DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Three judges going in a convoy from Tank district to Dera Ismail Khan narrowly escaped a militant gun attack, leaving two policemen martyred on Friday, while a traffic constable was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Lakki Marwat.

Police said that the three judges, including acting district and sessions judge of Tank Malik Hasnain, acting district and sessions judge of South Waziristan Malik Asghar and senior civil judge of South Waziristan Tahira Zainab, were going in a convoy to Dera Ismail Khan when militants attacked them in the Bhagwal area of Tank.

During an exchange of fire with the attackers, two policemen guarding the convoy embraced martyrdom. The militants esca­ped the area after the shooting.

The martyred policemen were identified as Constable Abdullah and Constable Abdus Samad.

According to officials, three judges are close relatives. Senior civil judge Tahira Zainab is the wife of judge Malik Asghar and sister of judge Malik Hasnain.

A contingent of police along with Rescue-1122 personnel was sent to the spot soon after police received information about the incident.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Gover­nor Faisal Karim Kundi strongly condemned the attack on the judges’ convoy and expressed grief over the martyrdom of two policemen in the attack.

Also, Khyber Pakh­tunkhwa Chief Minister Sardar Ali Amin Khan Gandapur condemned the attack on the convoy of judges near Tank.

Mr Gandapur said he saluted the martyred policemen for their bravery to guard the three judges.