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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...

FGN12 US-INDIA-TARIFFIndia faces lower tariff rate of 10% as Trump issues proclamation on new leviesNew York/Washington: India now faces a lower tariff rate of 10 per cent, down from 18 per cent, after US President Donald Trump announced a new global levy on items imported into America in...

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...

Peshawar, February 19 Pakistani security forces killed four terrorists on Thursday during an intelligence-based operation in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said.An operation was conducted in the Lakki Marwat district based on credible intelligence regarding the presence...

Islamabad, February 19 – Pakistan has issued a formal protest to the ruling Taliban regime in Afghanistan, accusing it of allowing Afghan soil to be used for a recent attack on security forces in the Bajaur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, local media reported on Thursday.The protest was issued...

Islamabad, February 19 Pakistan has issued a formal protest to the Taliban regime in Afghanistan over the alleged use of Afghan soil for a recent terrorist attack that resulted in the deaths of 11 soldiers, the Foreign Office said on Thursday.Eleven soldiers and one civilian were killed when...

Peshawar, February 18 Two government employees were killed and two others were injured when militants attacked a police station and a customs office located along the CPEC in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday.The attackers also fired at passenger buses traveling on the...

Peshawar, February 17 At least three militants and as many police officers were killed during a search operation in northwest Pakistan, police said.The search operation took place on Monday in Shangla district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, when militants belonging to Fitna al-Khawarij opened fire on a...

Islamabad, February 16 – Honour killings continue to be a serious human rights issue in Pakistan, as the number of reported incidents across the country remains high while the rate of convictions is low, a report has stated.A report in The Express Tribune Magazine stated, "Every now and then...

Islamabad, February 16 – At least two people were killed and 14 others were injured after an explosion occurred near the Miryan Police Station in the Bannu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, on Monday, according to local media reports.According to a police statement, the blast occurred...

Peshawar, February 16 At least two people were killed, including a child, and sixteen were injured in a bomb blast near a police station in northwest Pakistan on Monday, local police said.The explosive material planted in a parked auto rickshaw exploded with a bang outside the Merian Police...

Islamabad, February 16 – The Pakistani government has increased the prices of petrol and high-speed diesel by Pakistani Rupees (PKR) 5 and PKR 7.32 per liter, respectively, until the end of February, local media reported on Monday.In a late-night announcement on Sunday, the petroleum division...