{"id":129912,"date":"2026-07-23T21:02:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T16:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=129912"},"modified":"2026-07-23T21:02:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T16:02:04","slug":"sessions-judge-his-guard-killed-after-vehicles-targeted-en-route-to-mastung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/129912\/","title":{"rendered":"Sessions judge, his guard killed after vehicles targeted en route to Mastung"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">QUETTA(National Times)-  District and Sessions Judge Abdul Hakeem Kakar and his guard were gunned down on Thursday, while another judge was among two injured when they came under attack while heading to Mastung, officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Judge Kakar and Additional Sessions Judge Tariq Lashari were on their way to Mastung from Quetta when unknown armed men attacked the vehicles they were in, Balochistan Home Department\u2019s aide Babar Yousafzai told&nbsp;<em>Dawn<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The armed men targeted Kakar and others at Wali Khan crossing, killing him and his guard on the spot, Yousafzai said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added that the two injured, including Lashari, were taken to a hospital in Mastung.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti has taken notice of the incident, his aide for political affairs Shahid Rind told&nbsp;<em>Geo News<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAll aspects will be considered. If anyone\u2019s negligence is found at any point, they will not be spared,\u201d he asserted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Referring to the killing, Rind said, \u201cA judge was targeted only because he is from the judicial fraternity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe BYC (Baloch Yakjehti Committee) leadership was sentenced in Quetta, but where was the judge targeted? In Mastung,\u201d he noted. \u201cThe terrorists want to give a message that \u2018if you give verdicts against us, we will target you\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rind cautioned against \u201cpolitical confusions\u201d, stressing the need to respond to terrorists with force \u201cwithout any confusion\u201d. The official voiced support for \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1968166#:~:text=Under%20the%20new%20reforms%2C%20witnesses%20will%20testify%20through%20faceless%20courts%2C%20with%20their%20identities%20kept%20fully%20confidential\">faceless courts<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2017787\/sessions-judge-his-guard-killed-after-vehicles-targeted-en-route-to-mastung#condemnations\"><\/a>Condemnations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Asif Ali Zardari strongly condemned the attack and expressed his grief over the deaths of the judge and his guard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe sacrifices of the martyrs will not go in vain,\u201d he said in a statement, praying for the speedy recovery of the injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe nefarious aims of anti-state elements active under external patronage will never succeed,\u201d the president asserted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He reaffirmed that Pakistan would continue its counterterrorism efforts till the \u201ccomplete eradication of the menace of terrorism\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his condemnation, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi extended his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families, state-run&nbsp;<em>APP<\/em>&nbsp;reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The minister said such \u201ccowardly acts cannot weaken the nation\u2019s unwavering resolve\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He reaffirmed the government\u2019s solidarity with the families of the martyrs, stating, \u201cWe stand with the families of the martyrs and will continue to stand by them at all times.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, whose party is in power in the province, also denounced the killing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am sure the terrorists involved in this cowardly attack will soon be brought to justice,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bilawal affirmed that the PPP and the judiciary stood with the people of Balochistan and the security forces fighting terrorism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2017787\/sessions-judge-his-guard-killed-after-vehicles-targeted-en-route-to-mastung#spike-in-terror-incidents\"><\/a>Spike in terror incidents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thursday\u2019s incident came a day after&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2017589\">three people were killed<\/a>&nbsp;and five others were injured in a gun attack on a Karachi-bound passenger bus and a bridge on the national highway was blown up in Mastung\u2019s Khud Kocha area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Subsequently, authorities imposed an indefinite curfew in the Khud Kocha sub-tehsil from 9pm last night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The attack also follows security forces&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2017521\/10-terrorists-killed-2-female-suicide-bombers-and-their-facilitator-apprehended-in-balochistan-operations-ispr\">killing three terrorists<\/a>&nbsp;this week in Mastung, where the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said two suicide bombers and their facilitator were also apprehended. Another seven terrorists were eliminated in Surab district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Security concerns have heightened in Balochistan after a spate of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2013868\/38-security-personnel-martyred-54-terrorists-neutralised-in-recent-balochistan-attacks-dg-ispr\">major terrorist attacks<\/a>&nbsp;took place earlier this month, which&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2014542\/troops-join-fc-police-to-hunt-down-terrorists-in-quetta\">prompted<\/a>&nbsp;counterterrorism operations across the province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the counterterrorism efforts was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2014542\/troops-join-fc-police-to-hunt-down-terrorists-in-quetta\">Operation Shaban<\/a>, in which&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2015946\">91 terrorists<\/a>&nbsp;were killed between July 5 and July 16, according to security sources cited by state media. This took the tally of terrorists eliminated in operations across the province since July 5 to 129.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QUETTA(National Times)- District and Sessions Judge Abdul Hakeem Kakar and his guard were gunned down on Thursday, while another judge was among two injured when they came under attack while heading to Mastung, officials said. Judge Kakar and Additional Sessions Judge Tariq Lashari were on their way to Mastung from Quetta when unknown armed men [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":129913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sessions judge, his guard killed after vehicles targeted en route to Mastung - Nation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/129912\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sessions judge, his guard killed after vehicles targeted en route to Mastung - Nation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"QUETTA(National Times)- District and Sessions Judge Abdul Hakeem Kakar and his guard were gunned down on Thursday, while another judge was among two injured when they came under attack while heading to Mastung, officials said. Judge Kakar and Additional Sessions Judge Tariq Lashari were on their way to Mastung from Quetta when unknown armed men [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/129912\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-23T16:02:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-23T16:02:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-9-33.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"670\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"370\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"humza Jahangir\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"humza Jahangir\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/129912\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/129912\/\",\"name\":\"Sessions judge, his guard killed after vehicles targeted en route to Mastung - Nation\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/129912\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/129912\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-9-33.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-23T16:02:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-23T16:02:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/#\/schema\/person\/27efa35fa76e99f3ad7e7397d7332c16\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/129912\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/129912\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/129912\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-9-33.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-9-33.png\",\"width\":670,\"height\":370},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/129912\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sessions judge, his guard killed after vehicles targeted en route to Mastung\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/\",\"name\":\"Nation\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/#\/schema\/person\/27efa35fa76e99f3ad7e7397d7332c16\",\"name\":\"humza Jahangir\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/43feedd99bd6a90080d1621b7e6604364acb673ee979d3ffe5075557c14c68b9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/43feedd99bd6a90080d1621b7e6604364acb673ee979d3ffe5075557c14c68b9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"humza Jahangir\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/author\/humza\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sessions judge, his guard killed after vehicles targeted en route to Mastung - Nation","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/129912\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sessions judge, his guard killed after vehicles targeted en route to Mastung - Nation","og_description":"QUETTA(National Times)- District and Sessions Judge Abdul Hakeem Kakar and his guard were gunned down on Thursday, while another judge was among two injured when they came under attack while heading to Mastung, officials said. Judge Kakar and Additional Sessions Judge Tariq Lashari were on their way to Mastung from Quetta when unknown armed men [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/129912\/","og_site_name":"Nation","article_published_time":"2026-07-23T16:02:03+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-07-23T16:02:04+00:00","og_image":[{"width":670,"height":370,"url":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-9-33.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"humza Jahangir","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"humza Jahangir","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/129912\/","url":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/129912\/","name":"Sessions judge, his guard killed after vehicles targeted en route to Mastung - Nation","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/129912\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/129912\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-9-33.png","datePublished":"2026-07-23T16:02:03+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-23T16:02:04+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/#\/schema\/person\/27efa35fa76e99f3ad7e7397d7332c16"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/129912\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/129912\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/129912\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-9-33.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-9-33.png","width":670,"height":370},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/129912\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sessions judge, his guard killed after vehicles targeted en route to Mastung"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/#website","url":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/","name":"Nation","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/#\/schema\/person\/27efa35fa76e99f3ad7e7397d7332c16","name":"humza Jahangir","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/43feedd99bd6a90080d1621b7e6604364acb673ee979d3ffe5075557c14c68b9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/43feedd99bd6a90080d1621b7e6604364acb673ee979d3ffe5075557c14c68b9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"humza Jahangir"},"url":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/author\/humza\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129912"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129914,"href":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129912\/revisions\/129914"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}