LAKKI MARWAT: An under-construction house was blown up with an explosive device in the Kotka Jafar area of Serai Gambila here before Sehri on Sunday.

A police official said unknown terrorists planted explosives beside the house of Munawr Khan, an uncle of police constables, Ishfaq and Irfan.

He said that the bomb went off with a bang, destroying four rooms in the under-construction house. “No casualties occurred and the local police immediately rushed to the site and launched a search for the terrorists in the surrounding area,” he added.

Meanwhile, Shaeed Haibat Ali Khan police registered a case against unknown thieves for stealing electricity equipment from the main transmission line in Darra Pezu town of Lakki Marwat on Saturday night.

A police official said the FIR had been registered on the complaint of Peshawar Electric Supply Company’s sub-divisional officer Mohammad Ashraf.

According to an FIR, two local residents approached the Pesco SDO at his office and told him that while returning from the Shaikh Badim hilltop, they found a power conductor, 700 metre cable and 10 pin insulators and general insulators each missing from the high-powered 11,000KVA transmission line along the Shaikh Badin Road.

Police quoted the power company official as stating that the theft incident caused suspension of electric supply to the Shaikh Badin area.

POLICE TO ENHANCE SECURITY: Lakki Marwat district police officer Nazir Khan has asked the policemen to exhibit extraordinary vigilance during duty hours for their own and public safety.

During a visit to the Tajori and Azadkhel police stations here on Sunday, he checked security arrangements with special focus on examining the preparedness of cops to effectively counter and tackle any possible security threat and law and order situation.

The DPO asked the policemen to remain fully alert and wear bullet-proof jackets and helmets during duty hours.

MAN KILLED: A man was killed over a family dispute in the Gulbaz area of Serai Naurang town on Sunday.

Police identified the deceased as Haroon Rashid, saying the murder occurred within the limits of Shaheed Asmatullah Khan Khattak.

They said the suspected killer escaped the scene while the body was shifted to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital.

Naureen Begum, 60, mother of the deceased, told police that her grandson, Ahmad Ali, opened fire on Rashid, killing him on spot.

Police handed over the body to family after fulfilling medico-legal formalities at the hospital.

Published in Dawn, February 23rd, 2026