Pakistan

A top religious scholar, Mohammad Omar Jan Akhundzada, was assassinated in Quetta, Pakistan, the Taliban government confirmed on Friday. According to VOA, he was leading prayers at a mosque when gunmen stormed in and fatally shot him. The Taliban condemned…

Five customs personnel were killed during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan district on Thursday, Dawn online newspaper reported. According to a press release from the Directorate General of Intelligence and Investigation Customs, the officials were…

Authorities in Balochistan province have issued a warning for Afghan migrants to leave villages by Tuesday or face expulsion, Khaama Press reported, Afghan migrants with Afghan citizenship cards and registration cards are subject to this warning, the news agency added.…

Gunmen have killed 11 people and injured 4 others in two separate attacks in the Balochistan province in southwestern Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan and Iran, Anadolu Agency reported. The incident happened at around 7:00 p.m. local time on Friday when the…

The recent detection of poliovirus in sewage water samples collected across 30 districts in Pakistan has sparked new concerns about a potential surge in polio cases, VOA reported yesterday. Pakistani Health officials have set out to eradicate imported strains of…

A deadly truck accident in Balochistan’s Hub district late Wednesday night has claimed at least 18 lives and injured more than 50 after a vehicle fell in a ditch, local news reported. “The truck was overspeeding and it went out…

A police officer was killed and six others were injured on Monday in a grenade attack at a mosque in southwestern Pakistan, Arab News reported. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack which occurred near Quetta, the capital of…

A motorcycle bomb in Pakistan’s Baluchistan province killed two people and injured five on Sunday, the Associated Press reported. The blast occurred in Khuzdar, on the highway between Quetta and Karachi, the source added. No group immediately claimed responsibility for…

Pakistan on Saturday strongly criticized Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s “provocative remarks” suggesting India would enter Pakistan to kill anyone who escapes over its border after attempting militant attacks, Reuters reported yesterday. Singh’s comments on Friday came after a report…

The Ashab al-Kisaa Centre for International Guidance, one of the centres affiliated to Imam Hussein Holy Shrine, has announced the commencement of several important projects in the Republic of Pakistan aimed at promoting and reviving the teachings of the Ahlulbayt,…