Not less than 5 folks, together with an assistant commissioner, had been killed and 11 others injured on Wednesday as a authorities car was focused in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district.
Pakistan has witnessed an uptick in terror actions, particularly in KP and Balochistan, after the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ended its ceasefire with the federal government in November 2022. The nation ranked second within the International Terrorism Index 2025.
Bajaur District Police Officer (DPO) Waqas Rafique advised Daybreak.com that 5 folks, together with two policemen and a civilian, had been killed in an explosion focusing on the car on Nawagai Highway in Khar tehsil’s Sadiqabad space.
The deceased embrace Nawagai Assistant Commissioner (AC) Faisal Ismail, Tehsildar Abdul Wakil, Subedar Noor Hakim, and police constable Rashid, in response to the DPO.
“The blast was so intense that the car focused was fully destroyed,” he mentioned, including that 11 folks had been injured within the blast and instantly transported to Khar District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital for remedy.
DPO Rafique mentioned safety was heightened within the space and aid actions had been underway.
The TTP claimed accountability for the assault.
The incident report from the hospital’s medical superintendent to provincial well being authorities mentioned the bomb blast occurred at 2pm, including that 4 our bodies and 18 injured had been dropped at the ability.
KP Well being Adviser Ihtisham Ali contacted Khar DHQ’s district well being officer and the medical superintendent to investigate concerning the well-being of these injured within the assault.
“An emergency has been imposed in Bajaur hospitals and well being division workers have been alerted for first help,” he mentioned in a press release.
The well being adviser strongly condemned the blast and expressed grief over the demise of AC Ismail and others within the incident. He assured the general public that medical help could be supplied to the injured.
KP Inspector Basic of Police (IG) Zulfiqar Hameed sought a report on the blast from the Malakand regional police officer (RPO).
He additionally ordered to hurry up intelligence-based operations in opposition to the TTP and directed the Counter-Terrorism Division’s extra inspector basic of police to ship a particular crew to Bajaur.
“A particular department is acquiring intelligence associated to the incident,” Hameed mentioned, including that in response to preliminary data, the TTP focused the assistant commissioner’s car.
Hameed mentioned that groups had been fashioned “to arrest the weather concerned within the incident whereas all mandatory proof is being collected from the spot”, including that bomb disposal groups had been current on website.
These components disturbing the nation and province’s peace can be strictly handled, the KP police chief mentioned.
KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur ordered an inquiry into the incident and directed that medical amenities be supplied to the injured, in response to KP authorities spokesperson Barrister Mohammad Ali Saif.
Saif, in a press release, strongly condemned the incident and mentioned the lack of lives was regrettable.
“Those that are hostile components to the nation is not going to be allowed to reach their nefarious functions and can be dropped at justice.”
KP Chief Secretary Shahab Ali Shah additionally condemned the incident. He directed the district administration and well being division to stay on full alert, present speedy medical help to the injured and utilise all accessible assets to cope with the emergency state of affairs.
The funeral prayers for the deceased had been supplied with full official honours on the Police Traces in Bajaur.
The our bodies had been later despatched to their respective residence cities below escort by the police particular squad. The burials could be performed with full state honours of their ancestral graveyards.
Condemnations
President Asif Ali Zardari strongly condemned the bomb blast and expressed his grief over the deaths.
The president additionally prolonged his condolences and sympathies to the victims’ households and supplied prayers for the deceased.
“Terrorists are the enemies of humanity who goal folks,” Zardari asserted, reiterating Pakistan’s resolve to take “all potential measures to finish [the] eradication of the scourge of terrorism”.
In his condemnation, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif mentioned terrorists had been focusing on harmless folks and they’d be given exemplary punishment.
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari strongly condemned the assault on X.
“I’m deeply saddened by the martyrdom of Nawagai assistant commissioner, tehsildar and different officers on this blast,” he mentioned in a assertion.
“Terrorists are staunch enemies of the nation and nation [and] don’t want peace and tranquillity.”
Extending his prayers to the households of the deceased, Bilawal wrote, “Each particular person in Pakistan is united within the struggle in opposition to terrorism.”
Nationwide Meeting Speaker Ayaz Sadiq additionally strongly condemned the incident.
He expressed deep sorrow and remorse over the lack of lives and expressed solidarity with the affected households.
He denounced the focusing on of AC Ismail’s car as a “cowardly and shameful act”, urging that these accountable be dropped at justice.
