Two policemen were killed as census teams came under attack in two districts in Pakistan’s northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, officials said on March 13, in the latest attack on law-enforcement personnel in the region. Motorcyclists opened fire in Lakki Marwat on the census team near the Sadar Police Station, killing one officer, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police tweeted. A census team also came under attack in Tank, where one policeman was killed, police said. Pakistan’s latest census effort began on March 1 and will run to April 1. More than 120,000 field workers are involved. To read the original story from RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal, click here.
Two Police Officers Working With Pakistan Census Teams Killed In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province
An official (center) from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics goes door-to-door as part of the first-ever digital national census in Pakistan, in Karachi on March 1.