Join our Whatsapp channel SOUTH WAZIRISTAN/ KOHAT/ LAKKI MARWAT: Three police officials were martyred in gun attacks in Lower South Waziristan, Hangu and Lakki Marwat districts on Tuesday, the police said. Lower South Waziristan district police officer Asif Bahadur said that Muharir Imran Wazir was targeted by armed men near Tora Gola area of Azam Warsak when he was returning home on leave from Wana Police Lines. ADVERTISEMENT Next Stay Playback speed 1x Normal Quality Auto Back 360p 240p 144p A

Later in the month, a gas pipeline was blown up with explosives for the fourth time in a month in the Torwah area, causing significant damage to the pipeline. Two similar incidents had occurred previously in June.... Subsequently, a pipeline was blown up again with an improvised explosive device near the Jabbarkhel area, within 10 days of the previous incident. Lakki Marwat has long been a hotspot for terrorism and violence, with unrest dating back to the early 2000s.... While security operati

However, he said, the polling process was very slow as Election Commission of Pakistan had deputed inexperience staff at the polling stations. Hakim Khan, a resident of Akhoonabad area, falling in neighbourhood council-56, told Dawn that the process of polling was very slow.... Due to these scuffles and altercations, the polling process was also stopped for some time at several polling stations. The opposition parties alleged that the polling process was intentionally kept slow in those areas,