Damage averted: Mortar lands inside FC fort

LAKKI MARWAT: A mortar fired by unidentified militants landed in the compound of a Frontier Constabulary fort in Masti Khel in the early hours of Saturday. No loss was reported in the explosion. An official of Tajori police said at 4:30am, unidentified militants fired a mortar from an unknown location which landed inside the fort and exploded with a deafening blast. The official added the fort is under the control of security forces, who launched a search operation after the incident and began patrolling the roads. However, no one was arrested till the filing of this report.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 25^th, 2014.