Pakistan

Residents in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal districts face rising insecurity due to militant activity and military operations, VOA reported in an article yesterday. Locals say they are caught between threats from militants like the TTP and harassment by security forces, the…

Two terrorists, including one in police custody, were killed in a shootout with the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) in Peshawar, the capital city of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Xinhua reported yesterday. According to a CTD statement, the incident occurred when police…

Two lawyers were shot dead in Attock, Pakistan on Saturday by an ASI officer from the elite forces who held a grudge against one of the lawyers from a family court case, Dawn Newspaper reported yesterday. The deceased advocates were…

The United Nations is warning that up to 200,000 people in Pakistan could be affected by the upcoming monsoon season, which is expected to bring heavier rains than usual, Arab News reported yesterday. Mohamed Yahya, the UN’s Resident Coordinator in…

Pakistani authorities have arrested Imran Riaz Khan, a well-known journalist and former TV anchor, VOA reported yesterday, adding it was Khan’s third arrest in the past 13 months. Khan, a vocal critic of Pakistan’s military establishment, was taken into custody…

Most parts of Pakistan, especially its plain areas, will experience hot weather this week, the country’s meteorological department warned on Monday. According to official reports, Pakistan remained in the grip of a severe heat wave last month that saw temperatures…

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…