<p>Peshawar: Three security men were killed in an improvised explosive device blast targeting a police vehicle in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, an official said.</p><p>The incident occurred in the Panyala area of Dera Ismail Khan district, bordering South Waziristan.</p><p>Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Gul Alam, Constable Rafiq and the driver of the mobile van, Sakhi Jan, were killed in the blast.</p><p>The Paniyala Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), station house officer (SHO) and other district police officials reached the site of the improvised explosive device (IED) blast soon after the incident.</p>.Pakistan parliament passes bill to protect rights of non-Muslims and establish commission for minorities.<p>A statement by the office of Dera Ismail Khan District Police Officer (DPO) Sajjad Ahmad Sahibzada said that the attack was carried out by “unidentified terrorists.”</p><p>During a search operation launched after the attack an exchange of fire took place between police personnel and militants. As a result, two militants were killed while two others sustained injuries.</p><p>Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi has strongly condemned the bomb attack.</p><p>There have been several incidents of attacks on law enforcers in recent months in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as Pakistan continues to grapple with the issue of terrorism.</p><p>The country witnessed a surge in terror activities, especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, after the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ended its ceasefire with the government in November 2022.</p>
<p>Peshawar: Three security men were killed in an improvised explosive device blast targeting a police vehicle in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, an official said.</p><p>The incident occurred in the Panyala area of Dera Ismail Khan district, bordering South Waziristan.</p><p>Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Gul Alam, Constable Rafiq and the driver of the mobile van, Sakhi Jan, were killed in the blast.</p><p>The Paniyala Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), station house officer (SHO) and other district police officials reached the site of the improvised explosive device (IED) blast soon after the incident.</p>.Pakistan parliament passes bill to protect rights of non-Muslims and establish commission for minorities.<p>A statement by the office of Dera Ismail Khan District Police Officer (DPO) Sajjad Ahmad Sahibzada said that the attack was carried out by “unidentified terrorists.”</p><p>During a search operation launched after the attack an exchange of fire took place between police personnel and militants. As a result, two militants were killed while two others sustained injuries.</p><p>Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi has strongly condemned the bomb attack.</p><p>There have been several incidents of attacks on law enforcers in recent months in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as Pakistan continues to grapple with the issue of terrorism.</p><p>The country witnessed a surge in terror activities, especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, after the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ended its ceasefire with the government in November 2022.</p>