BAHAWALPUR: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed to have arrested a suspect, who had allegedly planted two high-intensity explosive devices on a road in the suburbs of Bahawalpur city.
According to CTD officials, the suspect, whose name was not disclosed, had allegedly planted two explosive devices, which, if exploded, could have caused extensive loss of life and property. The Bomb Disposal Squad had safely defused both devices detected by the CTD.
The CTD officials said that the suspect was under interrogation.
encounters: The Crime Control Department (CCD) claimed that a suspected dacoit was killed and another injured in two separate “encounters”in Lodhran district on Friday.
According to CCD officials, suspected dacoits opened fire on a patrolling team on Multan Road on the outskirts of Lodhran city. The CCD team returned the fire.
After a crossfire, a suspect, later identified as Ahmed Yar, was found dead on the spot. The CCD claimed he was killed in the firing by his own accomplices, who fled the scene.
The CCD says a pistol was also found near the suspect’s body.
In another incident, a suspect, identified as Khan Muhammad, was found in an injured condition following an alleged encounter on Khanewal Road.
The injured suspect was shifted to Lodhran District Headquarters Hospital for treatment.
CCD officials alleged that both were wanted in over 20 cases of armed dacoity registered against them in different police stations.
They said the suspects’ accomplices, who managed to flee during the “encounters”, were also booked.
CONVICTION: Mailsi additional sessions judge in Vehari district awarded a life term, along with a fine to a convict in a murder case.
According to the prosecution, the convict,Fakhar Abbas, along with his accomplice Khalid, had killed Ghulam Mustafa over the issue of divorceto Khalid’s sister in the limits of Karampur police station in 2024.
Karampur police, on the complaint of the victim’s father, Ghulam Mujtiba, had registered a murder FIR (No 793/24) and after Fakhar’s arrest, submitted the case charge sheet in the court.
The court handed down the convict a life term and a fine of Rs900,000.
Published in Dawn, October 17th, 2026
