Pakistan

At the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif highlighted terrorism in Afghanistan as a major concern for member states, Amu TV reported yesterday. Sharif called for “meaningful” engagement of SCO members with the…

A roadside bomb blast in Pakistan’s Bajaur district near the Afghan border killed a former senator and four others on Wednesday, VOA reported yesterday. Initial police investigations concluded that suspected militants used a remote-controlled device to target the former member…

June saw a 20% decline in militant attacks across Pakistan, resulting in fewer deaths and injuries, Dawn Newspaper reported today. According to the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies, militants carried out 69 attacks last month, leaving 60 people…

Ahead of the month of Muharram, the Lahore police has put security on high alert and intensified the security of mosques, imam bargahs, and key places, Pakistani Samaa TV said on Sunday. The Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Lahore Bilal Siddique Kamiana…

Pakistan is set to expel over 800,000 undocumented Afghan refugees in the second phase of a controversial repatriation plan, Al Jazeera reported yesterday. The move comes amid a surge in armed attacks in Pakistan, with the government blaming groups based…

On Friday, unknown gunmen kidnapped 13 laborers in Tank, a district in northwestern Pakistan. Nine of the abductees were released on Saturday, according to police, as militancy surges in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and the rest of the country, Arab News…

The Pakistani newspaper “Express Tribune” highlighted in a special report some aspects of the security and service plan set to be implemented in the country with the advent of the month of Muharram this year. The newspaper, as viewed by…

A horrific accident occurred in Swat’s Khwazakhela tehsil when a school bus plunged into a ditch, resulting in the death of one child and leaving 41 others injured, Dawn Newspaper reported yesterday. According to Rescue 1122 spokesperson Shafiqa Gul, the…

At least five individuals have lost their lives and three others were injured after a Rescue 1122 ambulance collided with an oil tanker in Pakistan, Aaj News reported today. The accident occurred while the ambulance was transporting a stroke patient…

Security forces in Pakistan’s southwest have arrested two key commanders of the Pakistani Taliban, the Associated Press reported yesterday. Baluchistan Interior Minister Ziaullah Langau confirmed the arrests of Commander Nasrullah and Commander Idress, stating the move was part of a…