PESHAWAR: Five terrorists were shot dead while a policeman embraced martyrdom in an intelligence-based operation carried out by the Pakistan Army and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police personnel in Peshawar’s Hayatabad locality, ARY News reported.<br /><br />“Army and KP police conducted a joint Intelligence Based Operation in Hayatabad Phase VII, Peshawar against a terrorist hideout,” Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement.<br /><br />The operation that started on Monday night continued for more than 17 hours before concluding Tuesday afternoon.<br /><br />“During exchange of fire, five terrorists have been killed while ASI Qamar Alam embraced Shahadat, an officer and a soldier got injured,” the military’s media wing said.
