Mahmood Jan, the deputy speaker of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly, was attacked by unidentified gunme. At that time he was speaking at an event in Peshawar’s Regi neighbourhood on Friday.
According to the MPA for the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), he was attacked while speaking at a livestock-related event. He continued by saying that although his security officers returned fire at the assailants, they were able to flee.
Speaking to Geo News, KP SSP Operations Kashif Aftab Ahmad Abbasi said: “Unknown men have resumed aerial combat. And their search is under progress. The deputy speaker was safely transported to his residence.”
The deputy speaker, according to the policeman, was embroiled in a property dispute. Abbasi said that he was attacked while attending a project’s opening ceremony.
The event happened just a few days after militants captured hostages at a counterterrorism department centre in Banny after overpowering it. Later, the Special Services Group of the Pakistani Army cleared the site (SSG).
Challenges
Additional IG KP Police Mohammad Ali Babakhel stated during a news conference on Friday that 2,715 operations against terrorists were carried out by the police during the current year.
“Both suicide blasts in Waziristan and ransom calls from Afghanistan present serious problems. Nevertheless, we are seeing great results from our operations in Malakand “added he.
“Operations against police are also carried out by organised criminal organisations. Additionally, we have disciplined 15,600 police officers in various incidents. And 600 of them have also had their employment terminated “Added he.
The additional IG stated that police had asked the province administration to give them night goggles so they can assure they can beat terrorists.
Law and order are getting worse in KP
The law and order situation in KP has deteriorated over the past few weeks as a result of an increase in threats and attacks against security personnel and prominent political figures following the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP(an )’s outlawed group) announcement that the ceasefire with Islamabad would end.
According to a source cited by The News, “Senior politicians have also complained of getting threats, in addition to the police. Some of them have even had grenade attacks on their homes.
Aimal Wali Khan, the provincial president of the Awami National Party (ANP), received a call regarding a plan to assassinate him. According to Samar Bilour, the party’s spokeswoman in the province.
In the recent spate of violence, politicians connected to rival political parties have either been attacked or threatened.
An official said last week that a grenade was thrown at the residence of former provincial minister Haji Muhammad Javed in Gulbahar Peshawar on the night between Saturday and Sunday, but no one was hurt or property was damaged.
In addition, a hand grenade was hurled at the household of former federal minister Shehryar Afridi in Kohat. While earlier this year, armed men attacked the home of PTI MPA Aghaz Khan Gandapur in Dera Ismail Khan, killing one police officer in the process.
In an attack on his vehicle in Lower Dir in August, PTI MPA Malik Liaqat was also hurt. Four more people were hurt, including his brother and nephew, perished.
Recently, extortion calls have been made to figures in business and in politics. Almost all of these incidents went unreported to the police.
