Pakistan
Pakistan decries its unjustified placement by US on religious freedom watch list
January 9, 2024
Pakistan decries its unjustified placement by US on religious freedom watch list
Pakistan on Monday “categorically rejected” its designation as a “Country of Particular Concern (CPC)” by the US State Department under the International Religious Freedom Act, stressing it is a “pluralistic country, with a rich tradition of interfaith harmony.” Reacting to…
Pakistan bomb blast kills five polio vaccination guard police
January 8, 2024
Pakistan bomb blast kills five polio vaccination guard police
A bomb blast in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border killed five police on polio vaccination guard duty and wounded more than 20 on Monday, the latest in a series of attacks by Islamist militants ahead of the Feb. 8…
4 killed, 3 injured in firing at passenger vehicles in Northwest Pakistan; prayer leader shot dead
January 7, 2024
4 killed, 3 injured in firing at passenger vehicles in Northwest Pakistan; prayer leader shot dead
Four people, including two security personnel, were killed and three others were wounded in firing on a passenger coach and a vehicle near Sadda Bazaar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Kurram district of Pakistan on Sunday, Dawn reported. The newspaper quoted District…
Senior leader of radical Sunni Sipah-e-Sahaba assassinated in Pakistan
January 6, 2024
Senior leader of radical Sunni Sipah-e-Sahaba assassinated in Pakistan
Sunni Ulema Council Pakistan Deputy Secretary General Masood-ur-Rehman Usmani was gunned down while his driver was injured in an attack in Ghauri Town on Friday, police said. According to Pakistani media reports, Usmani, one of the prominent figures of the…
Pakistan Election Subject To ‘Pre-Poll Rigging,’ says Rights Watchdog
January 3, 2024
Pakistan Election Subject To ‘Pre-Poll Rigging,’ says Rights Watchdog
Jailed former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party is being targeted by “systematic dismemberment” and “pre-poll rigging”, a rights watchdog said on January 2, casting doubt on the fairness of upcoming elections. Nomination papers for Khan and the majority of…
Pakistan arrests 21 members of outlawed Pakistani Taliban militant group linked to deadly attacks
January 2, 2024
Pakistan arrests 21 members of outlawed Pakistani Taliban militant group linked to deadly attacks
Pakistan’s counterterrorism police said Monday they arrested 21 members of outlawed militant group, the Pakistani Taliban, which has been behind several deadly attacks across the country. Acting on intelligence information, the arrests were made in the eastern Punjab province over…
Pakistan Military downs 8 militants to end year seeing 1,000 killed in terrorist attacks
January 1, 2024
Pakistan Military downs 8 militants to end year seeing 1,000 killed in terrorist attacks
Three terrorists attempting to infiltrate the Pakistan-Afghanistan border were killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district, the military’s media affairs wing said on Sunday. Earlier in the day, the Inter-Services Public Relations said five terrorists were killed in an intelligence-based operation…
Pakistan: 5 ‘terrorists’ killed in intelligence-based operation near Afghan border
December 31, 2023
Pakistan: 5 ‘terrorists’ killed in intelligence-based operation near Afghan border
Pakistan’s military said Saturday its forces had raided a “terrorist” hideout in a volatile region bordering Afghanistan and killed five militants in the ensuing shootout. The “intelligence-based” overnight raid in the militancy-hit North Waziristan district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province also…
Afghans waiting for US resettlement expelled by Pakistan
December 27, 2023
Afghans waiting for US resettlement expelled by Pakistan
The caretaker government’s huge deportation drive has forcibly repatriated scores of Afghans awaiting resettlement in the United States, an advocacy group and Afghan applicants say, alleging that authorities often ignored US embassy letters of protection. The move complicates the efforts…
Pakistan: Two cops among four injured in grenade attacks in Quetta
December 27, 2023
Pakistan: Two cops among four injured in grenade attacks in Quetta
Four people, including two policemen, were injured in two hand-grenade attacks on police vehicles on Tuesday, Dawn newspaper reported. According to officials, unknown miscreants riding motorcycles hurled a grenade at a patrolling police vehicle in the Sariab Road area, which…