Complete wheel jam strike observed against policemen killing

F.P. Report
ZHOB: A complete wheel-jam strike was observed on Wednesday here in Zhob against the cold-blooded murder of three policemen including a station house officer in the hilly Dhan Sar area on national highway earlier this week. The strike call was given by the All Parties Action Committee that was supported by the transport union and trade union.
During the strike national highway N-50 connecting Balochistan with Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa was blocked at various places and hundreds of vehicles stuck in long queues.
Simultaneously, a sit-in against the incident is also continued on the fourth consecutive day in front of Commissioner Zhob office, in which representatives of all political parties are protesting. They demand that the incident should be investigated transparently and the people responsible for the attack should be brought to justice and punished.
It is to be mentioned that three police men including a sub-inspector and two constables were martyred following a pre-dawn attack on a police check post in the hilly Dhana Sar area on Zhob-D.I Khan national highway N-50 on July 02 night. Officials at the district administration said that the gun battle between the security personnel and the terrorists continued for almost two hours.
One ‘attacker’ was also killed while two others injured in the retaliatory firing with the forces. The attackers had fled the scene taking the advantage of darkness with their wounded accomplices. A search operation was launched in the area following the incident cordoning off the highway and adjacent areas.
Station House Officer Dhana Sar police sub-inspector Bahadur Khan Babar, constables Baz Khan Hariphal and Muhammad Afzal Sherani were among the martyred police men. Following the incident, local people and relatives of the deceased had blocked the highway and started protest against the attack and said that their protest will be continued until the government traces the attackers and brings them to justice.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Balochistan Mir Abdul Qudus Bizenjo has condemned the attack, saying terrorists couldn’t demoralize security forces with such cowardly acts. ‘The security forces are ensuring the security of the homeland and the nation with firm determination and courage,’ a press release stated. Taliban have claimed responsibility for the Dhan Sar check post attack.