BannuGunmen killed Constable Saifullah Khan near his home.
Locally recruited police, not the army, absorb the heaviest cost of Pakistan’s militancy.
The military conducts operations then withdraws to cantonments, leaving police to hold checkpoints and live exposed in their own communities.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s terrorism deaths rose 105% in July, security researchers reported, to 154.
Sources: Dawn