ATOCK
Recent wave of target killings in Attock is posing life threats and panic among the people of the inter provincial bordering territory, Online reported.
In a fresh act of crime, three innocent persons including a local journalist Arshad Jaffery along with Akhtar Nawaz and Nazim Khan were gunned down by some unknown assailants on Dec 28, 2022 in broad day light in village Mari Kanjoor and fled away leaving the dead on the spot.
Meanwhile, three masked killers also opened indiscriminate firing upon a vendor Sher Mohammad in a day light at Fawara Chowk Attock City on January 02, 2023 and earlier one Fazal Dad was also targeted in an overcrowded area of Attock City.
Reacting to incidents, the Inspector General Punjab Police said that in order to further improve the working of the police force, the supervisory officers should ensure efficient performance of administrative matters and all professional matters should be completed within the stipulated time line.
All these incidence of targeting killings were also reported to the local police as usual but police could not reach at the conclusion till to date. However, the tall claims of the District Police for protection of lives, assets and honors of its people arise a question mark.
