Associated with TTP’s Intikhab Alam group, Hammad Zahir was a wanted target killer, blackmailer
A key commander of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan’s Intikhab Alam group was killed in a gunfight with security forces during an intelligence-based operation in Nowshera district on Saturday, December 6, 2025, police said.
The terrorist, identified as Hammad Zahir, a resident of Kahi Nizampur, was an active member of the TTP group, wanted by Mardan’s Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) and Nowshera Police for target killing of Constable Maqsood, murder, attempted murder, extortion and other crimes.
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Police, along with CTD Mardan region’s Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team, were conducting an intelligence-based search and raid operation in Ghaibana Baba area when suspects opened fire with automatic weapons, the statement said. Officers returned fire; the exchange continued for several minutes.
Zahir was killed on the spot while his co-conspirators managed to escape. After the firing ceased, a search operation was conducted and his body was recovered.
A Kalashnikov rifle, two magazines and several rounds of ammunition were recovered from the scene, the police said.
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The CTD said the operation was carried out as per the directives of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Superintendent of Police Zulfiqar Hameed as part of ongoing efforts to root out militant networks in the province.
