DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Three policemen were killed as a result of an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Dera Ismail Khan on Friday evening, police said.



The incident took place on Hathala Road in DI Khan, police officials said, when the squad of District Police Officer (DPO) Dr Zahidullah passed by.

DPO Zahidullah escaped the attempt unhurt, however, five personnel in his squad were injured.

A vehicle in the DPO's squad was also partially damaged.



The wounded personnel were shifted to a hospital, where three of them succumbed to their injuries, police said.

Two other injured policemen remain under treatment at the hospital.

Bilawal, Zardari condemn attack

Pakistan People's Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari condemned the attack on DPO's squad and extended his heartfelt sympathies to the relatives of martyred policemen. He also prayed for speedy recovery of injured personnel.

Denouncing the IED attack, former president Asif Ali Zardari also extended his condolences to families of martyred personnel. The former president called for immediate arrest of perpetrators.</s>At least three policemen were martyred in Dera Ismail Khan on Friday as a roadside bomb exploded when a police convoy was passing through the area, DawnNewsTv reported.

The incident took place in Kolachi tehsil of DI Khan where the convoy of District Police Official (DPO) Zahidullah reportedly came under attack when a remotely-controlled IED exploded near the convoy on Hathala Road, police said.

As a result of the explosion, three policemen travelling in a squad vehicle accompanying the DPO lost their lives whereas four others sustained injuries. Fortunately, DPO Zahidullah survived the incident unscathed.

The injured policemen have been shifted to DHQ hospital Dera Ismail Khan.

A heavy contingent of law enforcement officials surrounded the area following the blast and started search operations, police said.</s>DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Pakistani police say militants that struck a police convoy with a bomb attack have killed three officers in the country’s northwest.

Police official Mohammad Khan says Friday’s attack was aimed at the newly appointed district police chief, Zahid Ullah, who escaped unhurt.

Mohammad Khurasani, a spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for the attack and warned of more in the future.

Dera Ismail Khan is a central town in the country’s northeast and a gateway to the North and South Waziristan tribal regions, which have were a base for local Taliban until recently when the army in series of operations killed or captured militants.

Violence, however, has persisted in the town.</s>DI KHAN: Two policemen have been killed and four injured in a roadside bomb blast in Dera Ismail Khan on Friday, police said.

The remote-controlled bombing took place on Kulachi Road near the convoy of DPO Zahidullah who escaped unhurt.

According to police, two members of the DPO’s security squad have been martyred in the attack.

Security forces have cordoned off the area and investigation is underway.

In December last year, three security officials were injured in a bomb blast in Tehsil Kolachi of Dera Ismail Khan. A Pakistan Army major was martyred in an exchange of fire with terrorists in the same area last year.</s>At least two people including a police constable were killed and a youth killed in separate incidents of violence here on Wednesday.

 Police said that unidentified armed men gunned down a police constable identified as Tariq while he was on his way to home after duty in Zafarabad Colony of Dera Ismail Khan.

 Another youth was shot dead by armed men over personal grudge in Shorkot area of D.I.Khan. The bodies of both were shifted to hospitals of respective areas and the police after registering separate cases at concerned police stations have started the investigation.—INP</s>MALAPPURAM:Irked by the Control Commission report and remarks against him, national executive member K E Ismail has made his displeasure evident. Addressing the delegates on Sunday, Ismail is learnt to have warned against the attempts to destroy the party.

Lashing out at his opposition camp within the party, Ismail said those who insulted him are the party’s enemies. He also warned they will be exposed very soon. Ismail thanked the delegates for the sentiments in his favour during discussions. Thanking them for not taking the remarks at the Control commission report to heart, Ismail said there are certain attempts to misuse the party for temporary gains. Such elements will be exposed later.

They are enemies of the whole party, Ismail said in an apparent reference to those who tried to put him under the cloud.While stating he lives with a strong value system in place, Ismail reiterated no one could destroy the party, sources said.The commission’s remarks of Ismail leading a luxurious life triggered the controversy. With the issue being widely discussed, Ismail had approached the central leadership seeking to remove the damaging remarks.The state conference, however, approved the report without any change.

The aggrieved can approach the central leadership, said CPI state secretary Kanam Rajendran referring to the Control Commission remarks on K E Ismail. “The state conference has unanimously approved all the reports presented here. If anyone is aggrieved about the report, the person concerned can approach the party central leadership. The CPI has a clear mechanism to deal such matters,” he said.</s>A suicide blast targeting Christians has killed at least 65 people at a park in Lahore, Pakistan. Yiming Woo reports.
A bomb targeting police in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, kills three people and injures five others.