KARACHI — Several passengers were injured when gunmen attacked a train in Pakistan’s troubled Balochistan on Tuesday, prompting the provincial government to direct authorities to take “emergency measures”. “There are reports of intense firing at a Jaffar Express, which was heading from Quetta to Peshawar, between Pehro Kunri and Gadalar,” Balochistan government spokesperson Shahid Rind […]
KARACHI — A huge fire triggered by a cylinder explosion in an eatery on Monday afternoon destroyed 150 shops of a timber market on Superhighway, officials said. They said that the fire rapidly spread from the restaurant to the nearby timber shops and engulfed the whole market near Maymar Mor. No one was hurt in […]
KARACHI — Suspected insurgents killed three barbers belonging to the Sindh province in the Katagiri area of Gwargo, Panjgur on Sunday in the restive Balochistan province. A police official from Gwargo said that the three were shot dead by unidentified assailants while they were at home. All three of the victims, Abu Sattar, Zubair Ahmed […]
ISLAMABAD — Security across Pakistan’s Punjab province was put on high alert in the wake of the recent spike in incidents of terrorism, a media report said on Sunday. The development came days after the terror attack on Bannu Cantonment in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in which at least five soldiers and 13 civilians were killed along […]
GWADAR — Unknown armed men gunned down Mufti Shah Mir, a leading religious scholar of Balochistan, in Turbat town of Kech, late on Friday night. Police said armed men targeted the religious scholar when he was coming out after performing night prayer. “Armed men riding motorcycles opened fire on Mufti Shah Mir, leaving him seriously […]
PESHAWAR — Pakistani security forces killed at least three terrorists during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Tank district, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Saturday. A statement from the military’s media wing said security forces conducted an operation based on the reported presence of terrorists. “During the conduct of the operation, own […]
KARACHI — Five people were killed and several others injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in the Khuzdar district of Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province on Wednesday. Naal police Station House Officer (SHO) Bahawal Khan Pindrani said that the explosion took place after an IED attached to a motorcycle was detonated by a remote […]
PESHAWAR — A city in northwestern Pakistan observed a day of mourning on Wednesday, a day after a twin suicide bombing targeted a military base and killed 18 people, including five soldiers. A militant group linked with the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing in Bannu, which also left 42 wounded, some critically. Militants […]
PESHAWAR — Two suicide bombings breached a wall at a military base in northwestern Pakistan before other attackers stormed the compound and were repelled in violence that killed at least 12 people and wounded 30 others, according to officials and a local hospital. A group affiliated with the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack […]
ISLAMABAD — A team from the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) visited the Adiala Jail on Monday to conduct a medical check-up of former prime minister Imran Khan. The four-member team was headed by Dr Altaf Hussain, an ENT specialist. Other members of the team included Dr Umar Farooq from the hospital’s Dental Department, […]