At least eleven people were killed in drone strikes carried out by the Pakistani army against the Taliban in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a northern province bordering Afghanistan, a police officer told AFP on Saturday. “Three drone strikes were carried out” on Friday night targeting Pakistani Taliban hideouts, the officer said. “It was only this morning that…
<p>The train, Jaffar Express, was traveling from Quetta in Balochistan province to Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa when it came under attack. (Image credits: IANS)<br><br></p> ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s military said on Wednesday night that its forces had killed all the “terrorists” who had hijacked the Jaffar Express train on Tuesday in the country’s restive southwestern Balochistan province…
Officials removing crowd after explosion at mosque in Pakistan At least 3 dead and 20 people were injured after a blast ripped through a mosque located in Pakistan‘s Nowshera, which is in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, according to DawnNews TV.Emergency responders, Rescue 1122 have arrived at the location, and law enforcement authorities have initiated their…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Six soldiers and as many terrorists were killed in a gunfight in Pakistan’s volatile Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, according to a statement from the Pakistan military on Saturday. Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the military’s media wing, said that the exchange of fire occurred during the night between October 4-5 in the Spinwam area of North Waziristan…
