A terrorist gun downed ,a cop embraced martyrdom and 3 injured in shootout

Lahore: Punjab Police always remained stand-by to foil the activities and nefarious designs of the terrorists with a view to secure the lives and properties of the people and in this way they will not leave any stone unturned for the purpose. I appreciated the performance and timely action taken by Faisalabad police today which saved Faisalabad from disaster as planned by the terrorists.

This was stated by Inspector General of Police, Punjab, Mushtaq Ahmad Sukhera while talking on telephone with CPO Faisalabad, Afzal Kausar just after the terrorist attack on police officials during duty.

According to details, around 10:30 a.m. near Hotel One, terrorists who boarded on Toyota Corolla bearing No. ICT-LV-231 were stopped by the patrolling police officials. But instead of stopping their car they started firing on the police officials, resultantly one constable Haseeb Ahmad No.6379 got Shahadat and one terrorist also died on the spot as a result of cross firing by the police officials. Three police constables Ghulam Mustafa No.6659, Shoaib No.7075 and Zeeshan No.6734 received injuries. They were shifted into DHQ Hospital Faisalabad where Ghulam Mustafa and Shoaib are going through surgical process.

Police confiscated 02 Kalashnikovs with 10 Magazines and 169 bullets, 04 Pistols 9MM with 22 bullets, 10 Hand Grenades (Complete), 01 Hammer, 02 boxes of Mobiles, 01 blue bag, 01 Black Burqa, 02 gloves and 02 face covers from terrorist. On the directions of IGP the whole city of Faisalabad was cordoned off by Faisalabad police and the search operation is carrying on to arrest the rest of terrorists.

The Shaheed Police Constable, Haseeb Ahmad was resident of Faisalabad Chak No.209 and his age was 28 years. He joined the police department in 2007. He left behind one widow and a young son. His namaz-e-janaza will be offered at police lines, Faisalabad after completion the legal proceedings.

IGP Punjab directed the CPO to provide immediately the funeral charges to the bereaved family and provide best medical facilities to the injured police constables.