ISLAMABAD — Pakistan endured another devastating month of anti-state violence in November 2024, with 245 fatalities and 257 injuries reported in different terror incidents, Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) data showed. Citing the PICSS stats, The News reported that the said casualties included 127 militants, 68 security personnel, and 50 civilians. Among […]
PESHAWAR — At least three children, including two brothers, were killed on Monday when a toy bomb exploded in Pakistan’s restive northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The tragic incident happened in the Jani Khel area of Bannu’s Wazir subdivision. Local sources report that the children were on their way home from the madrassa when the mortar […]
ISLAMABAD — The political committee of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has issued an official statement after a crucial meeting, calling for full access to party founder Imran Khan due to concerns over his health and safety, media reported. The committee on Sunday highlighted that Imran Khan’s well-being is a matter of grave concern, with growing […]
KURRAM — At least six more people were killed, and eight others wounded in District Kurram on Sunday, police said, as the deadly tribal clashes continued for the 11th consecutive day. Police said the death toll in the recent incidents of violence has surged to 130 and while the number of people who sustained injuries […]
KURRAM — The death toll from ongoing tribal clashes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s District Kurram has risen further, as two more individuals lost their lives and 10 others were injured in fresh incidents of firing, sources told Geo News. The police confirmed that the latest spell of violence, now entering its tenth day, has claimed 124 […]
LAHORE — Minarets of three Ahmadi minority’s places of worship were destroyed by police and religious extremists while 31 Ahmadis who came to stop the desecration were booked in Punjab province of Pakistan, a community organisation said on Friday. Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya Pakistan (JAP) said the incidents took place in Sialkot and Faisalabad districts of Punjab, some […]
KURRAM — Firing incidents in various areas of District Kurram have claimed 12 more lives and left 17 injured on the ninth day of ongoing tribal clashes, police said on Friday. Despite a recent ceasefire agreement, violence persists, bringing the total death toll to 122 and the number of injured to 168. According to the […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan on Thursday removed Barrister Gohar Ali Khan from the party chairmanship, ARY News reported. Speaking after his meeting with Imran Khan, Barrister Ali Zafar confirmed that the PTI founder has nominated former National Assembly speaker Asad Qaiser for the post of PTI chairman. Barrister Ali Zafar said […]
ISLAMABAD — The recent clashes between the two warring sides in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Kurram district continued for the seventh consecutive day as the death toll in the violence-hit territory passed 100, with three people losing their lives overnight. The police said one of the injured from a firing incident on vehicles carrying passengers from […]
ISLAMABAD — Protesters who marched on the Pakistan capital to demand the release of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan were cleared from the city centre on Wednesday after a sweeping security crackdown. More than ten thousand protesters had surged into Islamabad since the weekend, answering Khan’s call to protest his sidelining from February elections […]