GWADAR: Four suspected militants, among them the ‘commander’ of a banned organisation, were killed in a gunbattle with security forces in the Pasni area on Friday night, security officials said.

Security personnel launched a search operation in the Shadi Kour and Paidarak areas of Kech district on a tip-off about the presence of the militants there.

The officials said that an exchange of fire with militants took place when the security personnel raided the area. During the shootout four of the militants were killed.

“An important commander of the militants was among the four dead,” a security official said.

The militants were identified as ‘commander’ Jamil Ahmed, Safar Khan and Rais Khan. One of the militants could not be identified till late in the night.

Published in Dawn, March 10th, 2018