Overview
- The twin assaults, reported Monday, left four police dead and at least eight injured in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Diamer district and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Hangu.
- In Diamer’s Thore area, gunmen ambushed a police vehicle after a poppy eradication raid, killing Muqabil Shah, Hazratullah and Abdul Rahim and injuring four including DSP Faqir Muhammad.
- In Hangu’s Thall tehsil, attackers hit a police escort for polio workers, killing Constable Israr-ul-Haq and wounding four, with police reporting but not confirming two attacker deaths.
- Security forces cordoned both areas, deployed large contingents, and launched raids and search operations to trace the assailants.
- Health officials said the nationwide polio campaign will proceed through April 19 to reach more than 45 million children, as provincial leaders ordered reports and support for the wounded and bereaved.