Cop killed in Charsadda targeted shooting

Constable Zarmast Khan was posted at excise dept as guard

CHARSADDA:

Days after TTP called off its ceasefire with Pakistan, yet another policeman was shot dead in Charsadda district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday.

Police told The Express Tribune that Constable Zarmast Khan was returning home from duty when unidentified persons opened fire at him, killing him on the spot.

The deceased policeman was on night duty at the excise and taxation office and the incident took place in the jurisdiction of Tangi police station.

Police started a search operation to catch the culprits but they managed to escape after committing the crime.

The body of the slain cop was shifted to the Tangi Hospital for post-mortem examination. The attack comes a day after at least four people, including a policeman and a woman and her son, died while more than two dozen others sustained injuries in a powerful blast in Quetta’s Baleli area that targeted a police patrol.

The last rites of the slain police constable were offered at Charsadda Police Lines with full guard of honour. Later the coffin was sent to the deceased’s ancestral town for burial.

The year 2022 has been a bloody year for Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) police as they have remained the primary target of militants.

K-P Inspector General of Police Moazzam Jah Ansari said that a total of 105 police personnel embraced martyrdom in 151 attacks across the province since January 2022. According to a report issued by the Central Police Office (CPO), a total of 109 policemen sustained injuries during these attacks.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 2^nd, 2022.