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CHENNAI: As political parties went silent on Wednesday after the month-long campaign, the Election Commission went into high gear, giving the final push to ensure smooth polling across Tamil Nadu on Thursday.Electronic voting machines were dispatched to polling stations under tight security, while flying squads stepped up vigil to prevent last-minute cash distribution. Chief electoral…
Security personnel inspect the attack site in Peshawar on Monday (AFP photo) A coordinated attack involving suicide bombers and gunmen targeted the headquarters of the Federal Constabulary (FC) paramilitary force in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Peshawar on Monday. Rebel group Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA) has claimed responsibility for the attack. While the group claimed around two dozen casualties and…
Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar witnessed a major security breach on Monday morning when suicide bombers targeted the headquarters of the Federal Constabulary (FC), a paramilitary force stationed in a densely populated area near the military cantonment. The assault left at least three FC personnel dead and several others injured, prompting a large-scale operation to…
Gunmen attacked Pakistan paramilitary force headquarters in northwestern city of Peshawar on Monday, Reuters reported citing police.“The FC headquarters is under attack: we are responding and the area is being cordoned off,” Pakistani news outlet Dawn quoted police officer Mian Saeed Ahmad saying.“Several explosions have taken place in the area,” the official said, adding that…
At least 53 people, including 14 children and 15 women, were killed when Sudanese paramilitary forces launched an assault on a shelter in a surrounded Darfur city, according to a medical organisation’s report on Saturday.The Sudan Doctors’ Network, quoted by AP, reported that the bombardment of el-Fasher also resulted in injuries to 21 people, including…
Eleven members of Pakistan’s paramilitary forces, including two officers, were killed in an ambush by Islamist militants near the Afghan border, sources told Reuters on Wednesday. According to the sources, the attack targeted a convoy of paramilitary troops operating in a volatile region that has seen repeated militant assaults in recent years. Security forces have…
At least eight people were killed and several others injured when a powerful car bomb exploded outside the paramilitary headquarters in Quetta on Tuesday, officials told news agency AP. The blast was reportedly heard miles away, and ambulances quickly arrived to transport the wounded to nearby hospitals. Provincial health minister Bakhat Kakar warned the death…
