Pakistan

Over 580 individuals, including security personnel and civilians, have died in more than 550 suspected militant attacks across Pakistan in the past seven months, Anadolu Agency reported yesterday citing the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies. According to the…

July witnessed a troubling rise in militant violence across Pakistan, with 79 attacks recorded, resulting in 108 fatalities and 71 injuries, Dawn reported yesterday citing the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS). This marks a 14% increase in…

Severe monsoon rains have wreaked havoc across Pakistan, claiming the lives of 26 people and injuring 17 others. The provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab have been particularly hard hit, Dawn Online newspaper reported yesterday. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 24 fatalities,…

Four personnel from law enforcement agencies were killed in armed attacks across Pishin and Khyber districts, with a traffic police constable also sustaining gunshot wounds, Dawn Online Newspaper reported yesterday. The first attack occurred late Tuesday night at a security…

Former Prime Minister Imran Khan, currently imprisoned, has expressed his party’s willingness to engage in “conditional negotiations” with Pakistan’s military, appointing Mahmood Khan Achakzai as his representative, Al Jazeera reported yesterday. Khan’s conditions include holding “clean and transparent” elections and…

Northern Pakistan is reeling from devastating flash floods that have claimed at least 35 lives in the past 48 hours, Anadolu Agency reported today. Torrential rains have wreaked havoc in the Chitral district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, destroying homes, bridges,…

In a series of security operations across Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, five militants were killed, and police constable Abrar Hussain also lost his life in duty, Dawn newspaper reported yesterday. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) reported that three militants were gunned…

Nearly a week of armed conflict in northwestern Pakistan has left 49 martyred and more than 170 injured as Pakistani Shia groups claim that radical Sunni groups and Wahhabi-affiliated agents are responsible for these deadly sectarian events. The bloody conflict…

In Gwadar, Pakistan, a clash between protesters and security forces resulted in the death of one soldier and injuries to 16 others, VOA reported yesterday. The incident occurred during a demonstration led by the Baloch nationalist movement, which has been…

Pakistan’s military has reported the killing of four terrorists during a joint intelligence-based operation in the Tank district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Xinhua reported today. The operation, conducted late Saturday, was initiated following intelligence on the terrorists’ presence. According to…