K & P

1 soldier killed, 2 injured in gun attack near Peshawar

Suspected militants attack army convoy patrolling the area.

Web Desk April 18, 2014

Suspected militants attack army convoy patrolling the area. PHOTO: FILE

PESHAWAR: A soldier was killed and two others sustained injuries in a gun attack in the outskirts of Peshawar, Express News reported on Friday.

According to the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), an army convoy was patrolling near Aziz Market on Frontier Road when suspected militants opened fire on them.

Army personnel retaliated but the attackers managed to escape soon after the incident.

The injured were shifted to a hospital for medical assistance.

COMMENTS (9)

Rex Minor | 10 years ago | Reply @Assad: In a democracy the army has no business of policing its citizens nor do the Parliament has the authority to declare war on its citizens. Pakistan army is structured as a colonial force which answers to no one but the Queen of England, who is the head of the commonwealth. It uses military force which is a valid response against the foreign enemy but defined as out of proprtion when used agavil its own citizens, a marshal law, not the criminal or civil law per say. It has been operating outside the limits of Pakistan written constitution. This must be corrected inorder to prevent the next coup. FATA is the autonomous region and not a part of Pakistan, since its people throughout the period of Indian colonial Raj have defended their independence, and was not a privy either in the creation of Pakistan, whose Government taking over the role of the Brits. Pakistan is obliged to pay regular tributes to the Tribes who had allowed a narrow strip of roads in their land. Knowledge is not only a virtue but power as well. Rex Minor

Anjaan | 10 years ago | Reply @ Assad, There is no falsehood ... it is plain truth, which everyone in Pakistan and beyond knows, that the Pakistani Army is the real center of power in Pakistan, which reports to none ... the democratically elected Govt. and the judiciary are simply baby steps towards a credible democracy in Pakistan ... !!

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Assad | 10 years ago | Reply @Rex Minor: Another falsehood! Why do you falsely think the Army needs to get authorization from the courts for conducting patrols or conducting operations in the FATA? Is the parliament not equal to the judiciary as a pillar of the state and secondly and more importantly, under the constitution, does it not have the authority to declare war and allow military operations? So how does the "judiciary" come into this picture? Secondly, just yesterday the Prime Minister's cabinet/Security council clearly told the military to respond forcefully to any attacks from the militants. So what is this confusion for? FATA is part of Pakistan. If anti-state militants operate there, then the Army should conduct operations there and hit them hard everytime they carry out attacks.

Rex Minor | 10 years ago | Reply A State within a State; the army is now structured on the model of Pentagon in the USA, performing the function of the colonial army, the difference being that the President of the USA is the Commander in chief while Hon. Nawaz Sharif is only the Prime Minister of the country whose function is to build the State. The chief of army reports to no one nor seeks prior authorization from the judiciary for any of the army patrols or areal carnage. ISPR outfit reports to Army and its function is to inform the citizens of Pakistan. Rex Minor

A-No.1 | 10 years ago | Reply @Mustafa Alvi: Surely you mean "cease" fire.

Ch. Allah Daad | 10 years ago | Reply @Mustafa Alvi: Talks and war can go together. There is nothing strange in it.

Mustafa Alvi | 10 years ago | Reply

Guess the sieze fire is really over. But wait the govt still wants to talk while they kill us :)

Mustafa Alvi | 10 years ago | Reply

@Ahmed: That was a seperate incident.

Ahmed | 10 years ago | Reply

ET atleast correct the headline because blast took place at Frontier Road in Frontier Region Peshawar which is part of FATA. here is info on it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FrontierRegionPeshawar

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