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Balochistan unrest: Two policemen gunned down in Quetta!

QUETTA: Two Police guards (Muhammad Tahir & Ayub Shah) died when unknown assailants opened fire at DSP Hameedullah Dasti’s vehicle  today here at Samungli Road.

According to details three gunmen attacked  DSP Dasti when he was going from his residence to his office. Though he escaped the attack narrowly, his two body guards died on the spot while a passerby child got injured, who is being treated at the trauma center of Quetta Civil Hospital.

A masked terrorist could be seen in the CCTV footage (available with NPTV) waiting for the DSPs vehicle. As soon as the jeep passed by he started shooting at it from side and then behind. 

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.