citizen in Swat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province by SFs. The court directed the District Officer (revenue) to retrieve the occupied property and submit a report on January 27, 2012.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa witnessed a decline in the number of bomb blasts in 2011 compared to 2010, a Peshawar City Police study said. Yet this is hardly a cause to rejoice, as the death toll from the attacks was actually higher than the previous year. According to a comparative study by the capital city police, a total of 34 bomb blasts took place in the province in 2011, killing 400 civilians and 134 police officials, while 37 blasts were witnessed in 2010 which killed 411 civilians and 99 security personnel. However, the capital city showed a marked decline compared to 2010, thanks to the efforts of law enforcement agencies and the cooperation of locals.

A Policeman, identified as Jehangir, was killed when heavily armed militants fired at him on Grid Road, in Dera Ismail Khan District. One of the suspected militants was killed in retaliation. The remaining militants, who had reportedly hid in Qurtaba School, managed to flee. DIG Syed Imtiaz said that the incident was a "sectarian violence."

A house was partially damaged in an IED explosion in Meri Colony of Kohat District. No loss of life was, however, reported.

A chief of the Dera Ismail Khan chapter of Pakistan TTP, Imran Gandapur, of was shot dead during an operation with Police on Grid Station Road in Dera Ismail Khan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Imran Gandapur a former Policeman, involved in the killing of Mian Iftikhar Hussain's son, Mian Arshad Iftikhar.

SFs arrested two militants, identified as Umer Afridi alias Ameer Saib and Jalal Khan alias Bahadar Khan of Khyber Agency, during a search operation in Jalozai camp of Nowshera District.

Police beefed security and started through checking of vehicles and pedestrians in the District, especially in the hilly area of Ziarat Kaka Sahib. The Police were trying to block entry of militants into Nowshera as SFs had launched operation in FR Kohat, sources said.