Pakistan

A bomb attack on a military truck in northwestern Pakistan’s Lakki Marwat district left seven soldiers dead, including an officer, Reuters reported. The improvised explosive device exploded near the vehicle along the border with Afghanistan, an area known as a…

In a tragic incident in Karachi’s Shireen Jinnah Colony, an oil tanker explosion has claimed the life of one worker and left five others injured, including a passerby, Dawn newspaper reported yesterday. According to police and rescue officials, the explosion…

Two people have been killed in separate robbery attacks in Karachi, Pakistan, Dawn newspaper reported yesterday. A 20-year-old man was shot dead after resisting a robbery near Nasir Jump, while a 65-year-old industrialist was gunned down by suspects who chased…

A court in Islamabad has nullified the 10-year prison sentences handed down to former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his close aide, ex-Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Al Jazeera reported yesterday. The sentences were related to a case involving the…

A new UNICEF study has revealed that investing in resilient energy solutions for health facilities in Pakistan could have significant positive impacts, the organization’s website published yesterday. The study estimates that powering more health centers with reliable, flexible, and high-quality…

Pakistan’s space agency, SUPARCO, successfully launched its second satellite in a month from a site in China’s Sichuan province on Thursday, VOA reported yesterday. The new satellite, PakSAT-MM1, is a high-power multi-mission communications satellite designed to provide a range of…

A powerful blast ripped through an LPG cylinder filling shop in Hyderabad’s Preetabad area on Thursday, leaving at least 50 people, mostly children, with severe burn injuries, Dawn reported yesterday. The explosion occurred at a ground-floor shop in the Zacha…

A group of armed assailants carried out an arson attack on a girls’ school in North Waziristan, a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban, abc News reported yesterday. The overnight attack, which took place in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, resulted…

At least 28 lives were tragically lost after a bus plunged into a ravine in Washuk, Balochistan, Pakistan on Wednesday, Dawn reported. According to news agency, the accident occurred when a tire of the vehicle was burst, causing the vehicle…

A militant attack on a Pakistani security outpost near the Afghanistan border has left 5 soldiers and 5 assailants dead, with another 6 soldiers injured, VOA reported today. The attack occurred in the Tirah valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a…