LAKKI MARWAT: The police have destroyed several hideouts of terrorists in the forest located along Kurram and Gambila Rivers in Lakki Marwat district during a search and strike operation on Thursday.

DPO Mohammad Jawad Ishaq told Dawn that the operation was simultaneously launched in the forest and adjacent rural localities on the information about presence of miscreants there.

He said that a large police contingent assisted by CTD and Elite Force commandos, Frontier Reserve Police, district special branch and bomb disposal squad personnel surrounded the dense forest and demolished the safe havens used by terrorists for carrying out subversive activities in parts of the district.

He said the hideouts were located and destroyed with the help of advanced technology.

“The armoured personnel carriers also took part in the daylong operation wherein the cops checked the data of more than 40 individuals with the help of the criminal record verification system,” he claimed.

The DPO said that the operation was launched to maintain peace in the area and tighten noose around the miscreants

Published in Dawn, June 20th, 2025