Ten police killed in Kohat attack as PM vows no compromise
The Prime Minister's Office says 18 attackers were killed in the retaliatory operation at Dara Bakhakh and Shehbaz Sharif paid tribute to DSP Haider Zaman.
Ten Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police personnel, including a deputy superintendent of police, were killed in an attack at Dara Bakhakh in Kohat district, and 18 attackers were killed in the retaliatory operation, according to a statement from the Prime Minister's Office media wing reported by Aaj News and Express News.
The dead included DSP Haider Zaman, whom Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif named in his condolence statement. Sharif condemned the attack and said the officers and men of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police had set an example of duty, courage and bravery by giving their lives.
He said police personnel who die for the country's peace and security are the nation's heroes, and that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police had made unmatched sacrifices in the war against terrorism. The whole nation valued those sacrifices, he said.
Sharif described the killing of 18 khawarij during the retaliatory operation as evidence of the professional capability of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police, its courage and its unwavering resolve against terrorism.
He warned that collusion between criminal elements and the khawarij was an attempt to spread unrest in the country, and said the state would not allow such elements to succeed in their designs.
The prime minister said there would be no compromise on Pakistan's peace and stability, and that the government would remain firm until terrorism was completely eliminated from the country.
The statement said police officers and personnel and other law enforcement agencies were performing their duties in the war against terrorism with courage and steadfastness, and that the entire nation stands with its security forces.
Sharif expressed condolences to the families of the dead and prayed for the elevation of the martyrs' ranks and for patience for the bereaved families.
Federal Minister for Communications Abdul Aleem Khan also expressed grief over the killing of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police personnel in Kohat, UrduPoint reported.
None of the three reports said which group carried out the attack, when it took place, or how it unfolded.
How the reports differ
UrduPoint led with a statement by Federal Minister for Communications Abdul Aleem Khan mourning the police deaths, while Express News and Aaj News led with the prime minister's condolence statement on the same attack. Aaj News named the Prime Minister's Office media wing as the source of the statement it quoted, something Express News did not do. Express News alone listed the prime minister's prayer for the elevation of the martyrs' ranks and for patience among the bereaved families in its standfirst.
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