LAKKI MARWAT: A terrorist commander was killed in a joint operation conducted by the police and Counter-Terrorism Department personnel in the Abdulkhel area of Lakki Marwat district, police said on Sunday.

In a statement, a spokesman at the district police office said that after Saturday’s terrorist attack, which resulted in the killing of three villagers and injuries to as many others, district police officer Sajjad Ahmad Sahibzada dispatched a large police contingent, along with CTD commandos, to the rural area to engage terrorists.

He said that the law enforcers surrounded the area and launched an operation in the mountainous terrain, which lasted for several hours. “During the operation, an exchange of fire occurred between the law enforcement personnel and terrorists. The forces’ personnel managed to neutralise and eliminate a terrorist commander, identified as Manzoor, a resident of Abdulkhel,” the official said.

The statement said that the killed terrorist was wanted by CTD in various terrorism-related cases. “A search operation is underway to arrest his accomplices,” he said.

Meanwhile, a house was targeted in a quadcopter attack by terrorists in the Bittani subdivision of Lakki Marwat district on Saturday night.

Police confirmed the attack, saying that a quadcopter dropped its payload on the house of Nazar Jan in the Azadkhel area, causing partial damage to the house.

They said inmates of the house remained safe. The house is located near the OGDCL oil and gas plant in the region.

Separately, a robber was killed in an exchange of fire with the police on Hayatkhel Road on Saturday night.

A police official said that upon receiving a report of a robbery, a police team from Shahbazkhel police station arrived at the scene, but robbers opened fire. He said that the police returned fire in self-defence, triggering a gun battle.

”After the firing ceased, the police recovered a body during a search and transferred it to the hospital,” the official claimed, adding that police initiated an investigation after registering a case under the relevant sections of law.

Published in Dawn, September 28th, 2026