[Dawn] The number of Frontier Constabulary personnel, manning checkposts in the suburban areas of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
, has been increased to counter terrorists' attacks, according to sources.
Fasih Khan, an official at Sarband cop shoppe, said that security was further beefed up and coppers on leave were called back on emergency basis after attacks on the airbase and senior minister Bashir Ahmed Bilour.
"We have all kinds of light and heavy weapons to counter the attacks. Movement of suspected elements is thoroughly checked on the link roads and pathways," he claimed.
The official said that bully boyz used to fire rockets at nighttime but they could not come close to the checkposts, manned by police and FC.
A police source said that two bully boyz were killed in an attack on Zakhail police post located close to Frontier Region of Peshawar. The body of a terrorist was in the custody of police, he added.
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another official of rural circle, narrating the ordeal of FC and coppers deployed in the sensitive area, said that most of the personnel had been given old model rifles that could fire only 10 rounds. He said that out of 26 FC personnel only 11 were armed with Kalashnikovs.
The number of police deployed at Zakhail police post, he said, was also low. He said that they had a single heavy gun while bully boyz possessed all kinds of heavy arms and ammunitions that always caused losses of lives and damage to the police posts in the past.
Appreciating the role of local anti-Taliban volunteers, he said that following information about the attack on the post on Friday night, members of Adezai Qaumi Lashkar reached the spot and extended full support to the law enforcers.
The official said that it was result of their joint efforts that bully boyz suffered casualties. The body of a bad turban was found after the clash.
He said that the killed bad turban was identified as Feroz Khan, a resident of Adezai village. The body was shifted to Matani cop shoppe but his relatives avoided receiving it for burial, the official said and added that it was later taken to the local mortuary.
SP Mohammad Javaed Khan, when contacted, claimed that police were well armed and fully alert to encounter the attacks. He said the number of FC personnel was doubled and their movement was increased to keep an eye on suspected elements in the border area.