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Security forces clear Islamabad of Imran Khan’s supporters, PTI says 8 party workers killed but protests will go on | India News – Times of India

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Supporters of the former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), stop traffic along a road during a protest demanding the release of Khan, in Islamabad. (Reuters) ISLAMABAD: At least eight supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) were killed and dozens of others injured in Islamabad following what the party said was a sweeping…

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Pakistan forces kill 9 militants in restive northwest – Times of India

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Pakistan Army soldiers. (Reuters) ISLAMABAD: Pakistani security forces killed nine insurgents, including a high-level target, in a shootout overnight in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in the volatile northwestern region that borders Afghanistan, the military said Thursday.A statement issued by the Pakistan army’s media wing said that troops also seized weapons and ammunition…

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Bomb blast in Pakistan’s Buner amidst SCO meet, 5 police officers injured – Times of India

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At least five police officers were injured on Wednesday in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province when a remote-controlled explosive device detonated near their vehicle, according to police officials.The incident took place at a time when the country is still hosting the SCO summit where several foreign delegates attended the event, including foreign minister S Jaishankar and…

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PTI member ‘invites’ Jaishankar to join protest, party distances itself – Times of India

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PESHAWAR: Jailed ex-PM Imran Khan‘s PTI has distanced itself from a party member’s invitation to India’s external affairs minister S Jaishankar to join its protest, asserting that no foreign country has a role in its political struggle.Party chairman Gohar Ali Khan said Saturday that remarks by Muhammad Ali Saif, an adviser on information to the…

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Pakistan unrest: Whereabouts of senior PTI leader ‘unknown’; mobile phone services remain suspended for third day – Times of India

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NEW DELHI: Pakistan is in a state of turmoil as it witnesses widespread protests by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers as India’s neighbor prepares to host the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s Council of Heads of Government (SCO-CHG) meeting for the first time in Islamabad on October 15 and 16.Supporters of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan clashed…

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Pakistan: Imran Khan’s supporters clash with police as army seals off capital, internet cut – Times of India

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Supporters of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan reached Islamabad’s iconic D-Chowk late on Saturday, despite the government’s efforts to deter them by deploying a heavy police force and cutting off internet services in the capital. The police’s use of tear gas to stop protesters was largely ineffective as heavy rain in the capital weakened…

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Pakistan helicopter crash: 6 killed in North Waziristan, many injured – Times of India

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A tragic helicopter crash in North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has resulted in the deaths of six people and injuries to eight others, as reported by a security official on Saturday. The chartered flight, carrying employees of an oil company, experienced engine failure shortly after takeoff, reported AP.Initially, the death toll was reported as seven,…

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64 killed, dozens injured in a week as Pakistan’s Khyber tribal truce collapses – Times of India

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ISLAMABAD: At least 64 people have been killed this week in a fresh outbreak of violence involving the Pashtun Sunni and Shia tribes of Pakistan‘s militancy-prone Kurram district along the Afghanistan border in the northwest, where a ceasefire had been signed just over a month ago.Governor Faisal Karim Kundi of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province said dozens…

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At least 1 child killed, 25 cops injured in Pakistan police station blast – Times of India

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At least one child died and 25 injured, mostly cops after an explosion occurred at a police station in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Thursday. The initial report suggests that the blast occurred “due to a short circuit.”Swabi district emergency officer Awais Babar reported that Rescue 1122 transported 15 injured individuals to the district headquarters…

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