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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...

Islamabad, March 8 Security forces killed 13 terrorists in five different intelligence-based operations in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwest Pakistan, the army said on Sunday.These intelligence-based operations (IBOs) were conducted from March 6 and 7, Inter-Service Public...

Peshawar, March 7 At least two people were killed and eight were injured in an explosion at a battery shop owned by a member of a peace committee in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a northwestern province of Pakistan, on Saturday, police said.The explosion occurred at a battery shop of Shoaib Khan, a...

Peshawar, March 6 A person was killed and seven others were injured after Afghan forces allegedly carried out mortar shelling on civilian areas near the Afghanistan border in northwestern Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa over the past 24 hours, security officials said on Friday.According to...

Islamabad, March 5 – Pakistan reported its first case of wild poliovirus in a four-year-old child from the Bello Union Council in Sujawal district of Sindh province on Thursday, local media reported.According to Pakistan’s National Emergency Operations Centre for Polio Eradication (NEOC), the...

Peshawar, March 4 Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on Wednesday stressed that parliament and the nation should be kept informed of key decisions, including those related to issues involving Iran, Israel, and the US.Inaugurating the KP Safe Cities Project here, Afridi...

Islamabad, March 4 – An Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), Daulat Khan, was killed in a sniper attack by unknown assailants on the Badan police post in Wara Mamond tehsil of Bajaur district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, on Wednesday, according to local media reports citing police.Following the...

Islamabad, March 3: Combat-related deaths in Pakistan increased by 30% in February, due to a rise in suicide attacks across the country, according to statistics released by an Islamabad-based think tank, local media reported.A report by the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies...

Peshawar, March 2 The provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan has temporarily suspended the arrest of Afghan nationals due to the prevailing security situation and the continued closure of the border, officials said on Monday.A police spokesperson said the decision was taken on...

Islamabad, March 2 Over 50 educational institutions in districts bordering Afghanistan were closed on Monday following a drone attack on a school in northwest Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, officials said.The incident occurred in the Ghalanai tehsil of the Mohmand district...

Kabul, March 2 – Afghanistan's Ministry of Defence announced on Monday that its Air Force had conducted what it described as precise and coordinated aerial operations against multiple Pakistani military installations, signaling a sharp escalation in the already worsening security situation...

Islamabad, March 1 – Two police officers and six people were injured after unidentified assailants attacked three police installations in Peshawar city, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, local media reported on Sunday.A senior police official stated that the Mattani and Badhber...

Peshawar/Islamabad, February 26 At least 20 security personnel were killed in various terrorist attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, during the first week of the holy month of Ramadan. In addition, security forces killed 18 rebels in two days in Balochistan, the army said on Thursday...

Islamabad, February 25 At least 34 terrorists have been killed by Pakistani security forces as part of ongoing counter-terrorism operations, the army said on Wednesday.The security forces killed 26 terrorists in four separate operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the northwest and another eight...

Islamabad, February 25 – The main highway connecting Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab provinces remained closed on Wednesday after a suicide attack at the Dajil checkpoint near the Dera Darya Khan bridge in the Bhakkar district. This resulted in commuters and traders facing...

Islamabad, February 24 – The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis, covering 45 vulnerable rural districts in Pakistan, has revealed that 7.5 million people – 21 per cent of the population assessed – face crisis or worse levels of acute food insecurity from December...

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Islamabad, February 21 Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has warned that the recently announced "Imran Khan Release Force" by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi is unconstitutional and illegal, speculating that the

Islamabad, February 21 A 4.4 magnitude earthquake shook parts of northern and northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, the second tremor to hit the country in as many days.There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.The earthquake, which struck at 9:30 am (local time), originated at a...

Islamabad, February 21 – Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has warned that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Sohail Afridi's position "was at risk," describing his recently announced 'Release Imran Khan Force' as "unconstitutional and illegal," according to local media."The KP...