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December - 2 
At least five persons, including a Police Constable, went missing from Kata Kanri area of Kohat District on December 2.
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At least five persons, including a Police Constable, went missing from Kata Kanri area of Kohat District on December 2.
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December - 2 
Police had foiled a terrorism bid by defusing a “powerful” bomb planted in a motorcycle on Grand Trunk (GT) Road, on the outskirts of Peshawar.
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Police had foiled a terrorism bid by defusing a “powerful” bomb planted in a motorcycle on Grand Trunk (GT) Road, on the outskirts of Peshawar.
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December - 3 
The investigators have fixed responsibility regarding illegal use of mobile phones by Dr Shakil Afridi on two security guards of the Peshawar Central Prison, reports The News. Official sources said that finally two security guards of Dr Shakil Afridi
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The investigators have fixed responsibility regarding illegal use of mobile phones by Dr Shakil Afridi on two security guards of the Peshawar Central Prison, reports The News. Official sources said that finally two security guards of Dr Shakil Afridi were found guilty after investigation by an intelligence agency and the police. However, both the prison cops Khalil and Asif Mughal, hailing from Dera Ismail Khan, are under suspension as the authorities have yet to decide their fate. The remaining four guards were restored on their duties in other places of the prison after being found innocent in the case. The sources close to the investigation process said the convicted Dr Shakil Afridi had used his SIM card for making about 13 calls from his place of detention. He is reported to have made about 58 national and international calls. The Pakistan’s premier intelligence agency unearthed the telephone calls’ case after the American TV channel, Fox News claimed that its correspondent had conducted more than 40-minute interview of Dr Shakil Afridi from the prison.
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December - 3 
The remote-controlled bomb targeted a Police patrol on December 3, killing two officers and injuring two others in Shahabkhel village on the Badhaber suburb of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, reports Daily Times. “The bomb des
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The remote-controlled bomb targeted a Police patrol on December 3, killing two officers and injuring two others in Shahabkhel village on the Badhaber suburb of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, reports Daily Times. “The bomb destroyed the police van and killed two policemen,” Imran Shahid, a Senior Police Official said. Zarshed Khan, a bomb disposal expert, said two kilogrammes of explosives were used in the device and that two policemen were also wounded.
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December - 4 
10 persons, including five Policemen, sustained injuries when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into an abandoned house near the building of Haved Police Station in Bannu District, reports The News. The sources said the Policemen g
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10 persons, including five Policemen, sustained injuries when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into an abandoned house near the building of Haved Police Station in Bannu District, reports The News. The sources said the Policemen guarding the Police Station opened fire on the vehicle. The suicide bomber, the sources said, panicked and drove his vehicle into the abandoned house situated near the building of the Police Station in Haved village. The boundary wall of the police station, building of the Veterinary Hospital and some houses in the surrounding area were damaged in the blast. Five cops including Station House Officer Gul Nawaz Khan, driver Aurangzeb, Elite Force officials Liaqat Ali and Aurangzeb, Frontier Constabulary personnel Aizazullah and five civilians identified as Abdul Baqi, Ziaullah, Mirjana Bibi, Jehan Noor Bibi and a minor, whose identity could not be confirmed, sustained injuries. The officials of BDS said about 600 kilos explosives had been used in the explosion. Talking to reporters by phone from an undisclosed location, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ‘spokesman’ Ehsanullah Ehsan claimed responsibility for the attack. “The TTP would continue attacks on the police as they are the main hurdle in our way,” he stressed.
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December - 4 
A local leader of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam - Fazl (JUI-F), Maulana Hafiz Mir Wali Khan, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Nowshehra town of the same District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 4, reports Dawn. Police said that Maulana Hafiz Mir
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A local leader of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam - Fazl (JUI-F), Maulana Hafiz Mir Wali Khan, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Nowshehra town of the same District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 4, reports Dawn. Police said that Maulana Hafiz Mir Wali Khan was a teacher at Government high school Koterpan and also the administrator of a seminary, Tajdeedul Quran. He was going to the seminary after performing duty at school when the motorcyclists stopped him and opened firing on him.
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December - 4 
Despite concrete evidence gathered against those involved in terrorist acts, conviction rates in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) hover at a measly 4%, reports The Express Tribune. Accrued evidence include camera footage and confiscated suicide vests which co
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Despite concrete evidence gathered against those involved in terrorist acts, conviction rates in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) hover at a measly 4%, reports The Express Tribune. Accrued evidence include camera footage and confiscated suicide vests which could count as ‘ample proof’ in court, KP Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain said at the Officer’s Mess following the 153rd cabinet meeting of the KP Government on December 4. Home Secretary Muhammad Azam Khan told the cabinet that the 4% conviction rate of terrorists was surprisingly low. Hussain said a large number of those arrested have been 13 or 14-year-old boys who benefit from being classified as minors under the law. He proposed not treating the minors involved in terrorist activities under the same law. He reiterated that the concerned departments were reviewing the situation to ascertain why terrorists were “escaping” due punishment.
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December - 4 
Four power pylons were blown up near Abdul Wali Khan Sports Complex in Kala Dher in Charsadda District while BDS defused another five-kilogram explosive device in the area. The bomb disposal squad officials said that one kilogram explosive device was
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Four power pylons were blown up near Abdul Wali Khan Sports Complex in Kala Dher in Charsadda District while BDS defused another five-kilogram explosive device in the area. The bomb disposal squad officials said that one kilogram explosive device was planted at each of the four pylons. Police reached the area soon after the blasts and recovered another five-kilogram remote controlled bomb, planted to target law enforcers. The BDS later defused the bomb safely.
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December - 4 
KP Police Inspector General (IG) told the cabinet that although there has been an increase in terrorist acts this year, their effectiveness ratio has dwindled as compared to incidents since 2009. “However, incidents targeting police and politicians h
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KP Police Inspector General (IG) told the cabinet that although there has been an increase in terrorist acts this year, their effectiveness ratio has dwindled as compared to incidents since 2009. “However, incidents targeting police and politicians have increased overall,” said Hussain. The IG also said that due to increased planning and a more effective strategy in 2012, the number of police deaths at the hands of terrorists has decreased by 49% and civilian killings by 47%. The ratio of suicide attacks has decreased by 37%, while the ratio of foiling suicide attacks by law enforcement agencies improved by 29%, he added. In total, 73 police personnel have been killed and 218 civilians (108 in Peshawar) died of terrorist acts from January 1 this year till November 31.
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December - 4 
Militants blew up a boys’ primary school at the Tog Sarai School in Hangu town of same District, reports Central Asia Online. Homemade bombs damaged two rooms but killed nobody at the Tog Sarai School, which educates more than 350 students, District
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Militants blew up a boys’ primary school at the Tog Sarai School in Hangu town of same District, reports Central Asia Online. Homemade bombs damaged two rooms but killed nobody at the Tog Sarai School, which educates more than 350 students, District Police Officer Dr. Mian Saeed said. Militants have destroyed 11 schools so far in the District, said District Education Officer Hassan Badshah.
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December - 4 
Unidentified militants blew up two power pylons in Khairabd area of Nowshehra, reports Dawn. Police said that four remote controlled bombs were planted at the pylons. Three of the bombs exploded that destroyed two power pylons, they added. The fourth
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Unidentified militants blew up two power pylons in Khairabd area of Nowshehra, reports Dawn. Police said that four remote controlled bombs were planted at the pylons. Three of the bombs exploded that destroyed two power pylons, they added. The fourth unexploded bomb was defused by bomb disposal squad (BDS).
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December - 5 
An anti-terrorism court convicted the mastermind of two suicide attacks in Dera Ismail Khan on different counts and sentenced him to 339 years rigorous imprisonment with a fine of PKR 150,000. The court presided over by Mr Khwaja Wajihuddin pronounce
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An anti-terrorism court convicted the mastermind of two suicide attacks in Dera Ismail Khan on different counts and sentenced him to 339 years rigorous imprisonment with a fine of PKR 150,000. The court presided over by Mr Khwaja Wajihuddin pronounced that the prosecution proved the cases against 28-year-old Ahmad Nawaz alias Dhallu, a resident of Dera Ismail Khan. The court also declared five of the absconding accused, Qari Abdul Zahir alias Qari Zafar, Fazalur Rehman, Mohammad Iqbal, Qari Asif and Imran alias Khitab, proclaimed offenders and issued their perpetual arrest warrants.
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December - 5 
Police arrested two militants in Matta area in Swat District, reports The News. Police said that two militants identified as Naimat Ali and Gul Nazim had been arrested on a checkpoint in Matta. The arrested militants were wanted to the Police in terr
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Police arrested two militants in Matta area in Swat District, reports The News. Police said that two militants identified as Naimat Ali and Gul Nazim had been arrested on a checkpoint in Matta. The arrested militants were wanted to the Police in terrorism-related incidents in Swat District.
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December - 5 
Police on December 5 arrested 61 accused, including 15 proclaimed offenders, during raids in the provincial metropolis of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar, reports Dawn. A Police spokesman said that Police had arrested the accused during night raids and
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Police on December 5 arrested 61 accused, including 15 proclaimed offenders, during raids in the provincial metropolis of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar, reports Dawn. A Police spokesman said that Police had arrested the accused during night raids and also recovered 23 pistols, two rifles and contraband from their possession.
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December - 5 
Police thwarted a major terrorism bid as it confiscated a truck loaded with explosives in a raid at a godown at Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in the night of December 5, Daily Times reported. The Police on a tip-off raided a
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Police thwarted a major terrorism bid as it confiscated a truck loaded with explosives in a raid at a godown at Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in the night of December 5, Daily Times reported. The Police on a tip-off raided a warehouse in the Chamkani area of Peshawar. During the raid, 31,000-metre prima card, 150 bags of chemicals, wireless receivers and sets, remotes and batteries were recovered.
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December - 6 
Security officials on December 6 closed the crossing at Torkham border, two hours ahead of its scheduled time, and arrested at least 30 suspects during checking, reported Dawn. Twenty of the arrested men were later released after initial investigatio
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Security officials on December 6 closed the crossing at Torkham border, two hours ahead of its scheduled time, and arrested at least 30 suspects during checking, reported Dawn. Twenty of the arrested men were later released after initial investigations. Officials said that the border was closed at around 5pm after they received a high alert order from the high-ups. In routine, the border is closed at 7pm.
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December - 7 
Police and the Bomb Disposable Squad on December 7 foiling an attempt of terrorist attack, defused a seven-kilogramme bomb planted near Oskai checkpost in Lower Dir area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), reports Daily Times. The Police officials said that
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Police and the Bomb Disposable Squad on December 7 foiling an attempt of terrorist attack, defused a seven-kilogramme bomb planted near Oskai checkpost in Lower Dir area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), reports Daily Times. The Police officials said that remote control bomb was prepared locally, as the explosive material was packed in a bucket, concealed in a sack and planted near the checkpost. The Police taking action on a tip off reached on the spot along with bomb disposable squad and defused it successfully.
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December - 7 
Police recovered 6,000kg of chemicals being used in making explosives as well as illegal wireless devices during a raid on a warehouse in Chamkani area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of KP, reports Central Asia Online. Police raided the godown w
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Police recovered 6,000kg of chemicals being used in making explosives as well as illegal wireless devices during a raid on a warehouse in Chamkani area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of KP, reports Central Asia Online. Police raided the godown while acting on a tip and found the explosives in a truck, Deputy Superintendent of Police Waqar Ahmad said. The officers also recovered a wireless base set, 52 receivers, prima cord (wire) and safety fuses in the truck, he said. Police arrested the owner of the warehouse, but the individual running the warehouse escaped.
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December - 9 
The office of an international NGO, Marie Stopes Society (MMS), was damaged in a blast in Swabi town of same District, reports Dawn. The office is located a few yards away from the offices of District Coordination Officer and District Police Officer
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The office of an international NGO, Marie Stopes Society (MMS), was damaged in a blast in Swabi town of same District, reports Dawn. The office is located a few yards away from the offices of District Coordination Officer and District Police Officer on Swabi-Topi Road. Officials said that the explosive material weighing at least five kilogram was packed in a canister and left outside the main gate of MSS office. The explosive material went off at around 5:20am and damaged the main gate and boundary wall of the office, they added.
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December - 9 
Unidentified assailants shot dead five persons and injured three others near Shaikh Yousaf Chowk in Dera Ismail Khan town of same District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 9, reports Daily Times. According to the local Police, armed assailants attac
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Unidentified assailants shot dead five persons and injured three others near Shaikh Yousaf Chowk in Dera Ismail Khan town of same District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 9, reports Daily Times. According to the local Police, armed assailants attacked a vehicle near Shaikh Yousaf Chowk while it was on its way to Dera Ismail Khan from Bannu Road, killing five and injuring three in the post-dawn attack.
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December - 10 
Eight persons were injured in a remote-controlled blast close to the venue of Awami National Party’s (ANP) political meeting in Peshawar where party chief Asfandfyar Wali Khan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti were present, repo
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Eight persons were injured in a remote-controlled blast close to the venue of Awami National Party’s (ANP) political meeting in Peshawar where party chief Asfandfyar Wali Khan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti were present, reports Daily Times. The blast took place in a parking area, more than a kilometer from the venue where the meeting took place despite the terrorist attack, according to an ANP spokesman. The Bomb Disposal Squad officials said the bomb was placed by the roadside and injured eight people who were walking towards the venue. The TTP ‘spokesman’, Ehsanullah Ehsan, made telephone calls to media offices in Peshawar to make the claim, saying the attack was “just the beginning.”
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December - 10 
Nine persons - three Policemen, a soldier, two civilians and three suicide bombers - were killed while five others, including a Station House Officer (SHO), sustained injuries in a suicide attack targeting the Kakki Police Station in Bannu Districts
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Nine persons - three Policemen, a soldier, two civilians and three suicide bombers - were killed while five others, including a Station House Officer (SHO), sustained injuries in a suicide attack targeting the Kakki Police Station in Bannu Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 10, reports The News. The sources said three suicide bombers tried to enter the Police Station, 17 kilometers away from the Bannu city. When the guard at the entrance resisted, one of them blew himself up while another bomber went to hide in the nearby mosque and the third one was killed by the Policemen. Hearing the blast, armed civilians in the area reached the spot to assist the Police. The bomber, who was hiding in the mosque, attacked the civilians with a hand-grenade and then opened fire, killing three Policemen, two civilians and a soldier. In the retaliatory fire, the Police killed the bomber inside the mosque. Those killed included Police constables Imranullah, Bashir Khan and Ziauddin, Pakistan Army soldier Naeemullah Khan and civilians Hayatullah and Balqiaz Khan. The injured included SHO of the Police Station, Abdul Hameed Marwat, Police constables Aqib, Naeemullah and Said Rehman and civilian Noor Ali Khan.
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December - 10 
Talking to reporters by phone from an undisclosed location, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ‘spokesman’ Ehsanullah Ehsan claimed responsibility for the attack on the Kakki Police Station. “We wanted to avenge the recent killing of late TTP ‘chief’ B
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Talking to reporters by phone from an undisclosed location, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ‘spokesman’ Ehsanullah Ehsan claimed responsibility for the attack on the Kakki Police Station. “We wanted to avenge the recent killing of late TTP ‘chief’ Baitullah Mehsud’s nephew Ibrahim Mehsud by the Police.” Ibrahim Mehsud was killed in Bannu.
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December - 11 
Dera Ismail Khan Health Executive District Officer (EDO) Dr Ashiq Saleem went missing along with his driver and paramedical official Ataullah in area between Kohat and Darra Adamkhel in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 12, reports Daily Times. Dr Ashiq
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Dera Ismail Khan Health Executive District Officer (EDO) Dr Ashiq Saleem went missing along with his driver and paramedical official Ataullah in area between Kohat and Darra Adamkhel in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 12, reports Daily Times. Dr Ashiq Saleem went missing as he was on his way back home from Peshawar. According to Police, the EDO contacted his family at 9pm on December 11 and said that he was passing through Darra Adamkhel. Later, the contact with him discontinued with no report if he was abducted as the phone numbers of Dr. Ashiq and his two associates are closed.
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December - 11 
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Government is taking measures to increase terrorism-related convictions, reports Central Asia Online. "We have prepared a draft bill aiming to safeguard police, prosecutors and judges involved in terrorism cases," Secretar
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The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Government is taking measures to increase terrorism-related convictions, reports Central Asia Online. "We have prepared a draft bill aiming to safeguard police, prosecutors and judges involved in terrorism cases," Secretary of Home and Tribal Affairs Azam Khan told Central Asia Online December 11. "The draft has been dispatched to the federal government to strengthen the Anti-Terrorism Court." "Presently, the conviction rate in anti-terrorism court is only 4%, which is surprisingly low," he said. "We are taking a number of measures, including strengthening (our) Forensic Science Laboratory to constitute solid and science-based cases against the terrorists and convict them in courts," he said. The new initiative also aims to remove the fear factor from the minds of judges, prosecutors and police involved in dealing with terrorists, Khan said: "We have also drafted steps to protect witnesses against terrorists," he said. Under the current system, the Taliban walk free from the court because of lack of solid evidence against them, he said, adding that the new law will improve the conviction rate in terrorism-related cases. As many as 914 terrorism-related cases were filed in the Swat courts during the last five years. Judges convicted the suspects in only nine of those cases, media reported.
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December - 11 
The Peshawar High Court on December 11 directed the principal staff officer at the General Headquarters to form a board for looking into the suspected custodial killing of a missing person and observed that if any official of the armed forces or inte
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The Peshawar High Court on December 11 directed the principal staff officer at the General Headquarters to form a board for looking into the suspected custodial killing of a missing person and observed that if any official of the armed forces or intelligence agencies was found involved in it, he should be tried by court martial. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dost Mohammad Khan and Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth took exception to the killing of Anar Gul, who had gone missing in May 2011, and observed that his death appeared to be the custodial killing. It also directed the Provincial Home Secretary, the Provincial Police Officer (PPO) and the DIG (investigation) to constitute a committee to probe the incident and submit comprehensive report as to who was responsible for whisking him away and killing him. The bench directed the principal staff officer at GHQ to form an inquiry board under the Army Act to find in whose custody Anar Gul was and under what law he was held.
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December - 12 
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Prisons Department on December 12 announced the termination of 11 jail wardens for "gross misconduct" after declaring them responsible for a Bannu jailbreak on April 15. On April 15, more than 200 militants stormed the prison, free
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Prisons Department on December 12 announced the termination of 11 jail wardens for "gross misconduct" after declaring them responsible for a Bannu jailbreak on April 15. On April 15, more than 200 militants stormed the prison, freeing 384 inmates, including Adnan Rashid, who allegedly masterminded an attempt to kill then-President General Pervez Musharraf in 2003. The disciplinary action, under Rule 14 of the Efficiency and Discipline Rules 2011, came after a hearing and assessment of employees’ responses to the show-cause notices served to them.
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December - 12 
Police neutralised a rocket found in a graveyard in Chakarkot village in Kohat District, reports The News. The sources said the Police were tipped off that a rocket was dumped by unidentified person in the graveyard. The police and personnel of the b
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Police neutralised a rocket found in a graveyard in Chakarkot village in Kohat District, reports The News. The sources said the Police were tipped off that a rocket was dumped by unidentified person in the graveyard. The police and personnel of the bomb disposal unit took the RPG-7 rocket into possession.
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December - 12 
Security Forces (SFs) arrested 15 militants in a three-day search operation in the Ublan and Bezot areas of Kohat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Central Asia Online reported on December 13. The SFs also recovered heavy arms and ammunition during the
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Security Forces (SFs) arrested 15 militants in a three-day search operation in the Ublan and Bezot areas of Kohat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Central Asia Online reported on December 13. The SFs also recovered heavy arms and ammunition during the raid.
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December - 14 
The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) base inside the Bacha Khan International Airport of Peshawar (provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) was attacked by militants, with a simultaneous rocket barrage, resulting in the killing of seven people, including fi
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The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) base inside the Bacha Khan International Airport of Peshawar (provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) was attacked by militants, with a simultaneous rocket barrage, resulting in the killing of seven people, including five militants, and injuries to 40 others on December 15, reports Dawn. Spokesman for the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Ehsanullah Ehsan, accepted responsibility of the attack, saying that the target was the Air Force base. He further said all 10 militants who attacked the base were suicide bombers. Five of them had managed to get inside the base. Five rockets were fired at the airport. Two of them landed inside the premises, which also house the Army aviation and Air Force base used against militants in the adjoining tribal areas.
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December - 15 
A teenage girl, who suffered serious injuries in the bomb blast in Makan Bagh area of Mingora town in Swat District on December 4, died at a hospital in Peshawar on December 15. Sixteen-year-old Savera was a victim among the six injured in the blast
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A teenage girl, who suffered serious injuries in the bomb blast in Makan Bagh area of Mingora town in Swat District on December 4, died at a hospital in Peshawar on December 15. Sixteen-year-old Savera was a victim among the six injured in the blast at her house. The unidentified assailants had planned to plant the bomb at the house of Kainat, one of the two friends of Malala Yusufzai, but had mistakenly placed it near another house in the neighbourhood.
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December - 15 
Militants blew up two CD shops with explosives and damaged adjacent shops in Saddar and main bazaar of Nowshera but no loss of life was reported on December 16, reports Daily Times. The two CD shops were destroyed and several adjacent shops were part
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Militants blew up two CD shops with explosives and damaged adjacent shops in Saddar and main bazaar of Nowshera but no loss of life was reported on December 16, reports Daily Times. The two CD shops were destroyed and several adjacent shops were partially damaged in the explosions. Shop owners said that they had been repeatedly receiving threats from militants to “look for alternative source of livelihood” or face “dire consequences”.
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December - 15 
Unidentified militants blew up the building of PTCL exchange in Lachi town of Kohat District, reports Dawn. Police said that militants planted explosives at the boundary wall of the telephone exchange building and blew it up. The blast damaged the bo
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Unidentified militants blew up the building of PTCL exchange in Lachi town of Kohat District, reports Dawn. Police said that militants planted explosives at the boundary wall of the telephone exchange building and blew it up. The blast damaged the boundary wall and the building. Nobody was injured in the explosion.
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December - 16 
At least three soldiers were killed and three others sustained injuries in clashes between Security Forces (SFs) and militants in Lakki Marwat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 17, reports Daily Times. Dozens of militants with guns and rocke
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At least three soldiers were killed and three others sustained injuries in clashes between Security Forces (SFs) and militants in Lakki Marwat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 17, reports Daily Times. Dozens of militants with guns and rockets stormed a security checkpost in Lakki Marwat. Three soldiers were killed while three others, including a Major rank officer, were injured in the attack. The SFs retaliated, however Army did not give any information about the number of militants killed or injured in the exchange of fire.
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December - 16 
Basic humanitarian services for more than 771,000 displaced people from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA are facing discontinuation by the end of the year due to a USD 78 million funding shortfall among humanitarian partners, UN Office for the Coordinatio
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Basic humanitarian services for more than 771,000 displaced people from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA are facing discontinuation by the end of the year due to a USD 78 million funding shortfall among humanitarian partners, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA) said in a report on December 17, reports Dawn. According to the report, over 18,000 families living in three camps for temporarily displaced people in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA will not receive tents and other shelter items through harsh winter as planned in the fall. “Humanitarian partners will discontinue the provision of return packages comprising basic relief items to more than 390,000 people returning to their houses in safe areas in FATA. Around 20,000 families returning to either uninhabitable damaged houses or severely damaged houses in five FATA agencies will not receive shelter support unless more funds were immediately secured.” The report said at the end of 2012, thousands of families in conflict-affected districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA and, flood-affected areas of Balochistan, Sindh and Punjab remained in need of humanitarian assistance. It said while donors made generous contributions of over USD 290 million to Humanitarian Operational Plans for both complex emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA and flood-affected areas during the year, the humanitarian community still needed another USD 160 million to continue assisting people.
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December - 16 
Police foiled a terrorist attack designed to blow up Shama cinema near Bacha Khan Chowk of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and neutralised a two-kilogramme bomb there, reports Daily Times. Police informed BDU staff following i
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Police foiled a terrorist attack designed to blow up Shama cinema near Bacha Khan Chowk of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and neutralised a two-kilogramme bomb there, reports Daily Times. Police informed BDU staff following information about presence of suspicious stuff placed close to Shama Cinema on Pajaggi Road.
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December - 16 
Security forces on December 16 killed five more militants – said to be Uzbeks – in a fierce encounter in Pawaki village, just one kilometer from the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) airbase in Peshawar (provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), clearing the
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Security forces on December 16 killed five more militants – said to be Uzbeks – in a fierce encounter in Pawaki village, just one kilometer from the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) airbase in Peshawar (provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), clearing the area off miscreants after the December 15 night’s attack on the Bacha Khan International Airport and PAF base, reports The News. All together 10 militants, two civilians and two SFs were killed in the two days operation. The airport was cleared 16 hours after the assault. Officials said that 10 militants armed with suicide jackets, two explosive-laden vehicles, hand-grenades, rocket launchers and automatic weapons stormed the airbase at around 8:15pm and tried to enter the airport building on Saturday night. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it had sent 10 attackers to accomplish the mission. The TTP ‘spokesman’ Ehsanullah Ehsan called different media organisations to announce that their target was the PAF installations at the airbase.
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December - 16 
SFs neutralised a massive terror bid and recovered arms and ammunition from Maidan tehsil (revenue unit) of Lower Dir District. Operations Commander Colonel Zulfiqar said that on the basis of an intelligence report, SFs conducted raid in Maidan and r
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SFs neutralised a massive terror bid and recovered arms and ammunition from Maidan tehsil (revenue unit) of Lower Dir District. Operations Commander Colonel Zulfiqar said that on the basis of an intelligence report, SFs conducted raid in Maidan and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition, rockets, three suicide jackets and several mines.
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December - 17 
Basic humanitarian services for more than 771,000 displaced people from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA are facing discontinuation by the end of the year due to a USD 78 million funding shortfall among humanitarian partners, UN Office for the Coordinat
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Basic humanitarian services for more than 771,000 displaced people from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA are facing discontinuation by the end of the year due to a USD 78 million funding shortfall among humanitarian partners, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA) said in a report on December 17, reports Dawn. According to the report, over 18,000 families living in three camps for temporarily displaced people in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA will not receive tents and other shelter items through harsh winter as planned in the fall. “Humanitarian partners will discontinue the provision of return packages comprising basic relief items to more than 390,000 people returning to their houses in safe areas in FATA. Around 20,000 families returning to either uninhabitable damaged houses or severely damaged houses in five FATA agencies will not receive shelter support unless more funds were immediately secured.” The report said at the end of 2012, thousands of families in conflict-affected districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA and, flood-affected areas of Balochistan, Sindh and Punjab remained in need of humanitarian assistance. It said while donors made generous contributions of over USD 290 million to Humanitarian Operational Plans for both complex emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA and flood-affected areas during the year, the humanitarian community still needed another USD 160 million to continue assisting people. The report said medical aid at 225 primary health care facilities in camps and host communities would cease beyond December, raising the risk of disease outbreaks. “Some 15,000 malnourished children and 15,000 pregnant and lactating women will no longer receive specialist assistance when nutrition activities stop at the end of the year. Further, reproductive health care services to 2,800 women and new-born will be discontinued.” According to the report, agriculture and livestock support to 70,000 IDPs in camps, off-camp and to returnees in need of critical livestock and agricultural livelihood support may stop beyond December and this could result in increased food insecurity and erosion of coping capacities. It said the education of more than 43,902 children in camps and 59,948 in host communities would stop when funding ran out by the end of December and that a gap in schooling for these children might result in the permanent termination of the children’s education.
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December - 17 
18 persons, among them seven security personnel, were injured when two masked men on a motorcycle hurled grenades at them near the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Academy at Risalpur in Nowshehra District,, reports Dawn. Official sources said a large number
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18 persons, among them seven security personnel, were injured when two masked men on a motorcycle hurled grenades at them near the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Academy at Risalpur in Nowshehra District,, reports Dawn. Official sources said a large number of job-seekers were waiting at Gate No 3 of the academy for interview when the attack took place. The injured security men were identified as Akbar, Parvez, Amjad, Mir Hassan, Atif, Aurangzeb and Abdullah. Other victims came from Karak, Rawalpindi, Attock and Mardan Districts.
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December - 17 
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain on December 17 ruled out the need for a military operation against terrorists in Peshawar after attack on the Pakistan Air Force base inside Bacha Khan International Airport on
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain on December 17 ruled out the need for a military operation against terrorists in Peshawar after attack on the Pakistan Air Force base inside Bacha Khan International Airport on December 15-16, saying the security situation in the district is under control, reports Dawn. “There is no need for the start of a military action in Peshawar because the law and order situation is under control. Police can take necessary steps against terrorism on their own if a need arises,” Mr Hussain told a news conference at Officers Mess in Peshawar. The Minister said the PAF base attackers were Uzbeks with heavily tattooed bodies. “Involvement of foreigners in the attack means that terrorist groups are not getting local support any longer and thus, using terrorist trainers for attacks,” he said. The Minister further said the Government was committed to continuing the fight against terrorists, who wanted to carry out attacks like those of Mehran and Kamra airbases, but the personnel of law-enforcement agencies deserved praise for foiling such attempts.
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December - 17 
Unidentified assailants on motorbike opened fired on two sisters working on polio vaccination, killing one, in the Tirayee Payanin area, a suburb of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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Unidentified assailants on motorbike opened fired on two sisters working on polio vaccination, killing one, in the Tirayee Payanin area, a suburb of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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December - 18 
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Government December 18 informed the Peshawar High Court that it has transferred about 260 suspected militants to internment centres and that 86 others would undergo four months of de-radicalisation starting in January, 2
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Government December 18 informed the Peshawar High Court that it has transferred about 260 suspected militants to internment centres and that 86 others would undergo four months of de-radicalisation starting in January, 2013. Most of the suspects were arrested in Swat District and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas in 2009. The bench, comprising Chief Justice Dost Mohammad Khan and Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth, heard from the Provincial Home Secretary, Azam Khan, that it has complied with a Peshawar High Court order to move detained suspects to internment centres or to release them if evidence is lacking, Dawn reported. The authorities released 45, Khan said. Authorities transferred suspects to centres in Lakki Marwat and in Fizza Ghut and the Pak-Austrian Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management, both in Swat, Khan said. After workers finish building the Kohat internment centre by January 15, authorities will move another 200 suspected hard-core militants there, he said. The Frontier Corps (FC) has moved about 71 suspects to five internment centres, FC spokesman Major Farrukh said.
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December - 18 
Militants blew up two compact disc (CD) shops in Sardheri Bazaar in Charsadda town of same District, reports Geo News. No loss of life was reported in the incident.
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Militants blew up two compact disc (CD) shops in Sardheri Bazaar in Charsadda town of same District, reports Geo News. No loss of life was reported in the incident.
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December - 18 
Militants freed Dera Ismail Khan Health Executive District Officer Dr. Ashiq Salim, along with his driver and a medical technician, reports Central Asia Online. The men were abducted December 12 near Bannu while coming back from Peshawar. Under Gover
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Militants freed Dera Ismail Khan Health Executive District Officer Dr. Ashiq Salim, along with his driver and a medical technician, reports Central Asia Online. The men were abducted December 12 near Bannu while coming back from Peshawar. Under Government pressure, militants freed all the three captives. The authorities paid no ransom, instead raiding the militants' suspected hideouts, leading to the release of Ashiq, his driver Javed Khan, and the District General Secretary of the paramedical association, Attaullah. Police found the three in the Frontier Region Bannu area and took them home.
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December - 18 
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government has submitted the “categorised lists” of missing persons in the Peshawar High Court as per the court’s direction, according to Home Secretary Azam Khan, Daily Times reported on December 19. “The list has been submitt
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The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government has submitted the “categorised lists” of missing persons in the Peshawar High Court as per the court’s direction, according to Home Secretary Azam Khan, Daily Times reported on December 19. “The list has been submitted as per the court’s directive,” he said after the hearing at the Peshawar High Court where applications about missing persons are being heard. The Home Secretary informed a division bench, comprising of Chief Justice Dost Muhammad Khan and Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth, that heads of security agencies, police and other law enforcing agencies held a meeting on December 14 in the office of KP Chief Secretary in which the lists were prepared. According to the fresh report of missing persons in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and tribal agencies, security agencies so far released 45 missing persons after declaring them as “white” as no proofs and evidence of their involvement in terrorist activities were found. About 261 detainees were named hardcore militants and declared as “black” in the lists and were shifted to internment centers, including 56 detainees to Lakki Marwat Internment Centre, 54 to Fizagat Internment Centre and 80 to Patham Internment Center in Swat District. Secretary Home Azam Khan told the court that about 71 detainees were shifted to various internment centres in tribal areas, including Ghalanai in Mohmand Agency, Fort Salop in Khyber Agency and Parachinar in Orakzai Agency. It was stated in the lists that 88 militants would be de-radicalised and they would be transferred to rehabilitation centres, run under the Pakistan Army in Swat District. He submitted in the court that the security agencies would also shift more than 200 hardcore militants to Kohat Internment Centre by January 15, as the internment centre in Kohat district prison was under-construction and would be ready for shifting the militants in separate blocks on the above mentioned date. The bench fixed January 22, 2013, for next hearing of the missing persons cases. The bench took up 153 cases of missing persons.
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December - 19 
Three more health workers, vaccinating children against polio, were shot dead in two separate incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 19, bringing the total killed this week to eight, reports The Guardian. While one killing happened just outside
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Three more health workers, vaccinating children against polio, were shot dead in two separate incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 19, bringing the total killed this week to eight, reports The Guardian. While one killing happened just outside the city of Peshawar and two others in the town of Charsadda. Two men and a woman have been killed. The volunteers were taking part in a three-day Government-led drive, supported by the World Health Organisation and UNICEF, to vaccinate tens of millions of children at risk from polio in Pakistan.
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December - 20 
A doctor, Dr Yaseen, was abducted from Ring Road in limits of Paharipura Police Station in Peshawar, the provincial capital of KP, reports Dawn. A Police source said Dr Yaseen of Muslim City had come to a restaurant for dinner, but he disappeared som
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A doctor, Dr Yaseen, was abducted from Ring Road in limits of Paharipura Police Station in Peshawar, the provincial capital of KP, reports Dawn. A Police source said Dr Yaseen of Muslim City had come to a restaurant for dinner, but he disappeared somewhere near the Ring Road while on way to his residence in Pabbi town of Nowshera District. It was learnt that he had a dental clinic in Pabbi.
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December - 20 
An anti-polio worker succumbed to his injuries at the Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar on December 20 to raise the death toll of anti-polio workers to four in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), reports The News. The 22-year-old anti-polio vaccinator Hilal
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An anti-polio worker succumbed to his injuries at the Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar on December 20 to raise the death toll of anti-polio workers to four in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), reports The News. The 22-year-old anti-polio vaccinator Hilal Khan was shot in the head on December 19 in Peshawar by two unidentified teenaged assailants. The Government has suspended the polio campaign and announced three-day mourning over the killing of the anti-polio workers. KP Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain termed all the attacks on polio teams as acts of the ‘terrorists’ who were trying to tarnish Pakistan’s image. The KP Government has announced Rs300,000 compensation for each polio worker killed during the recent campaign; Rs80,000 for every seriously injured person and Rs50,000 for those suffering minor injuries.
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December - 20 
At least 293 people were killed and 937 injured in bombings, suicide attacks, rocket barrages and other militant attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) during the first 11 months of 2012, compared to 718 deaths and 1,378 injuries during the same period i
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At least 293 people were killed and 937 injured in bombings, suicide attacks, rocket barrages and other militant attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) during the first 11 months of 2012, compared to 718 deaths and 1,378 injuries during the same period in 2011, Central Asia Online quoting Police documents reported on December 21. Those killed this year include 67 policemen, seven Frontier Constabulary (FC) troops, one soldier and 218 civilians. In 2011, 131 policemen, 143 FC troops, 45 army soldiers and 399 civilians were killed during the corresponding period, according to the documents. The number of terrorist attacks grew slightly, 361 compared to 338 last year.
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December - 20 
Awami National Party leader and former town nazim (secretary) Mohammad Ilyas was injured after being shot at by unidentified motorcyclists at a local market in Nowshera town of same District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on December 21, reports Daily Ti
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Awami National Party leader and former town nazim (secretary) Mohammad Ilyas was injured after being shot at by unidentified motorcyclists at a local market in Nowshera town of same District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on December 21, reports Daily Times. Police said two men riding a motorcycle opened fire on the ANP leader when he was returning home from a local market.
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December - 20 
Unidentified militants blew up a Government girls’ school in Sro Killay area of Shabqadar tehsil (revenue unit) in Charsadda District, reports The News. Further, Police foiled a bid to blow up another girls’ school in Dosehra village.
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Unidentified militants blew up a Government girls’ school in Sro Killay area of Shabqadar tehsil (revenue unit) in Charsadda District, reports The News. Further, Police foiled a bid to blow up another girls’ school in Dosehra village.
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December - 21 
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Senior Minister Bashir Ahmed Bilour and at least eight other persons were killed and 17 injured in a suicide bomb explosion in Qissa Khawani Bazaar area of Peshawar, reports Dawn. The dead also included Station House Officer (SHO)
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Senior Minister Bashir Ahmed Bilour and at least eight other persons were killed and 17 injured in a suicide bomb explosion in Qissa Khawani Bazaar area of Peshawar, reports Dawn. The dead also included Station House Officer (SHO) of Kabali Police Station, Sattar Khan, and the late minister’s personal secretary Noor Muhammad. Police said around 100 people had gathered at the place when the bomber detonated his suicide vest. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack on Bashir Ahmed Bilour whose outspokenness had made him a lot of enemies among the militants. TTP’s ‘spokesman’ for Dara Adamkhel and Khyber Agency, Mohammad Afridi, said over phone that the suicide bomber belonging to his group. He said the TTP had set up a new ‘revenge wing’ that had carried out the attack. Afridi warned that leaders of the ANP and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) were the prime targets of his group.
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December - 22 
An oil-tanker was destroyed and another caught fire when unidentified militants fired a rocket shell at the Nashpa Oil Plant in Karak District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 23, reports The News. However, no loss of life was reported in the incide
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An oil-tanker was destroyed and another caught fire when unidentified militants fired a rocket shell at the Nashpa Oil Plant in Karak District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 23, reports The News. However, no loss of life was reported in the incident.
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December - 22 
Unidentified militants blew up a boys’ school in Sarukhel village in Doaba area of Hangu District. Police said that it was the 4th school blown up in Doaba during the last two months.
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Unidentified militants blew up a boys’ school in Sarukhel village in Doaba area of Hangu District. Police said that it was the 4th school blown up in Doaba during the last two months.
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December - 25 
Blast took place on Canal Road near Pawaka village in the limits of Peshtakhara Police Station. The blast did not cause any loss to people.
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Blast took place on Canal Road near Pawaka village in the limits of Peshtakhara Police Station. The blast did not cause any loss to people.
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December - 25 
Police claimed to have recovered four suicide jackets, 59 hand grenades and 541 Kalashnikovs during the 2012 in Peshawar. A Police spokesman said that 5,383 dynamites, 223,329 detonators, 136 rockets, 141 fuses, 329 Explosive Devices and over 0.6mill
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Police claimed to have recovered four suicide jackets, 59 hand grenades and 541 Kalashnikovs during the 2012 in Peshawar. A Police spokesman said that 5,383 dynamites, 223,329 detonators, 136 rockets, 141 fuses, 329 Explosive Devices and over 0.6million rounds, 6,444 pistols, 102 Kalakovs, 230 rifles and 1,096 shotguns were recovered in the 2012. He said that 1,439 proclaimed offenders were arrested during raids.
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December - 25 
Suspected militants blew up a Government primary school for boys at Mushtarzai village on the outskirts of Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 26, reports Dawn. However, the blast caused no loss of life.
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Suspected militants blew up a Government primary school for boys at Mushtarzai village on the outskirts of Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 26, reports Dawn. However, the blast caused no loss of life.
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December - 26 
Police foiled a terror bid and defused an improvised explosive device (IED) planted near a grid station on the Canal Road. The bomb disposal squad defused the IED.
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Police foiled a terror bid and defused an improvised explosive device (IED) planted near a grid station on the Canal Road. The bomb disposal squad defused the IED.
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December - 26 
Unidentified militants on December 26 blew up a Government Primary School for Boys in Mushtarzai village in the Badaber suburb of Peshawar, reports Central Asia Online. The School building was destroyed. However, no casualties were reported.
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Unidentified militants on December 26 blew up a Government Primary School for Boys in Mushtarzai village in the Badaber suburb of Peshawar, reports Central Asia Online. The School building was destroyed. However, no casualties were reported.
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December - 27 
A gas pipeline was blown up in Sardaryab area, resulting in suspension of gas supply to a number of areas in Charsadda District.
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A gas pipeline was blown up in Sardaryab area, resulting in suspension of gas supply to a number of areas in Charsadda District.
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December - 27 
Federal Minister of Interior Rehman Malik said TTP leader Ismatullah Muavia, through his offer of a conditional truce, had tried to dictate to the Government which is totally unacceptable. Talking to media persons at Sukkur airport, Rehman Malik said
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Federal Minister of Interior Rehman Malik said TTP leader Ismatullah Muavia, through his offer of a conditional truce, had tried to dictate to the Government which is totally unacceptable. Talking to media persons at Sukkur airport, Rehman Malik said if the TTP ‘chief’ Hakimullah Mehsud offered peace talks, the Government would consider his offer. “Muavia is a by-product of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Lal Masjid. I had challenged Hakimullah Mehsud that if he acknowledges Ehsanullah Ehsan as his spokesman then as to why he himself does not come to open,” he held. “I dismiss every claim of Ehsanullah Ehsan unless Hakimullah Mehsud authenticates his claim of being his representative,” he declared.
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December - 27 
Federal Ministers Qamar Zaman Kaira, Khurshid Shah and Ghulam Ahmed Bilour said that the Government was prepared to hold talks with the TTP in accordance with the law and Constitution, reports The News. Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar
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Federal Ministers Qamar Zaman Kaira, Khurshid Shah and Ghulam Ahmed Bilour said that the Government was prepared to hold talks with the TTP in accordance with the law and Constitution, reports The News. Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira and Minister for Religious Affairs Khurshid Shah talking to media persons said Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has challenged the terrorists and extremist elements like his mother and given them a clear message that the PPP will continue its fight against that mindset.
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December - 27 
Seven persons were injured, two among them critically, when an explosive device went off in Omarzai area in Charsadda District, reports Dawn. Local sources said that the explosive device was planted along a road leading to Hajiabad locality in Omarza
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Seven persons were injured, two among them critically, when an explosive device went off in Omarzai area in Charsadda District, reports Dawn. Local sources said that the explosive device was planted along a road leading to Hajiabad locality in Omarzai area. Two real brothers were among the injured. The injured were identified as Anwar Shah, Sajjad Ali and his brother Nowsher Ali, Aizaz, Fazl Rabi, Syed Mudassar Shah and Mohammad.
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December - 27 
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government on December 27 welcomed the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) offer for conditional talks but said it would not deter it from its principled stand against terrorism and violence, reports Dawn. “We welcome the TTP’s
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The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government on December 27 welcomed the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) offer for conditional talks but said it would not deter it from its principled stand against terrorism and violence, reports Dawn. “We welcome the TTP’s offer of truce and consider this a positive development,” Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain said. “Let the TTP come to the table and present its conditions. It is for the state to decide what conditions are acceptable and what are unacceptable,” he said. Mian Iftikhar said his party had been attacked because of its principled stand. “Our role is very clear. We have a principled stand against terrorism and violence. Those who are willing to renounce violence are welcome to sit down with us and negotiate,” the Minister added.
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December - 30 
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly lost four of its members, including a senior minister, to terrorism during these four and a half years – the highest for a house of elected representatives in Pakistan in this Awami National Party (ANP) Government’s te
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The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly lost four of its members, including a senior minister, to terrorism during these four and a half years – the highest for a house of elected representatives in Pakistan in this Awami National Party (ANP) Government’s tenure, The Express Tribune reported on December 31. Lawmakers expressed their disappointment over this trend during the assembly’s final session on December 31 just days after the assassination of Senior Minister Bashir Ahmad Bilour in a suicide attack on December 22. Bilour was the senior most member of the incumbent assembly and was one who had survived two earlier attempts as well. On November 11, 2008, Bilour was targeted by a suicide bomber at the gate of Qayyum Stadium Sports Complex. Another attempt was made on March 11, 2009 but he emerged unscathed both times. Alamzeb Khan, an ANP lawmaker from Peshawar, was the first victim of militancy. He was killed in a bomb attack on February 10, 2009, in the Dalazak Road area of Peshawar. Another ANP lawmaker, Dr Shamsher Ali Khan from Swat, was also killed when a suicide bomber detonated explosives strapped to his body in Khan’s hujra on December 1, 2009. Legislator Mohammad Ali Khan was seriously injured in March. His struggled with his injuries persisted and he succumbed to them by November. In addition to the loss of four members, MPAs have had to contend with a running threat. The most recent person to survive a suicide attack was Qaumi Watan Party chief Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao who was targeted by a bomber during a march in Kangra area of Shabqadar tehsil of his native Charsadda district earlier in March. The former interior minister and his son Sikandar Sherpao, who is a member of the assembly, had a narrow escape. Minister for Prisons Mian Nisar Gul Kakakhel was injured when his convoy was attacked in the semi-tribal Darra Adamkhel, south of the provincial capital. Nisar suffered bullet wounds and three of his guards were killed on June 11, 2009.
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*Data till , March 27, 2024
Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.
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