By Admin 
Dera Ismail Khan area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan was shaken by a blast on Wednesday (3 December 2025). A police vehicle was targeted, in which three policemen including an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) were killed. Local media quoted District Police spokesperson Yakub Zulkarnain as saying that the Assistant Commissioner died in the blast.
3 police officers killed in bomb blast
Yakub Zulqarnain said, “An improvised explosive device was used to cause the blast in Paniyala area.” According to Pakistani media Dawn, the police spokesperson said that ASI Gul Alam, Constable Rafiq and the driver of the mobile van died in the attack, while another constable present with them was not injured.
Security forces have surrounded the incident site and started the search operation. He said, “Police are searching for the attackers and the case is being investigated from every angle.” Apart from this, a statement issued from the office of DI Khan DPO Sajjad Ahmed Sahibzada said that the attack was carried out by unknown terrorists.
Police convoy became target for the second consecutive day
The statement said the DPO also spoke to the media and said, “The terrorists have carried out a cowardly attack, but such actions cannot demoralize the police.” A day earlier, the convoy of North Waziristan Assistant Commissioner Shah Wali Khan was targeted in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in which DI Khan was killed.
Shah Wali Khan was going with his team on Bannu-Miranshah road when the attackers attacked his convoy near Masoombabad Mamandkhel. He died on the spot, while the policeman deployed for his security and a passerby were also killed in the attack. Three people, including two members of Shah Wali Khan’s security staff and the driver of the convoy, were injured in the incident. All the injured were taken to the hospital for treatment.
Opposition to Shahbaz government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
There has been an increase in anti-government activities in Pakistan in the last year, especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has intensified attacks after the ceasefire agreement with the government ends in November 2022. A policeman was killed and three others were injured in a suicide blast targeting a security vehicle in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat district on Monday.
Meanwhile, Islamabad’s Center for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) said in its security report that the overall violence in security areas in Pakistan has increased by more than 46 percent in the third quarter of 2025. According to the report, there were 901 deaths and 599 people injured during this period in Pakistan. These include common people, security personnel and criminals.