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Eight killed in Lower Dir accident

At least eight people were killed and 13 others were injured when a passenger bus fell into a ravine in Lower Dir on Wednesday. Sources told media that the bus was travelling toward Upper Dir from Timergara area, adding that 21 passengers, including women and children, were onboard.

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Four killed in Lower Dir bomb blast

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Four people were killed in remote-controlled bomb attack in Lower Dir, police said. A remote-controlled bomb device, planted in a vehicle traveling from Ghawara Banda to Samar Bagh, exploded Tuesday killing all four persons in the vehicle. Police cordoned off the area after the incident and detained several persons in…

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JUI-F to make anti-polio drive successful

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LOWER DIR – Prominent religious clerics and leaders of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl) announced that clerics and students of seminaries in Dir Lower would ensure success of the anti-polio drive that will be started on October 22.
Addressing a news conference at Timergara Press Club organised by the National Research…

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25 held in connection with Dir bombing

TIMERGARA, Sept 17: Twenty five suspects were taken into custody in connection with Thursday’s suicide bombing at a funeral in Beero village of Samar Bagh tehsil in Lower Dir, said District Police Officer Saleem Marwat here on Saturday. Talking to journalists, he said that number of security checkposts and police patrolling teams were increased to [...]

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Death toll in Lower Dir suicide attack rises to 46

“The death toll in the attack has now risen to 46 after six more people died of their wounds in different hospitals,” senior police official Salim Marwat said.

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Death toll risen to 34 in suicide attack in Lower Dir

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The death toll in Thursday’s suicide attack at funeral prayers in Lower Dir has risen to thirty four.
The Minister for Livestock Haji Hadiyatullah Jan on behalf of the provincial government has announced three hundred thousand rupees compensation to the relatives of each deceased. One hundred thousand rupees would be…

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Suicide blast kills 20 in Lower Dir

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At least 20 have been killed and several others injured in a suicide blast during the funeral payer in Lower Dir, a tribal region of Pakistan on Wednesday. District Police Office said that incident took place during the funeral prayer of local Malik Safeer Khan in a Jandol Smar Bagh…

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Bomb kills ANP leader in Lower Dir

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Bombers assassinated Awami National Party (ANP) leader Sher Khan on Tuesday, blowing up his vehicle in a district bordering the once Taliban-infested Swat valley. A makeshift bomb exploded near the vehicle of Sher Khan, head of the ANP in Lower Dir where a sweeping army offensive two years ago appeared…

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Flood-hit farmers get compensation in Lower Dir

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakthunkhwa Government has started giving compensation to flood hit farmers and growers of Lower Dir district whose crops and animals were destroyed in last years devastating floods. The flood hit farmers of Thesils Khaal, Balambut and Timergara were given Rs2400 per acre. The amount was distributed during a function held at the [...]

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Quake measuring 4.1 jolts KP, tribal region

KARACHI: An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 jolted different area of Pakistan on Monday morning but there were no immediate reports of casualties, DawnNews reported.

Tremors were felt in Chitral, Swat, Mansehra, Malakand, Nowshera and parts of Lower Dir.

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19 troops killed in Dir attack

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PESHAWAR (Agencies) – Nineteen members of paramilitary forces were killed in Taliban attacks on a checkpost near the Afghan border, security officials said Friday.
Officials told the BBC that Afghan militants had crossed the border and stormed the army post in the Lower Dir area. Local sources said the attack…

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Militants attack check post, kill 14 security personnel in Dir

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At least 14 security Personnel were killed and seven others injured Friday morning when at least 300 militants attacked a check post close to the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, in district Lower Dir.
The incident took place in the remote area of Jandool in Lower Dir district when at least 300 militants…

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Two injured in Dir check post attack, school blown up

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At least two security personnel were injured in a militants’ attack at a check post in Lower Dir on Thursday.
According to the reports, the militants opened fire on a check post in Maskani area near Pak-Afghan border early on Thursday morning, injuring two security personnel. The security personnel returned…

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NEWS IN BRIEF

House looted

SWABI, April 4: Unidentified dacoits broke into the house of a man employed overseas early on Monday and took away cash and ornaments. The incident occurred at Sugandi village of Maini union council.

The house owner Obaidur Rehman said one of the robbers took the inmates at gunpoint in a separate room while others searched the house and decamped with Rs100,000 cash, 2,500 Saudi Riyals, 30 tola gold ornaments and two mobile sets. He said no male member was present at the house at time of robbery. — Correspondent

Kidnapped tribesmen

PARACHINAR, April 4: Kurram Agency political agent Musadaq Shah on Monday assured elders of Turi and Bangash tribes that the kidnapped tribesmen would be recovered within next few days.

A jirga comprising relatives of the forty missing persons and elders of Turi and Bangash tribes met here with the political agent. The PA hinted at progress in the recovery efforts of the kidnapped persons. He also lauded the cooperation of tribal elders in handling this sensitive issue.

Elders of Turi tribe said they had always respected and abided by the peace agreements. But, they said, the rivals had attacked the convoy of passengers in Baggun killing several people and kidnapping 40 others. They said the kidnapped people were still in the custody of the militants. The urged the government to take solid measures to recover the kidnapped people including children.—Correspondent

Dir blast condemned

PESHAWAR, April 4: Governor Barrister Masood Kausar on Monday condemned the bomb blast in Lower Dir and expressed deep sorrow over the loss of precious lives. He described it a cowardly act of terrorism.

In a condolence message, the governor while expressing sympathies with members of the bereaved families, said elements involved would be brought to justice.

He appealed to the people to maintain unity and cooperate with the law-enforcement agencies.

He said such attacks had further strengthened the resolve of the people and the government against such elements.

He also prayed for the eternal peace of the departed souls and courage to the bereaved families to bear the irreparable loss with patience. The governor also wished early recovery of the injured.—Bureau Report

Snowfall in Abbottabad

ABBOTTABAD, April 4: Thanidyani, Nathiagali, Ayubia and other hilly areas of Abbottabad received snowfall on Sunday night, while Abbottabad-Murree road was closed for traffic from Kala Bagh onward due to slippery conditions.

Four to six inches of snow was recorded in plains while hilly areas received at least one foot snow.

Locals said the snowfall continued to lash the area for the last two days with intervals, which they added, was an exception in the month of April. The snowfall dipped the temperature below freezing point in Galyat.—Correspondent

Murder case resolved

PESHAWAR, April 4: Police have resolved the mystery about death of a youth, Rasheed of Hayatabad phase-III, and arrested his two brother in-laws in the case.

Speaking at a press conference on Monday Cantonment Circle SP Shafiullah Khan said Rasheed had disappeared on Nov 11 last year and police had registered a kidnapping case on complaint of his relative Said Waris on Dec 28.

Using data from the victim’s cell phone the police arrested a woman Naureen of Pabbi, also the victim’s relative, whose disclosure led to arrest of Sajid and Haider, sons of Abdul Ghani and Usman, son of Abdul Lateef. The arrested men confessed kidnapping Rashed and later killing him by hitting his head with a wooden pot as he used to quarrel with his wife (sister of the accused).—Bureau Report

Four workers injured

PESHAWAR, April 4: Four labourers working in an under-construction building at Hayatabad Industrial Estate sustained injuries after falling from the shuttering on Monday. The injured were identified as Asad (20), Ubaid Ullah (25), Ayub (22) and Amber (22).

An official of the Rescue 1122 said they had been shifted to Khyber Teaching Hospital where their condition was out of danger. — Bureau Report

Tackling crime

KOHAT, April 4: The Kohat DPO Mubarik Zeb has asked officials to devise an affective strategy for tackling crimes and terrorism.He was addressing the monthly review meeting on law and order on Monday. Meanwhile, the bomb disposal squad defused a mortar found in the sewer pipe of the Women and Children Hospital on Monday. The mortar weighed 75mm.

Meanwhile, a policeman and his friend received burn injuries in an explosion caused by gas leak in his house in Jungle Khel. The house was also partially damaged. The constable Tanveer and his friend were taken to KDA hospital.

A mentally sick Mohammad Zahoor was drowned after falling into a well in Jabbi area. He was pulled out by volunteers. — Correspondent

E-filing of goods declaration

PESHAWAR, April 4: Frontier Customs Agents Group and All Torkham Customs Clearing Agents Association have expressed conditional consent to the order of Collectorate Customs Peshawar regarding e-filing of goods declaration at Torkham with uninterrupted power supply, DSL and other basic facilities.

These views were expressed by Customs Clearing and Forwarding Group delegation led by Zia-ul-Haq Sarhadi, which called on Collector Customs Peshawar Younas Khan on Monday. Chairman Frontier Customs Agents Group Zia-ul-Haq Sarhadi apprised the collector customs that customs clearing and forwarding agents were ready for e-filing of every sort of shipment if these facilities were provided to them at Torkham. The delegation said due to non-availability of these facilities it was almost impossible for them to e-file goods declaration.

Younas Khan said government would soon construct a well-equipped customs port at Torkham to facilitate the clearing agents.—APP

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8 killed in Lower Dir suicide blast

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A teenage suicide bomber killed a Pakistani anti-Taliban militia leader and seven other people on Monday. The bomber killed his apparent target as he sipped tea with relatives at a car showroom near a bus terminal in the small town of Jandol in the district of Lower Dir.
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Suicide bomber kills eight in Lower Dir

Local residents look at the wreckage of a vehicle of a suicide bomb attack site in the small town of Jandol in the district of Lower Dir on April 4, 2011. – AFP

KHAR: A teenage suicide bomber killed a Pakistani anti-Taliban militia leader and seven other people on Monday, in the sixth bomb attack in as many days to hit the nuclear-armed country.

The bomber killed his apparent target as he sipped tea with relatives at a car showroom near a bus terminal in the small town of Jandol in the district of Lower Dir, 200 kilometres from the capital Islamabad.

Pakistani troops fought what was widely considered a relatively successful offensive to expel the Taliban from the area nearly two years ago, but Monday’s attack underscored the precarious state of security in the northwest.

Police said the bomber exploded himself on foot at a bus terminal close to the car showroom, where three people were among the dead and several vehicles were also damaged. The overall death toll had risen to eight by mid-afternoon.

“We have found the head of the bomber. He appears to be a teenager, a 15 to 16-year-old boy,” said Dir district police chief Saleem Marwat.

“The death toll is eight as one more person died of his injuries,” Doctor Mohammad Karim told AFP by telephone from the district hospital in Timargarah, the main town in Dir and about 28 kilometres southwest of the blast site.

Police said the target of the suicide attack was Mohammad Akbar, head of a lashkar, or tribal militia, set up by the government to fight Taliban militants.

Akbar, 55, had survived previous attempts on his life, but was in the show room run by his family members when the bomber hit.

“Malik Akbar died in the blast,” Qazi Jamil ur-Rehman, the regional deputy inspector general of police said.

“Apparently he was the target,” he added.

Residents said local authorities declared a curfew and that the emergency response had been sluggish in the remote town.

“I was in a shop a few blocks away,” Mohammad Irshad, a 30-year-old labourer, told AFP.

“I saw a young boy entering the car showroom where tribal elder Malik Akbar was having tea with his relatives. Soon there was a huge blast.

“The boy disappeared in the smoke that filled the area. His body parts were later seen littered near the show room,” he said.

Local resident Israr Uddin said it took time for ambulances to arrive from nearby towns, so people used private cars to rush the wounded to Timargarah.

More than 4,200 people have been killed across Pakistan in attacks blamed on Taliban and other extremist networks.

Monday’s bombing was the sixth in six days. On Sunday, two suicide bombers killed 49 people, unleashing carnage at a Sufi shrine in the central province of Punjab where hundreds had gathered for a religious ceremony.

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At least 5 killed, 8 injured in bus stand explosion in Lower Dir

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Five people including leader of Aman Laskar were killed and eight injured in an explosion blast at bus stand in Jandol Munda on Monday morning.
According to media reports, Law enforcement agencies still were not able to ascertain so far whether it was remote control or suicide attack.
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