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Lahore, April 1 An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has sentenced an Al-Qaeda operative to 33 years in prison for planning an attack in a busy marketplace in the Punjab province, the Counter Terrorism Department said on Wednesday.The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) said that it arrested...

Quetta, March 30 – A leading human rights organization highlighted on Monday the escalating abuses by Pakistani forces across Balochistan, documenting 87 extrajudicial killings and 234 cases of enforced disappearances during the month of February.In its latest report, the Human Rights Council...

Peshawar, March 26 Unidentified armed men bombed a government girls' school in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, on Thursday, police said.The incident took place in the village of Ghora, in the Baka Khel area of Bannu district, which borders northern Waziristan.The...

Peshawar, March 20 A wanted militant, allegedly involved in a fatal attack on police, has been killed in northwest Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, officials said on Friday.According to a statement issued by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), a joint operation by the CTD and district police...

Quetta, March 9 – A senior officer from the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) was killed after unidentified assailants opened fire on him in the Killi Ismail area of Quetta, Pakistan, local media reported on Monday.Police said Inspector Metha Khan, who recently joined CTD, was shot by armed...

Lahore, March 8 Pakistani law enforcement agencies killed four Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists in the Punjab province on Sunday night.According to the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of the Punjab Police, the Dera Ghazi Khan district of Punjab (about 400 km from Lahore) narrowly...

Quetta, February 27 – A leading human rights organization on Friday highlighted the escalating abuses by Pakistani forces across Balochistan, documenting 107 enforced disappearances and 78 extrajudicial killings throughout January.In its latest report, the Human Rights Council of Balochistan...

Quetta, February 25 – As violence against civilians intensifies across Balochistan, a leading human rights organization revealed on Wednesday the extrajudicial killings of two civilians and the enforced disappearance of five others across the province, allegedly at the hands of Pakistani forces...

Quetta, February 16 – Another Baloch student was extrajudicially killed by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, a leading human rights organization said on Monday.These latest incidents come against the backdrop of a growing wave of targeted killings and enforced disappearances across the...