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,…
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…
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…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Thursday it was developing new travel guidelines for foreign diplomats to ensure their safety following a recent attack on a convoy of envoys from 12 countries in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.One policeman was killed and four wounded in the roadside bomb attack in Malam Jabba, a tourist resort in Swat district,…
ISLAMABAD: The stand-off in northwestern Pakistan involving police units that have gone on strike to demand the withdrawal of military and intelligence agencies from the restive region entered the fourth day Thursday with no sign of the crisis easing.On Sept 9, hundreds of policemen had blocked Indus Highway, which links Peshawar in the northwest with…
NEW DELHI: Two separate militant attacks on Sunday in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan has left at least seven dead and two injured.According to media reports citing local officials, five security personnel lost their lives and two were injured in the initial attack that occurred in the Hassan Khel area of North Waziristan…
A suicide bombing in northwest Pakistan targeted a convoy of Chinese engineers heading to a construction site, resulting in the deaths of five Chinese nationals, including a female engineer. The incident highlights security challenges faced by foreign workers in the region. Source link
NEW DELHI: China has asked Pakistan to thoroughly investigate and track down the culprits responsible for the recent suicide attack on Chinese citizens in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, amid speculation that Beijing may push Islamabad to accept its security agencies to guard the Cpec projects following a spike in attacks on them in the last few…
