Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Timeline- 2013

Month/Date

Incidents

January 1

Seven persons, including six women, working for a NGO, were shot dead at Sher Afzal Kalley area in Swabi District of KP. An employee for Support with Working Solutions (SWWS) organisation, working on health and education, told that the van was on its way from a centre of the NGO when the gunmen ambushed it at Sher Afzal Kalley. The driver of the vehicle carrying the local NGO staff was wounded critically, District Police Officer Abdur Rashid said.

Police foiled a terrorism bid in the Sarband area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of KP by defusing a 70-kilogramme bomb. The bomb was planted in a drum outside a tribal elder's house in the semi-tribal village of Keena Bala. The Bomb Disposal Squad neutralised the bomb.

Unidentified militants exploded two home-made explosive devices at boys' primary school at Dallokhel village in Lakki Marwat, damaging a portion of its boundary wall. An official said that the bombs weighed 2.5 kilogrammes each and the watchman who was present in the school building remained unhurt.

In another such incident the same night, unidentified assailants attacked a house with a hand grenade in Abakhel village.

Sub-Divisional Education Officer Rehmatullah Khan asked the heads of primary schools to ensure presence of watchmen in their respective schools during night time. The instructions to this effect have been delivered to headmasters in Meenakhel, Tajazai, Serai Gambila, Tattarkhel, Gandi Khankhel and Kala Manjiwala circles.

January 2

Five students received minor injuries slightly when an explosive device went off at University of Peshawar in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. About one kilogram of explosives were used in the blast occurred in the conference hall of Institute of Islamic and Arabic Studies, UoP, Campus Police Station SHO Saidullah Afirdi said.

Dera Ismail Khan Police busted the network involved in two bomb attacks on Ashura processions and arrested four top members of the group, a Senior Police Official said. DIG of Police, Dera Ismail Khan, Qazi Jamilur Rahman told reporters that four persons associated with the LeJ and the TTP were arrested and suicide jackets, detonators and explosives and ammunition recovered from their hideouts.

A single-member Peshawar High Court bench directed the Provincial Government to raise money from philanthropists for safe release of eight Water and Power Development Authority workers abducted over four months back. The WAPDA workers were abducted by militants on August 15 when they were on the way to Tank District from the dam site in South Waziristan Agency of FATA. The abductors have demanded PKR 150 million ransom. At the same time, the court asked the families of the abductees not to protest, observing that the act may threaten the life of their members. While issuing these directions, Chief Justice Dost Mohammad Khan gave another week to the Government for the safe recovery of the WAPDA workers associated with Gomal Zam dam project, and adjourned hearing to January 10.

The bullet-riddled body of a local mosque's prayer leader was found in the Shahmansoor Mountains of Swabi District. The prayer leader, Naseebullah alias Zarbat Khan, belonged to Orakzai Agency of FATA and he went missing after he offered Asr prayer in his mosque.

Two persons were killed and one another injured in a bomb explosion in Badhaber area on the outskirts of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A local cricketer Ijaz Khan along with his friend Aman was returning from the playground after a match when they were hit by the powerful bomb.

A man, suspected of involvement in the January 1 murder of seven aid workers in Swabi, was killed in an exchange of gunfire with Police. The suspect, who had holed up in a house in the Gar area of Swabi District, was among the gunmen who killed the seven workers, Swabi District Police Officer Abdur Rashid Khan was quoted as saying. His companion, a suspected accomplice, escaped, officials said. Khan said that a motorcycle and a pistol that was used in the killing had been recovered from the suspected terrorists.

The militants also stormed a security post in Mera Matani area of Peshawar in the evening. The alert Police commandos and Frontier Constabulary personnel resisted the attack. The exchange of fire continued for some time before the attackers escaped. No casualty was reported in the attack.

Explosives planted at the building of a private school in Hassan Garhi went off. The explosion was heard in many parts of the provincial capital. However, no casualty was reported in the blast that slightly damaged the boundary wall of the school.

Unidentified militants blew up a house in the Kaingar village of Bannu District. Luckily, no loss to human life took place. However, the house was badly damaged by the powerful explosion.

Three person sustained injuries in a blast in the limits of Miryan Police Station. The sources said a blast outside the hujra, of one Qalandar Khan injured him and also Sher Dawar and Izzat Khan. The Sources said that it could not be ascertained whether it was a hand-grenade attack or explosives were planted outside the hujra.

Four explosions destroyed the under-construction District Jail in Rehmanabad area of Hangu. Talking to reporters, DPO Dr Mian Saeed Ahmed said that militants had placed explosives inside the under-construction jail building in Rehmanabad and triggered the explosions around midnight. The BDU officials said that 35 kilograms of explosives had been used in the four blasts. 'Spokesman' for the TTP, Darra Adamkhel chapter, Muhammad, claimed responsibility for blowing up the under-construction prison.

Police arrested two brothers in Baffa area of Mansehra District over allegedly threatening a lady health worker of dire consequences for administering anti-polio drops to children in their village. The FIR was lodged on the written complaint of lady health worker Shabnam Bibi. In her application addressed to the district health officer, she stated that Shamsur Rehman and his brother Saifur Rehman threatened her of dire consequences during the anti-polio drive in December 2012.

SFs arrested a militant 'commander' of LI during a search operation in Jalozai camp. The sources said that the SFs sealed the phase-I in "S" sector at the camp and launched a search operation at 11am. During the operation, Abdul Haq was arrested and taken to an undisclosed location for interrogation.

An explosive device went off near the hujra of an official of a NGO in Arakh area of Razar tehsil in Swabi District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The sources said that unidentified persons had planted two bombs near the main gate of the hujra of Fazal Muhammad in Arakh area and triggered the explosion. The blast damaged the main gate and boundary walls of the structure but didn't cause any casualty. The sources added the personnel of the BDU recovered a second bomb and defused it.

Six rockets were fired at Bannu cantonment (Bannu District) from an unspecified direction. However, no loss of life or property was reported. The local Police officials said that five of the rockets fell in an open area, while one hit a residential colony of the Irrigation Department.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain said that the strength of militants has increased so alarmingly that now, they can reach anywhere they want to carry out their activities. "The time has come to take the final decision on whether to hold dialogue with militants or to begin a meaningful operation against them," the Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain told the provincial assembly on a point of order about the recent acts of militancy, especially the killing of seven aid workers, including six women, in Swabi.

Three militants and a Police Officer were killed and a Constable was injured in separate incidents of firing in Lakki Marwat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to official sources, a Police team headed by DPO Mohammad Idrees Khan surrounded a house in Abakhel village after a tip that militants were hiding there. Militants opened fire when Police entered the house, killing the SHO Mohammad Ismail and injuring a Constable of the elite force, Zahid Ali. Two militants died when Police retaliated.

Two suspected militants on a motorbike attacked a patrol party of Ghaznikhel Police when they signalled them to stop near Balkhi Koroona area. Police opened fire, killing one of the attackers. The other suspect was arrested and seven grenades, four Kalashnikovs and live rounds were recovered from his possession.

Militants made a serious threat to the Government against re-starting anti-polio campaign by planting a bomb weighing three kilograms in a health centre in the Rashidabad area of Peshawar (Peshawar District), the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The bomb was, however, detected and defused. They also found a piece of paper with a message for the Government and senior health department authorities. "The letter carried a message, apparently from the militants, for the government authorities."

Three Policemen were injured when unidentified assailants lobbed a hand grenade at them in the Swabi District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Policemen were on routine patrolling in the Swabi bazaar (market) when the attack happened.

At least 30 members of the Tablighi Jamaat were killed and more than 70 were injured in a suicide blast inside the Tablighi Markaz located on the Takhta Band Road in Mingora city, the headquarters of Swat District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Some Police Officials initially claimed that the blast was caused by a gas cylinder but DIG Malakand Akhtar Hayat later confirmed that it was a terrorist act.

At least seven militants were killed when SF pounded the hills of Darra Adamkhel town of Kohat District with artillery shelling.

Police arrested 40 people in connection with the January 10 bomb blast at a Tablighi Jamaat centre in Takhtaband area of Mingora area of Swat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Superintendent of Police (SP, Investigation) Irshad told Dawn that five kilogrammes explosive device was used in the blast. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack. As reported earlier, 30 people were killed in the blast.

Unidentified assailants shot dead in-charge nurse of the District Headquarter Hospital at a bus stop in Hakeemabad area of Nowshera in same District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Officials said the nurse Farzana Kawsar, wife of Sajjawal Khan of Hakeemabad, was waiting for office vehicle at the bus stop when unidentified assailants opened fire on her.

Three security personnel were injured when their vehicle came under a bomb attack in Shabqadar area of Charsadda District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The vehicle was passing the Qala Shah Baig area when a remote-controlled bomb planted on the road hit it. Three security personnel and a passer-by were injured. The security personnel were identified as Asif, Asim and Ashar Mahmood.

Unidentified armed assailants shot dead an Afghan prayer leader, identified as Abdul Malik, in the Banda Shiekh Ismail area of Akbarpura in Nowshera District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The house of an official of the IB was partially damaged in an explosion in Bannu District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The sources said that the explosive device was planted near the main entrance of the house.

The building of Government Middle School was partially damaged when an Explosive Device planted by unidentified militants went off in Shahdand area of Loundkhor in Mardan District, but no causalities were reported.

Unidentified militants blew up a CD shop at Chowki Mamraiz area of Nowshera District.

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Home Department has approved a plan to renovate 274 Police mobile vans turning them into bullet-proof vehicles in the wake of security situation.

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government proposed amendments to the relevant laws to protect the identity of judges, prosecutors and witnesses in terrorism related cases. The proposal has been sent to the Federal Government in writing, according to provincial Home Secretary Azam Khan.

Three unidentified militants entered a house in Kot Azam Village in Tank District and killed two persons. According to the SFs, three men, wearing uniform, entered the house of Ramzan and Rehman in the Kot Azam Village and shot them dead before fleeing the scene.

A girl's primary school was blown up by unidentified militants in Badabher, a suburban area of the Peshawar city. According to the details, miscreants planted explosives near the main gate of the school which is situated in Mashoo Khel Village and detonated it with a remote control. Two rooms of the school were damaged completely, while the blast also affected some other sections of the school's building.

Police arrested four militants following exchange of fire in Sarband area on the outskirts of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to the sources, the encounter took place when the militants opened fire at Police near Riaz Shaheed checkpoint. Police retaliation injured one attacker. Police arrested the injured attacker and the other four militants.

Unidentified militants abducted a Sikh businessman for ransom from Quaidabad area of Peshawar (Peshawar District) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Rakbir Singh, a shopkeeper in Hayatabad market, was kidnapped outside his house in the Quaidabad area.

In a sectarian related attack, one doctor, Dr Shah Nawaz Ali, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in his cantonment area clinic on Liaquat Street in Saddar Bazaar of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The apparent reason for the killing was that Dr Ali belonged to Shia sect, local residents added. Earlier this month, Dr Riaz Hussain Shah was shot dead in Dabgari area on January 9.

An explosive device, planted near a CD shop at Bacha Khan Chowk on Charssada Road, exploded damaging three shops. However, no casualty was reported. According to Police, the target of the blast was a CD shop.

Unidentified militants exploded explosive devices planted under two school buses near Chota Lahore in Swabi District. However, no casualty was reported. According to a Police spokesman, the explosive devices, concealed in ghee tins, were planted under the buses parked outside Quaid-e-Azam International Model School.

A two-member bench of Peshawar High Court took exception to the killing of two ‘missing persons’ and summoned Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Police Officer along with several other officials, directing them to explain as to why they failed to trace out the culprits involved in the incidents. The bench fixed February 14 for next hearing after persistent requests made by the DAG and AAG.

Four pro-Government tribesmen from a militia were shot dead in the hujra of a local person at Gul Bagh village on the suburbs of the provincial metropolis Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar (Peshawar District). Police was told that the tribesmen were asleep inside a room in his hujra when unidentified assailants killed them. A source said that the deceased belonged to Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency in FATA but they had shifted recently to Badhaber area of Peshawar owing to lawlessness in the tribal region. They were identified as Khan Bahadur, Zaryab Gul, Jangrez and Abad.

Unidentified assailants shot dead two Afghan clerics at a mosque in Kata Kani area of Hangu city in same District on in the night. Sources said that the mosque attack occurred in Kata Kani area, where the Afghan refugees had been living for past several months. Those killed were identified as Maulana Zahir and Maulana Mohammad Yousuf. One person was injured in the attack.

Five mortars were fired targeting headquarters of FC in Hayatabad residential area of Peshawar. These rockets, however, caused no loss of life nor did any damage to public property, sources said. “Militants fired five mortar rounds in Hayatabad residential area. Three rounds fell inside Frontier Corps residential complex in phase 6 of Hayatabad and two others fell in open field near residential area of civil population,” sources added.

Hayatabad Police seized a vehicle loaded with weapons and ammunitions. During search of the vehicle, Police recovered 115 pistols, 16 Kalashnikov rifles and thousands of rounds. “Two persons were arrested on charges of smuggling weapons,” Hayatabad Police said.

Twin blasts in Charsadda town in the District, on the occasion of the death anniversaries of Khudai Khidmatgar Khan Abdul Ghaffar and ANP leader Khan Abdul Wali Khan created panic. The first blast took place at 4 pm near the Motorway Interchange, 10 minutes after the motorcade of leaders of ANP led by its provincial chief Senator Afrasiab Khattak crossed the area. Police said a remote-controlled bomb planted by unidentified men along the road between a CNG station and the Motorway Interchange exploded, but it caused no casualties or damage to property. The second blast took place at 11 am when an explosive device planted in a shopping bag and placed in the garbage dump in front of Zakat office on Mardan road went off just before the arrival of the bomb disposal squad to defuse it.

A Government-run Kablay Marzay primary school was blown up by unidentified men in Battagram area of Shabqadar in the middle of the night.  No casualties were reported.

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police busted 12 networks of terrorists and rounded up 459 militants and killed 52 others during 2012, a Police communiqué said. It said that during the last 12 months 21 cases of suicide bombings were registered in different parts of the province. At least 21 Policemen were killed and 45 others sustained injuries in these attacks. Similarly, the statement said 386 cases of explosive recovery, missile attacks and blasts at CD and barber shops were registered in which 54 policemen lost lives and 147 were injured, the communiqué said. “One suicide bomber was held, five suicide jackets, 33,036 hand-grenades/dynamites, 6,576 kilogram explosives, 31,416 metre prima chord, 497 rocket shells and 988 metre safety fuses were recovered,” it added. During 2012, a total of 171 Police encounters took place in which 11 Policemen were killed and 14 more injured, the communiqué said, adding, some 48 dacoits were killed and 21 injured in these clashes. Police also recovered 4,715 rifles and light machine guns, 8,702 shotguns, 36,420 pistols, 4,923 Kalashnikov rifles, 2,356 Kalakov, 327 hand-grenades, 51 Stengun and machinegun, 33 bombs and 2019,594 cartridges were recovered.

Militants rained more mortar shells on Peshawar on the second consecutive day as four shells landed in Hayatabad. Sources said four mortar shells, fired from Shalobar area in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency in FATA, landed in Phase-VI, Hayatabad, injuring two children.

Police recovered 75 kilogrammes of explosive material, two rockets and two landmines during a search operation in Jaffarabad Colony in Gillani Town of Dera Ismail Khan District.

A patrol party of the Motorway Police escaped unhurt in a roadside blast in Nowshera town of same District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Deputy Superintendent of Motorway Police Sajjad Sial said they were on a routine patrol on the Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway near Marhati Banda when they saw a man with a briefcase. “We stopped and approached the man to find out the purpose of his waiting,” Sajjad said, adding that the man ran away towards a motorbike on the other side of the road, leaving the briefcase on the road. The explosion occurred as soon as the suspected man left the place on the motorcycle, he added.

A blast in a shop in the Sarband, a suburb of Peshawar, had panicked Policemen deployed at the nearby checkpost in the night. In the early report Police said the explosion was caused by a gas cylinder, later, the experts from bomb disposal unit said it was caused by explosives.

Police arrested two suspected militants and recovered a huge quantity of explosives and weapons during a raid on a depot on Ring Road in Peshawar. The arms and explosives were hidden underground, Ismail Khan, Assistant Superintendent of Police for the Gul Bahar area, said. The cache included 116 kilograms of explosives, thousands of bullets, rocket-propelled grenades, 25 mortar shells and 80 hand grenades.

Unidentified militants shot dead Policeman escorting a polio vaccination team in Kala, a village in Swabi District of KP. The team was heading to a nearby village after vaccinating children in Kala, when two armed motorcyclists shot at them and fled the area, Police said. "The team, after finishing the campaign in Kala, was heading towards a nearby village when three men armed with Kalashnikovs appeared from sugarcane fields and opened fire," District Police Officer Swabi Abdul Rasheed Khan said.

A man was killed and three others sustained injuries in a blast in Acheeni Mera near Al-Hamra Township in Peshawar, the provincial capital of KP. Unidentified militants had planted explosives in fields in Acheeni that went off, killing one tribesman, Sardar, hailing from Zakhakhel area in Bara tehsil of FATA and injuring Gul Shah, Fazal and another person, who couldn't be identified. Some reports said the bomb had been planted near a gambling den and the militants had reportedly warned of target it. However, the police didn't confirm this version.

Unidentified militants lobbed hand grenade on Baamkhel Police check-post in Swabi District. However, no causality was reported. According to details, unknown miscreants riding a motorcycle hurled a hand grenade on Police check-post in Baamkhel area. A car parked near the post was damaged while the Policemen on duty remained unhurt.

The Police arrested a militant, Asif Naveed, during a raid on a house in Kumharnwala in the limits of City Police Station in Dera Ismail Khan town of the same District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and recovered explosives from his possession. The recovery includes a suicide jacket, 15 kilograms of explosives and a pistol.

The KP Home and Tribal Affairs Department announced team for carrying out inspection of the arms and ammunition manufacturers and dealers as well as licence branches of Bannu division. An official statement said the team would be carrying out inspection of arms manufacturing and dealership units in first week of February. The inspection team will furnish reports along with its recommendations to the competent authority by February 11, 2013.

Twenty-eight Shia persons were killed and 46 others injured when a suicide bomber struck outside a mosque just after the Friday prayers in Pat Bazaar in Hangu Town of same District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The officials of the BDU confirmed that it was a suicide attack. "We have recovered the head and legs of the suicide bomber from the spot. Also, a mechanical trigger was recovered from there," AIG of the BDU Shafqat Malik said. He added that around six kilograms of explosives along with pellets were used in the blast to cause more casualties. Hangu has a mixed population of Sunnis and Shias and there has been occasional sectarian strife in the city and also Hangu District. The situation in the adjoining Orakzai and Kurram tribal agencies of FATA also has an impact on Hangu.

A Police patrol narrowly escaped an explosion in the morning in Shinwari Town in Paharipura area of provincial capital, Peshawar. An official of Paharipura Police Station said an explosive device fitted to a timer and planted by a road went off at around 6am shortly after a Police patrol van passed by. The explosive device weighed around 500 grammes and was packed in a canister.

Unidentified militants hurled two explosives into the Badaber Police Station in the night, which didn't go off. Police called the BDU experts who neutralised the explosives.

SFs neutralised a mortar shell in Shadheri area under the Kabal tehsil of Swat District. This was the fifth mortar shell found in the area.

Thirty six persons were killed when TTP suicide bombers attacked an Army camp in Sarai Naurang area of Lakki Marwat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. 13 soldiers and 12 militants were killed. Eleven civilians were also killed after a suicide bomber entered a house in a nearby residential colony and blew himself up. Eleven security personnel were wounded in the assault, officials said. The Sarai Naurang town is a business hub of Lakki Marwat district, about 160kms south of Peshawar. Claiming responsibility for the attack, TTP 'spokesman' Ehsanullah Ehsan said it was carried out to avenge the killing of two Taliban commanders - Toofani and Faisal - in a US drone attack in January. "We had sent only four fighters on the mission," he told journalists by phone from an unknown location, intending to contradict the Government's claim that 12 militants lost their lives during the gunfight.

Two low-intensity explosions took place, causing partial damage to a house and damage to a shop in Hangu town of same District. But no loss of life was reported. According to Police sources, one explosion took place near a house on Warasta Road, partially damaging a house. The second explosion took place in a vegetable market where an explosive device was planted near a shop, which was damaged. According to the Bomb Disposal Squad, half a kilogramme explosive material was used in each of the blast.

A Police constable, Sajjad, was killed when two motorcycle bourne unidentified assailants opened fire on him on the Kohat Road near Ring Road Chowk in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The BDU defused an IED, weighing 10 kilogram, planted on the rooftop of a filling station on the Frontier road.

Unidentified militants attacked the Malangi Police check-post in Nowshera town of Nowshera District, prompting an exchange of fire between them and security personnel, District Police Officer Muhammad Hussain said. No casualties were reported, and the militants managed to escape.

Police killed three suspected militants who attacked a Police van near Yar Hussain village in Swabi District of KP. The Police van was patrolling the area when the three suspected militants opened fire. Police returned fire and killed all of them, Police said.

Nearly 24 LI militants invaded a house in Mera Balarzai, near Badhaber Police Station, in the provincial capital of KP, Peshawar, and abducted five men in the night. The LI militants fled after taking Lobia Gul, his sons Irfan and Hazrat Hussain, and their guests Ibad Khan and Noor Hussain, residents said. The abducted men belong to Zaka Khel Afridi tribe from Bara of Khyber Agency (FATA), but were living in Mera Balarzai since the past few years.

Unidentified assailants shot dead a senior Shia lawyer, Malik Jarrar Hussain, in the Gulbahar area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Unidentified motorcyclists intercepted Malik's car and shot him after he dropped off his children at school. Malik died en route to the hospital.

A grenade attack on Police in evening left four officers injured on GT Road in the Nishterabad area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of KP. A police mobile vehicle was also reported to have caught fire after the grenades were launched, according to eyewitness reports.

An explosion in Badaber at the outskirts of Peshawar damaged the shrine of Akhwan Salaq Baba. The explosives were planted beside the shrine's wall, and it was damaged in the blast.

The Police averted a terrorism attempt by defusing two powerful bombs near Pando Chowk in the limits of Chamkani Police Station. According to the Police, the hand grenade bombs were concealed in shopping bags and placed near Pando Chowk on the Ring Road.

The law enforcement personnel recovered uniforms of the national armies of Pakistan and Afghanistan in Lower Dir, and arrested four suspects. The raid and arrests were made in Samar Bagh area of Lower Dir district, a stronghold of pro-Taliban cleric Maulana Sufi Muhammad, the official sources said while speaking on condition of anonymity.

KP's new Governor, Engineer Shaukatullah, said that talks with TTP would start in coming months and days and he would make them a success. These assuring words followed the oath-taking ceremony to install the new Governor from Bajaur Agency, replacing Barrister Masood Kausar.

Four persons were killed and another was injured when unidentified persons opened fire on them in Palai area in Malakand District. The sources said that Jehanzeb, Amir Bahadur, Sardar Hussain, Hukamdad and Bahadur Said were returning from mountains after collecting fuel wood when unidentified persons opened fire on them.

Suspected militants shot dead a doctor, identified as Dr Tehseenullah, inside his clinic in Sardar Ahmed Jan Colony on Charsadda Road of Peshawar (Peshawar District), the provincial capital of KP. Two medical practitioners killed in the city over the last few weeks.

A heavy amount of explosive material and illegal weapons recovered from the house of a banned outfit's member in Madina Colony of Dera Ismail Khan District. According to details, acting on a tip-off Cantt Police raided the house of Ahsan alias Sana Baloch and recovered two magnet bombs with remotes, two electric detonators with batteries, 65 shrapnels, ball bearings, two Kalashnikovs, one 30-bore pistol and 50 cartridges.

At least 18 senior members of two religious-political groups were arrested up as the Police launched a crackdown to arrest suspects involved in targeted killing incidents. SSP Operations Imran Shahid confirmed the raids but said eight persons were arrested. "Raids have been conducted to arrest suspects behind the targeted killings," the SSP told.

A source said that those arrested included leaders of the ASWJ as well as elders of the Shia community. Some of those arrested during the raids were identified as Usman Farooqi, Irshad Haideri, Siddiqullah, Shah Faisal, Jan Farooqi, Aurangzeb Farooqi, Mohammad Gul, Nasrullah, Sajid, Sajjad and Jamal who were held during raids in different parts of the city. The raids started in the morning. Heavy contingents of Peshawar Police as well as commandoes of the Elite Police Force participated in the raids.

The Government Postgraduate Degree College in Mardan town of same District of KP was rocked by a mild intensity bomb in afternoon. However, no casualty was reported. According to Police, the bomb which weighed five kilogrammes was placed in the veranda of the Physics Department on the second storey of the college building and exploded with a big bang, damaging the windowpanes of two classrooms.

The BDU official neutralised an explosive device in Sangarh locality of Hangu town of same District. The sources said that unidentified persons had planted explosives to the house of a trader Nadim in Sangarh area, which was spotted by locals. Two kilograms of explosives were fitted to a remote-control device.

A man was killed when an improvised explosive device went off in a house in Behzadi Chakarkot area of Kohat in the night.

Unidentified militants blew up a primary school for girls in Taja Koroona Shero village under Katlang Police Station in Mardan District.

11 persons, including three FC personnel, two Policemen and one Levies man, were killed and over 23 persons were injured as a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into a security post in Spin Thall area of Hangu District.

Police and LEA repulsed a terrorist attack on Miryan Police Station of Bannu District, killing five suicide bombers while another blew himself up. TTP claimed responsibility for the attack on Miryan police station.

CM Ameer Haider Khan Hoti of KP narrowly escaped a suicide attack on his motorcade at Mardan College Chowk in Mardan Town of same District in KP.

SFs recovered arms and ammunitions dumped in a field at Mastorai and Kas villages of Maidan tehsil in Lower Dir District.

A terrorist was killed and six others were arrested following a clash with SFs in Bannu District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Faiz Muhammad Khan, a community Police constable and brother of Adezai Aman Lashkar's leader Waqif Khan, was shot dead in the crowded Matani market of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).

A Government high school for boys was destroyed in an explosion which also partially damaged an adjacent house in Masho Khel area in the night.

The KP Government informed the Peshawar High Court that provincial authorities recently moved about 100 detainees to internment centres. The suspects had been in army custody since it arrested them in the Swat and Malakand Districts during the 2009 counter-insurgency offensive.

Four Security Force personnel and one civilian were killed while eight persons, including a senior government official, were injured when two suicide bombers attacked the Khyber House, office-cum-residence of Khyber Agency's political agent in the Cantonment area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Unidentified assailants shot dead a head constable of the Special Brach at Akakhel area of Gar village in the limits of Zaida Police Station in Swabi District. The sources said that Arshad Iqbal was heading to office on his motorbike when the attackers sprayed him with bullets at Akakhel, killing him on the spot.

A Police constable, Azmat Khan, was killed when unidentified assailants opened fire on a Police check-post at Gulo Dheri in the limits of Charssada Police Station in Charsadda District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

APA of Landi Kotal (Khyber Agency, FATA), Khalid Mumtaz Kundi, who was injured in the February 18's twin suicide blasts on Khyber House in Peshawar, succumbed to his injuries, raising the death toll to seven. Sources said that the APA had received multiple injuries in the suicide bombings.

Unidentified motorcycle borne assailants shot dead two persons, including a key commander of a former peace committee, Gul Muhammad Shah, on Bannu Road in Tank town of same District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Two persons were killed and 17 others injured in a bomb blast in a mobile phone shop in Khushal Market in old Hashtnagri area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of KP.

Unidentified assailants shot dead a soldier of Frontier Constabulary and his cousin in Davil Galli area of Darband in Nowshera District. Sources said that FC soldier Mohammad Shabir and his cousin Sajid Wali were on their way to Larri village in Darband when the attackers opened indiscriminate firing on them.

The Police neutralised explosive devices, which were placed near the girls' school at Bangashkhel village in the limits of Mandan Police Station in Mardan District. The recovery includes four explosive devices and nine hand grenades.

Intelligence reports said that 12 suicide bombers have entered the city to target certain places, Police and official. Police and other law enforcing agencies stepped up security checks in Peshawar after the reports. It is not clear what the targets of these bombers are.

KP Government has reconstructed 70% of militancy-hit schools in the province, Education Minister Sardar Hussain Babak said. Militants destroyed or damaged more than 3,000 KP schools in recent years. However, with domestic and international financial assistance, KP has rebuilt or repaired 70% of them, he said. "The remaining restoration work will be completed within a year," he added.

Unidentified assailants shot dead a lawyer in the limits of Paharipura Police Station of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Police said that the lawyer was on way to his home when unidentified assailants opened firing on him. He was public prosecutor in Peshawar and belonged to Charsadda District.

A Police head constable was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Yakatut area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in the morning. Head Constable Farman Khan, residence of Tauheed Abad, was going for Fajr when some unidentified assailants raiding a motorbike opened indiscriminate fire upon him, killing Farman Khan on the spot. He was a head constable in CID.

Suspected militants blew up a Government primary school in Badhber area of Peshawar (Peshawar District), the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Police said that 195 suspected militants were arrested during a special campaign in Districts of Peshawar, Charsadda and Nowshera.

A Policeman was shot dead while protecting a polio vaccination team at Ghalla Dher on the outskirts of Mardan town of same District.

Three journalists survived attempt on their lives as they were fired at outside the Swat Press Club in Mingora, the headquterer of Swat District. Senior journalists Fayyaz Zafar, Shahzad Alam and Murad Ali said that armed men travelling in a white car opened fire on them.

The BDU personnel diffused an eight kilogram of IED planted by militants under a bridge at Sarokhel in the limits of Doaba Police Station in Hangu District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

813 Police personnel have lost their lives in terrorist activities in KP since 2007, citing KP Police Department records. The deadliest year was 2009, when 201 Policemen were killed. The report showed that 108 Policemen were killed in 2007, 167 in 2008, 99 in 2012, 142 in 2011, 86 in 2012 and 10 so far this year. Another 1,772 Police personnel have been injured since 2007, according to the records.

Unidentified assailants killed a Shia trader and injured another at a shop in Kochi Bazaar in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in the evening.

Unidentified militants blew up the Government Primary School for Boys at Wanda Zerhan area in the limits of Lakki Police Station in Lakki Marwat District. Two rooms and a veranda were completely destroyed while the boundary wall was partially damaged.

KP Governor Engineer Shaukatullah said that the Governor's House would work as a liaison office between the jirga (tribal council of elders) set up to hold peace talks with the militants, and the TTP leadership. Briefing media persons along with Governor Shaukatullah after chairing a meeting of the 87-member grand tribal jirga at the Governor's House, JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said that the formation of an authoritative grand tribal jirga gave the message to the world community that serious peace initiatives are underway to bring durable peace in FATA and KP by holding talks with the militant leadership.

LEA recovered a suicide jacket and hand grenade during a search operation in Domail area of the Bannu District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Police defused two IED bombs at Maiamzai area in the vicinity of Matni Police Station in suburbs of Peshawar (Peshawar District), the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The 'operational commander' of the TTP, Qari Basit, and an unidentified foreigner were arrested by personnel of intelligence agencies in Kheshgi town of Nowshera District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

A Government primary school was partially damaged in a blast in Katlang area of Mardan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

An under-construction building was damaged in a bomb explosion in Nowshera area (Nowshera District). Government Officials said that Police found another bomb there and defused it safely.

At least six people were killed and 30 others injured in a remote-controlled blast inside Jamia Hanfia Chishtia Mosque in Meena Bazaar of Peshawar, Provincial Capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

A man and his son were killed and 20 people, two of them Policemen, were injured as a bomb triggered by a remote control exploded in Bannu bazaar (Bannu District).

A Bomb Disposal officer was killed on the outskirts of Peshawar (Peshawar District), the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while defusing a roadside bomb.

Six persons were injured in a blast just 60 metres from the home of Mian Iftikhar Hussain, the information minister for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pabbi town.

A tower of a cellular company was partially damaged in the blast in Togh Sarai area of Hangu District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The BDU defused an improvised explosive device in a crowded bazaar near Lakki Gate in Bannu town of same District.

Unidentified motorcycle bourne assailants shot dead two Afghan nationals in the limits of Shabqadar Police Station in Charsadda town of same District in KP.

Meanwhile, four CD shops were damaged in a suspected militant attack in Matani area on the outskirts of Peshawar, the provincial capital of KP.

A Policeman and three civilians were killed and 49 persons, including a woman additional district and session's judge, were injured in a suicide attack in a judicial complex in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Two suicide bombers entered the complex and one of them blew himself up in the courtroom of Additional District and Sessions Judge Kalsoom Zaman while the second was gunned down by police. TTP 'spokesman' Ehsanullah Ehsan said it was in revenge "for the failure of the country's judiciary to defend jailed Pakistani scientist Dr Aafia Siddiqui" in the US.

An unidentified assailant shot dead a Shia lawyer and injured his assistant seriously on Dalazak Road in Peshawar.

Meanwhile, a cell-phone shop was blown up in Karbogha Sharif of Doaba area in Hangu District.

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has become the first province in the country to set up a Strategy and Analysis Wing (SAW) with an aim to coordinate efforts at combating crime and terrorism, analysing data and making use of digital and internet data to achieve its objectives.

Unidentified assailants killed a soldier of FC, Qadir Khan, and injured two Policemen in Shabqadar area of Charsadda town of same District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Unidentified militants targeted the residence of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly member Babar Khan in the Shabqadar area. A militant-planted bomb exploded overnight outside the house of the Qaumi Watan Party-affiliated provincial MP. He was at home at the time but no casualties were reported.

Two IEDs planted near the main gate of a private se school went off with a bang in Batgram area. As a result the gate and boundary wall of the school were destroyed while other parts of the school were partially damaged.

SFs launched a massive search in the rural Peshawar and adjacent semi-tribal area a day after the suicide attack on the Judicial Complex in the provincial capital. Dozens of suspects were arrested during the drive and shifted to an unknown place.

SFs arrested about 60 suspects in connection with the March 18, 2013, suicide attack on judicial complex in Peshawar (Peshawar District), the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Police recovered weapons and drugs from a truck at a check post on Hangu Road of same District. The seizure included 25 Kalashnikovs and 125 chargers, two shot guns and three rifles besides nine kilograms of hashish and opium.

At least 17 persons were killed and 34 others injured in a car bomb explosion in the Jalozai camp for IDPs in Nowshera District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Two young girls were killed when an explosive device, they were playing with, went off in a house in Sakhakot area of Malakand District.

An explosive device went off near the house of former MPA Babar Ali Mohmand in Shabqadar tehsil of Charsadda District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

A low intensity bomb exploded outside the office of a local advertisement company on Dorra Road within the jurisdiction of Banamari Police Station in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

A senior Federal Government official was shot dead, in what Police said was an incident of sectarian killing in the Gulbahar area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. "Unidentified gunmen opened fire on a WAPDA vehicle carrying Town-2 SDO Khawaja Imran in the Gulbahar area," a Police official said. Gulbahar Police said the WAPDA official was targeted because he belonged to Shia sect.

Separately, a tribesman was shot dead and a taxi driver injured in an attack at Dabgari area.

Two persons were injured in an explosion near Yunus Park in Peshawar. The blast reportedly took place outside an arms dealer shop. The building above the arms dealer's shop, houses the Peoples Labour office for Peshawar, an office affiliated with the PPP.

A small intensity explosive device went off near the house of PPP leader Akbar Khan Mohmand on Shami Road. Police said that no one had been injured and only a section of the wall had been damaged.

Police neutralised three IEDs in the limits of Matani and Badaber Police Stations in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

BDS foiled a terrorist attempt and defused a 5-kg bomb placed beneath a bridge on Dera Ismail Khan Road of same District.

12 persons, including four security personnel, were killed and 35 others were injured in a suicide bomber attacked on the vehicle of Commandant of Frontier Constabulary in the province Abdul Majeed Marwat in the high-security cantonment area of Peshawar (Peshawar District), the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.TTP spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan made phone calls to media offices in Peshawar to accept responsibility for the attack. "We targeted the FC (commandant) for operations against the Taliban and tribal people."

The dead bodies of three persons, who were abducted last week, were found in the limits of Doaba Police Station in Hangu District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Two persons killed and seven others were injured, among them an election candidate, in a bomb attack on a motorcade in the Janikhel area of Bannu District. The TTP claimed responsibility for the attack. Calling from an undisclosed location, TTP spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan told journalists that Mr Wazir was attacked because he was part of the ANP Government for five years. The TTP threatened more attacks against the ANP. "We are against ANP. We have directed our associates in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to target ANP election rallies and all its leaders," Ehsan said.

A Policeman, identified as Havaldar Mahmoodul Hassan, was injured when unidentified assailants attacked a Police patrolling party in Jungle Khel area of Kohat District.

Unidentified militants targeted a Government-run girl's school in Bannu city with explosives, however no causality was reported.

Five WAPDA employees, including a SDO, and three community Police personnel were found dead in fields near Sheikh Muhammadi area in Badhaber, a suburb of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, after a militant attack on a grid station. During the attack, the militants fired seven rockets at a 500 kilowatt grid station in Sheikh Muhammadi, causing it to catch fire. An official of the BDS, Abdul Haq, said 14 bombs of five kilograms each had been planted to blow up the offices and the grid station. "Thirteen bombs exploded while one was defused by the bomb disposal unit," he said.

Unidentified assailants killed a man, Syed Zulqarnain Haider (24), on Daora Road under Pando Police Station.

One Laiq Hussain of Parachinar (Kurram Agency of FATA) escaped unhurt when unidentified motorcyclists opened fire on his car near Motorway Bridge.

Unidentified militants blew up a cellular phone company tower with explosives in Darsamand area of Hangu District.

Security Forces arrested a militant, known for his expertise in making of IED, along with his few other accomplices from Samanth area located east of Michni in Peshawar.

One person was killed and four others including three minors were injured when three mortar rounds fired from unknown direction, landed in phase-VI Hayatabad area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Unidentified militants targeted a Police van with a remote-controlled device in the Ghaziabad area of Kohat town in same District but failed to inflict any causality.

A shopkeeper sustained injuries when an IED planted by unidentified militants near a mobile-phone shop went off in the limits of Ghauriwala Police Station in Bannu District.

No casualty was reported as two bombs went off near a Police checkpost in Matani and another in Khazana area of Peshawar. There was no casualty was the policemen had not yet arrived at the spot for duty.

KP authorities have declared 1,913 polling stations "more sensitive" and 3,213 polling stations "sensitive," Voters will use the polling stations in the May 11 General Election.

A compact disc shop was blown up in the main bazaar of Hangu town in the same District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. However, no human loss was reported in the blast.

Meanwhile, four PESCO employees were safely recovered after they were abducted by the militants on Shiekh Muhammadi Grid Station in Peshawar few days ago on April 2.

A powerful blast has been reported outside the residence of former senator Nasir Khan Afridi in Hayatabad Phase-II area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Rockets fired by unidentified militants hit the house of Raz Gul in Saeedabad area. Sources said that a rocket landed in a graveyard while another hit an open plot.

Suspected militants fired seven mortar shells from the FATA area on Hayatabad area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, injuring 22 people and damaging several houses and vehicles.

A CD centre and two nearby shops were damaged in the busy Mian Iqbal Chowk (Stadium Chowk) in cantonment area. Police said unidentified militants had planted explosives with the CD shop owned by one Khairullah that went off at around 5:30 am.

A Policeman was shot dead and another was injured while escorting a polio vaccination team in Mosam Koruna area in Mardan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The polio campaigner remained safe in the attack, according to the Police.

Police recovered two bodies from Agra road in Shabqadar area under Prang Police Station of Charsadda District.

Unidentified militants shot dead a Policeman and injured his colleague in Mardan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

A leader of ANP and former provincial minister Arbab Ayub Jan escaped a bomb attack, however, three persons sustained injuries in the blast in Peshawar (Peshawar District), the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Meanwhile, a blast in Matani hospital on the suburbs of Peshawar caused panic among the people of the area. A Police source said that the blast damaged windowpanes and walls of the hospital; however, it didn't cause any loss of life.

Three persons, including a Policeman, were killed and three Policemen received bullet injuries in an encounter at Shagai Road in the limits of Cantonment Police Station in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Three persons, including a woman, were shot dead and four others sustained injuries at Shifa Market in Thall tehsil of Hangu District.

ANP candidates Rehmanullah and his son Ameer Rehman survived attempt on life while a party worker was injured in a grenade attack on them at Shewa graveyard in Sheikh Jana area of Swabi District.

Four persons, who hired a taxi for Peshawar, were abducted and their vehicle found abandoned near Lado Ustarzai in Kohat District.

After two attacks on election candidates in KP and assassination of a contestant in Hyderabad, Sindh, contenders would now be allowed to keep five civilian bodyguards with licensed arms during the polls campaign.

Former Federal Minister and ANP leader Ghulam Ahmad Bilour called on the election commission to provide security to ANP leaders receiving death threats in KP. Addressing reporters at the press club, he said the KP's caretaker Government has provided very basic security to leaders of the ANP, and said these ordinary arrangements are not enough to avoid potential attacks.

Nine persons were killed in a bomb blast in a bus passing through the Matani area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

A village defence committee member and local Awami National Party leader, Mukarram Shah, was killed in a remote-controlled roadside blast in the Manglawar area of Swat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. TTP claimed the responsibility for the attack. In telephone calls to media offices, TTP 'spokesman' Ehsanullah Ehsan said his men had carried out the attack. He gave no reason for this killing.

Syed Masoom Shah, ANP candidate for PK-21 in Charsadda Town of the same District, received minor injuries while three others received injuries in a bomb attack in Katozai area of Shabqadar.

Security Forces foiled terror attempts by recovering two bombs, planted inside two separate motorbikes, in Bannu town of same District.

BDS personnel averted a possible terrorism bid by defusing a bomb planted in the under-construction house of Muhmmad Naeem Khan, the candidate of PPP for NA-13, in Swabi Town of same District.

Unidentified assailants killed two political activists and injured three others on Rampur Road in the Paharpur town of Dera Ismail Khan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

A bomb blast killed a local leader of ANP in the village of Banjot in Swat District, the fourth such attack targeting members of secular-learning parties during their campaigns for next month's parliamentary election.

The residence of a woman civil judge was partially damaged in a blast in Shabqadar area in Charsadda District. However, no casualty was reported.

Police along with the BDS thwarted a terrorist bid by defusing two high-intensity bombs in the limits of Hawaid Police Station in Bannu District.

16 persons, including SHO, were killed and more than 35 were injured when a suicide bomber targeted the senior ANP leader Ghulam Ahmad Bilour and his nephew Haroon Bilour in Mundabheri area of Yakatut in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The TTP claimed responsibility for the attack.

Two militants were killed and seven persons, including four Policemen, injured in exchange of fire near FC Fort on Wana Road in Tank town of same District.

Two persons, including a minor, sustained injuries when an IED planted by militants went off near the vehicle of the ANP local leader Farooq Khan in Shadheri area of Charsadda District.

A bomb disguised to resemble a toy killed a woman and her two nieces in the Korya area of the Buner city in same District of KP.

Militants attacked a polio vaccination team in Gomal village of Tank District, injuring two Levies personnel guarding the workers vaccinating children.

Police thwarted an attempt to blow up the Mardan Press Club by defusing a 15 kilogrammes explosive device near the building.

The KP caretaker Government called for the immediate return of all FC troops deployed in other parts of the country to strengthen security for provincial election activities. The Government decided to deploy about 80,000 troops at sensitive polling stations across the province.

The BDU neutralised a 10 kilogram of bomb planted on roadside in Bazidkhel village in south of Peshawar, the provincial capital of KP.

Law-Enforcement Agencies once again started arresting former militants in Swat and other parts of the Malakand Division, fearing that those militants freed earlier could sabotage the May 11 General election.

The Attock District Police, on the direction of secret agencies, have reviewed the security plan to keep a check on entry of terrorists from the bordering Districts of KP.

In the wake of recent militant attacks on politicians and campaign rallies, the KP caretaker Government is addressing political parties' concerns by announcing the deployment of Army Quick Response Forces to provide security at polling places May 10-12.

A student leader was injured when unidentified assailants hurled two grenades into an election camp of the ANP in Maneri town in Swabi District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the evening. Sources said that about 13 ANP workers were sitting in Hujra of Nadeem Khan, which is being used as the election office of the party, when the grenade attack took place. Osama, president of Pakhtun Students Federation, the student wing of ANP, was injured.

Five vehicles were destroyed and three others damaged in a blast near a car showroom on the University Road near Tehkal area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The blast destroyed five vehicles and damaged three others.

The BDU neutralised an IED planted near a graveyard in Matani.

A Policeman died while his colleague and a passer-by were injured in a bomb blast in Judbah, the headquarters of Torghar District in KP. According to the Police, unidentified persons detonated a remote-controlled device concealed in sand near the River Indus area. A police party was deployed to check the passengers of ferries moving from Judbah to Darband and other parts of Hazara when the blast occurred.

Two persons, including a woman, injured in a bomb blast near Sarki Gate area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of KP. The blast reportedly took place outside a house.

A toy bomb explosion in Swat left six persons injured. The injured include three women and a seven-month old child.

The former MPA and candidate for PK-67 Israrullah Khan Gandapur escaped unhurt in a roadside blast in Parori area of Dera Ismail Khan District. The sources said that Israrullah Khan Gandapur along with his supporters was on his way home after attending an election rally at Parori.

Two Policemen and four militants, one of them an Iranian national, were killed in an encounter in Barbara area of Banda Daud Shah tehsil of Karak District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Police said that another four Policemen were injured in the clash and two injured militants were arrested. Officials said that a pre-dawn operation had been launched following reports that some suspected militants were present in the area.

The security agencies freed 13 more missing persons picked up on suspicion of having links with the militant outfits, while body of one missing person was found in Mardan District, the Peshawar High Court was told. A two-member bench comprising PHC Chief Justice Dost Muhammad Khan and Justice Rohul Amin disposed of cases of 13 missing persons after their lawyers and family members informed the court that the detainees have been freed by the security agencies and they have returned home safely.

The counter-terrorism strategies proposed in the mainstream political parties' election manifestos do not represent what it would really take to restore peace in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA, according to experts. The issue appears to be quite low on their priority list with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz proposing its plan for taking on "Militancy and terrorism" in chapter 13 of its 14-chaptered election manifesto and Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarians declaring it its sixth priority out of a list of seven point election programme.

Unidentified militant blew up a Government school in Khwaja Muhammad area in Hangu District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Two rooms of the school were destroyed while the remaining portion of the school's building was damaged. The number of the schools destroyed by the militants in the area has reached 11.

Unidentified persons hurled a hand-grenade inside a house in Dhoda area Kohat District, causing minor damage but no casualties.

A bomb was defused by the BDS in Bannu town of same District. Bannu City Police official Miranshah Khan said at around 8am a pedestrian informed Police about a suspicious polythene bag lying near the boundary wall of Boys Government High School No 1.

A 15 kilogrammes bomb was defused in Shabqadar tehsil of Charsadda. Police official Zaman Khan said they received a tip-off about a bomb planted near Shabqadar Bazaar.

Further, a low-intensity bomb weighing two kilogrammes planted by the roadside in Sreekh area of Battagram was also defused by the BDS.

A bomb allegedly planted to target ANP activists in Mardan was successfully defused by the BDS late in the April 25 night. Par Hoti Police official Fazal Rabi said they were patrolling Sikandray area when they found an abandoned motorcycle parked at the roadside in Sarai Koruna where activists of ANP were convening a meeting for their election campaign.

A bomb planted near the house of a bank manager in Amirabad area of Charsadda town of same District exploded, damaging its boundary wall. Mandani Police official Rajab Ali said a huge explosion occurred near Khursheed Khan's house at around 5:45pm. BDS said two kilogrammes of explosives were used in the bomb.

Five supporters of independent candidate Syed Noor Akbar for NA-39 (Orakzai Agency in FATA) seat were killed when his election office was targeted with bomb in the Kacha Pakka area of Kohat Town in same District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) in the morning. The TTP 'spokesman' Ehsanullah Ehsan claimed responsibility for the Kohat blast and vowed to carry out more attacks.

Three persons were killed and 26 others injured in bomb attack on the elections office of independent candidate Nasir Khan Afridi for NA-46 seat was targeted on Charsadda Road in Peshawar, the provincial capital of KP.

Two persons, including a seven-year-old, were killed in the attack, while 16 others were injured in a remote-controlled blast took place when people were leaving after attending the election rally of ANP candidate Ameer Rehman in the PK-32 constituency in Swabi town of same District.

At least 10 persons, including two Afghan diplomats and a journalist, were killed and over 60 others sustained injuries in a suicide attack on the University Road in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Those killed in the blast included the Afghan consulate's Business Attache, Qazi Hilal, and an official of its refugee section, Mohammad Idrees. Qazi Hilal was son of the former deputy leader of Hezb-i-Islami and Afghanistan's Former Minister for Justice and Communications, Qazi Amin Waqad. A journalist, Arif Shafi, was also among those killed, while another journalist Gohar Ali's daughter, Ayesha Ali, was wounded.

One person was killed and two others sustained injuries in an attack on the ANP office in Nowshera town of same District. Unidentified assailants attacked the election office of the ANP candidate for PK-13, killing one of his security guards and injuring two other persons. The slain guard was identified as Johar Ali (19), while the injured party workers included Shahid Khan and Adalat Khan. The attackers escaped after the attack. Two vehicles parked in the hujra (meeting place) were also damaged in the incident.

A passerby was killed and 20 others sustained injures when ANP candidate for PK-17, Muhammad Ahmad Khan, was attacked with a remote controlled bomb in Sar Dheri of Charsadda town of same District. Khan escaped unhurt. Bomb disposal Unit officials said two kilogram explosive was used in the explosion.

The hujra and a nearby mosque were partially damaged when a bomb planted by militants exploded near the house of the ANP leader Khan Daraz Khan in Hajyanoo Koroona in Ghundo village in the limits of Katlang Police Station in Mardan District.

Two unidentified motorcyclists attacked the vehicular procession of JUI-S candidate for NA-15 Karak and JUI-S Deputy General Secretary Maulana Shah Abdul Aziz in Jangrezi area of Banda Daud shah tehsil of Karak District. It was learnt that both the candidates and their workers remained unhurt in the attack.

Two assailants opened fire on the hujra of former JUI-F MPA and now independent candidate for PK-41 Karak-I Malik Qasim Khan in Khojaki area of Takht-e-Nusrati on the Indus Highway.

A Government boys' school was blown up with four bombs in the wee hours in Bannu town of same District. According to Police, four back-to-back bombs exploded in the school, completely damaging the school building. No casualty was reported.

Unidentified persons hurled a hand-grenade at the Bannu woollen Mills on Dera Ismail Khan Road in Bannu town of same District in the night. Official sources said that the main entrance to the mills was partially damaged but caused no casualty.

The BDS neutralised an IED in Badhaber area on the outskirts of Peshawar, the provincial capital of KP. According to Police, the personnel of BDS were called in after an explosive filled pot with a mobile device attached was spotted by the locals in Badhaber.

The BDU official's defused two bombs planted to target two election contestants in the limits of Mathra Police Station of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Two suspected terrorists, picked up by intelligence agencies from Butkhela area of Malakand District in KP in 2009 and 2010, were produced before the Supreme Court. A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry had ordered the KP Government on May 2, to produce the two before the court. Mohammad Ibrahim was picked up on Eid day on Sept 11, 2010 and Hidayat Shah on Dec 23, 2009. According to the prosecution, both the suspects belong to Butkhela in the PATA.

At least two activists of PTI and as many Police constables were injured when an improvised explosive device planted on a roadside went off when a PTI procession was passing from there to attend a public meeting in Gharibabad area of Takhbai tehsil in Mardan District of KP.

A bomb planted to target a candidate of the ANP for PK-8 was defused in Khidrakhel village in the jurisdiction of Khazana Police Station in Peshawar (Peshawar District), the provincial capital of KP. Assistant Inspector General of the BDU Shafqat Malik said that around four kilograms of explosives had been planted in fields outside the house of Farzand Khan, the ANP candidate for PK-8.

A PPP worker was injured when a remote controlled bomb planted near the office of a party candidate in Mirzai area of Shabqadar in Charssada District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, went off. The bomb was planted near the office of PPP candidate for PK-22 Haji Asadullah Khan in Mirzai area. The PPP worker identified as Shahid sustained injuries. The BDU personnel said about four kilograms explosive was used in the bomb.

Two workers of ANP were injured when unidentified assailants opened fire on them in Chengolai area of Swat District. ANP workers Nasruallah and Shah Farooq were returning home from Khwazakhela bazaar in their car when unknown armed men ambushed the vehicle just a few yards from their village.

Dara Adam Khel chapter of TTP warned the teachers to boycott the polling process "in order to avoid punishment". The warning has been issued through pamphlets distributed in various schools, residences of teachers in different areas of Peshawar, like Sarband, Salman Khel, Masho Khel and some areas located in Badbher. Local found the pamphlets and informed the Police, who gathered the letters for investigation and to determine who distributed them.

According to the letter, TTP Dara Adam Khel has announced that "we are against those people who are working for democracy and these people are the enemies of the Islam who want to destabilise our country and Islam through democracy". Through the pamphlet, the TTP has also demanded that people support the TTP, through money or participation in jihad and reject the election. The TTP also warned the teachers and citizens that they should not participate in election work.

At least 12 persons were killed and 35 others were injured in a remote-controlled blast when a candidate of the Fazlur Rehman led JUI-F was conducting his election campaign in Doaba Town of Hangu District. DPO Sajjad Khan said militants had parked an explosive-laden motorcycle in the main bazaar and triggered the explosion when the JUI-F candidate Mufti Syed Jannan along with his supporters reached there to meet the shopkeepers and seek votes.

Five persons, including PPP leader Muhammad Zahir Shah Khan, were killed in a remote-controlled bomb blast near the Babagam village in Maidan area of Lower Dir District.

One person was killed and three others were injured when unidentified assailants opened fire at the cavalcade of AJIP 'chief' Shahram Khan Tarakai near Baja village in Swabi District. Police sources said Shahram Khan and his supporters were on their way back after addressing a rally in Baja village when unidentified assailants opened fire. "The AJIP 'chief' remained unhurt in the attack but one of his supporters was killed on the spot," said a Police official.

JI leader, identified as Malik Bahram Khan, an election candidate for PK-93 Upper Dir-III, and three other companions of him were injured in a remote-controlled bomb attack in Akhagram area of Upper Dir District. None claimed responsibility for the attacks.

Two Policemen, a woman and a suicide bomber were killed and another militant arrested with a suicide vest during an encounter in Rasheed Garhi area of Peshawar (Peshawar District), the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to an official, terrorists hurled grenades at Police when they launched an operation in the locality. Elite Force personnel Misbahullah of Mian Gujar and Wahab Ali of Mashogagar of Badbher were killed and a woman and a child injured. The Police official said an injured intending suicide bomber had been arrested and he had identified himself as Saadat Khan. City Police Chief Liaquat Ali Khan told reporters that another suicide bomber had blown himself up in a house, killing a woman. He said the militant had forced his way into the building after attacking Police, but detonated his suicide vest after police surrounded the house.

A policeman and two women were killed and 27 others injured as a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into Domail Police Station in Bannu city of same District at 5:00am. Officials said the bomber drove the car through the densely populated area before hitting the Police Station, destroying the building and several nearby houses and shops. Police constable Rehmanullah and two women were killed and 27, mostly children and women, suffered injuries in the attack. The bomb disposal unit personnel said 400kg explosives were used in the explosion, which created an eight feet deep crater.

Two persons were killed and 18 others, including a Policeman, women and some children, injured in a remote-controlled blast in Jani Chowk of Hangu Bazaar in Hangu District. Police said the bomb was planted in a handcart parked on Railway Road in Hangu Bazaar. Police Sub-Inspector and platoon commander Ahmad Hussain was among the injured.

Five persons, including three Policemen, were injured in a hand grenade attack in Dera Ismail Khan City of same District. Police said unidentified persons hurled a hand grenade partially damaging part of the house injuring two persons. Police rushed to the place but when they reached there, a roadside improvised explosive device exploded destroying their van and injuring Police Constables Mohammad Timur and Inayatullah and driver Gulam Fareed.

At least six persons including three Policemen were killed and more than 10 others injured in a remote controlled blast near a Police van in Sarmal Nusratkhail area in Torghar town of same District. According to Police, militants detonated a remote-controlled device concealed in sand near the River Indus. A police party was deployed to check the passengers of ferries moving from Judbah to Darband and other parts of Hazara when the blast occurred.

Unidentified militants lobbed a hand grenade inside the building, the meeting place of an Awami National Party leader, Haider Ali, in Katlang area of Mardan District. An official of the Katlang Police said that around 12:30am, an explosion was heard at the ANP leader's meeting place, while a car and motorbike parked inside were damaged as a result. None were killed or injured.

The ANP party's election office was partially destroyed when explosives planted by unidentified militants went off in the Bhalola area of Charsadda District. Official said that unidentified militants had planted a remote-controlled bomb at the election office of ANP leader Asfandyar Wali Khan, which exploded and destroyed the front of the office that is situated in Bhalola Bazaar. No human loss was reported.

A bomb planted at the main gate of an ANP election office in Yar Hussain village of Swabi District went off, partially destroying the structure. No one was reported injured or killed.

Two workers of ANP were killed in a series of bomb blasts which also damaged a polling station and three election offices in Swabi town of same District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Three people were injured in the blasts. One blast took place at the MCB Chowk in Yar Hussain bazaar near the election office of an ANP candidate for provincial assembly seat PK-33. Two people killed in this blast were identified as Farman Ali and Arbab Ali.

Police said an improvised explosive device had been placed near the election office. Officials said two other blasts occurred in Swabi Khas, damaging election offices of two ANP candidates for provincial assembly seats PK-32 (Swabi-II) and PK-31 (Swabi-I). No one was injured. Sources said explosive devices had been placed in guest houses of candidates Itibar Khan and Safdar Khan. The fourth blast damaged a Government school building where a polling station had been set up. School's watchman Sher Azam was injured in the blast.

Two Policemen were killed and eight other persons were wounded in two separate attacks in Badaber area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in the night. Police said a patrolling party of the Badaber Police Station was on a routine duty when two IEDs planted on the roadside in Malikhel area was triggered with a remote-control. An assistant sub-inspector Amjad Kamal and a Constable Sohail Khan were killed in the twin blasts while four constables and two civilians were wounded in the attack.

Two Policemen were injured in an exchange of fire with alleged militants in Sheikh Mohammadi village. Police said the attackers wanted to kidnap the polling staff and polling agents from the women polling station in the area who were busy in counting votes.

Police arrested alleged TTP 'commander' and target killer Abid aka Charger and two other militants during a raid on a house in the Bahadur Banda area of Hangu District in KP. Hand grenades and other weapons were recovered from the possession of the arrested militants, District Police Officer Hangu Sajjad Khan said.

A man detained by intelligence agencies since 2011 told the IHC on May 15 that over 500 terror suspects had been kept in an internment centre in Lakki Marwat town of same District in KP. Rana Amir, who went missing in 2011, also was detained at the centre. This was confirmed by a Defence Ministry Official who told the court on May 2 to ask the KP Government to produce him before it. On the directive of Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui, the Interior Ministry and the KP Government produced Amir during the hearing of a petition filed by his wife Rashida Amir.

Responding to the court's questions, Amir said that intelligence personnel had picked him up from his dairy farm in Rahim Yar Khan on February 10, 2011. According to him, the agencies initially kept him in solitary confinement for five months somewhere in Bahawalpur. From there he was taken to Lahore and Peshawar and subsequently to Lakki Marwat. He told the court that the Lakki Marwat centre housed more than 500 suspects in about 20 barracks.

Three soldiers and two civilians were killed while six others sustained injuries in a bomb attack followed by firing on a Security Forces' convoy on the Kohat Road near Sra Khawra area of Matani in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in the night. Officials said a convoy of the Army was on its way from Kohat to Peshawar when it came under a bomb attack, followed by intense firing near Sra Khawra in Matani. Three soldiers and two unidentified persons were killed in the blast and firing, while six others were injured.

The member of Damghar peace committee and PML-N leader Shah Dawran and his guard were shot dead by unidentified assailants in Mingora Bazaar of Swat District. Police said Dawran and his guard, Amanullah of special police force, were bound for home in Damghar from Mingora in a car and when they reached Green Chowk, armed men opened fire on them killing the two on the spot.

Unidentified assailants killed the driver of a NATO trailer and injured his helper on Ring Road in limits of Pishtakhara Police Station in Peshawar. Injured Akbar Ali told local police, "We had just returned from Afghanistan on a US vehicle and were on the way to Haji Camp that unidentified gunmen opened fire on us on Ring Road." The helper said driver Basharat Ali, of Faisalabad, suffered bullet injures and died.

Police arrested six kidnappers and recovered an activist of the PML-N from their captivity in Misri Banda village of Nowshera District. Senior Superintendent of Police Waqar Ahmed said the Police launched an operation in Khurram Koroona in Misri Banda for the recovery of Abdul Wahab, the PML-N senior vice-president for the provincial assembly constituency, PK-5 in Nowshera District.

Accepting defeat in the General Elections 2013, ANP chief, Asfandyar Wali Khan claimed his party's anti-terrorism slogan was the main reason behind their defeat. Asfandyar Wali Khan said that despite their reservations over the general elections, the party accepts the results. Khan vowed to reclaim the mandate, which, according to him, was snatched by "terrorists" in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Twenty-one persons were killed and around 120 others sustained injuries in separate bomb blasts during the Friday prayer at two mosques in Baz Darra village in Palai Union Council of Malakand District in KP. Local sources said unidentified militants had planted explosives inside Bar Jumat mosque in Baz Darra and triggered the explosion when the faithful were offering the Friday prayer at 1:25pm. "Everyone headed towards the mosque after hearing the blast. Those offering prayers at the Koz Jumat mosque also left the prayers to take part in rescue activities," an eyewitness said. When they were leaving the mosque, the explosives placed inside the Koz Jumat mosque also went off.

Two security persons were killed while another injured when terrorists opened indiscriminate firing on a security caravan in Matani area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of KP.

Four Policemen were injured when terrorists targeted a Police vehicle which was on a routine patrolling in the Maryam Zai.

Two persons were killed when unidentified assailants opened fire on their car in Khal area of Lower Dir District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Six children suffered injuries as unknown miscreants hurled a hand grenade in the house of Raz Mohammad Khan in Kachkot Asad Khan village of Surani area in Bannu District. The injured children were identified as Osman, Aiman, Yousaf Khan, Asad Yar Khan, Irfan and Hajra.

A Police patrol party escaped a roadside explosion in the jurisdiction of cantonment Police Station. The bomb was attached to a bike along the roadside in Azad Mandi area. The bomb exploded few minutes after the Police party passed the area. However, no loss of life or property was reported in the incident.