Pakistan: Militant attacks spiked by 72 percent in Balochistan during February

Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province saw a 72 percent increase in militant attacks during February, mostly as banned outfits targeted political parties’ election activities in days leading up to the polls, the managing director of a Pakistani think tank said on Read More …

Pakistan: Deadly blast targets PTI rally in Sibi, leaving four dead

A blast targeted a political rally organised by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday evening in Sibi district of Balochistan, resulting in at least four fatalities and several injuries, according to authorities. The explosion occurred as the rally, belonging to Read More …

Pakistan: ‘Coordinated’ terror attacks launched on Balochistan’s Mach town

Security for­ces thwarted three coordinated attacks launched by terrorists using rockets and sophisticated weapons in Mach town on Monday night, some 70km from the provincial capital, officials said. At least one policeman was reportedly martyred while a truck driver injured Read More …

Pakistan: Security forces seize arms, ammunition and explosives in Zhob

Security forces have killed seven terrorists during an intelligence based operation in Sambaza Sector, Zhob District near Pakistan-Afghanistan border. According to the ISPR, these terrorists were involved in terrorists’ activities against security forces as well as killing of innocent civilians. Read More …

Pakistan: Violence-Related Fatalities Mark A Record 6-Year High, 56% Surge In Violence Recorded In 2023

In 2023, Pakistan witnessed 1524 violence-related fatalities and 1463 injuries from as many as 789 terror attacks and counter-terror operations. This includes nearly 1000 fatalities among civilians and security forces personnel. The overall fatalities including those of outlaws mark a Read More …

Pakistan: Police official killed in Khuzdar blast

A station house officer (SHO) of the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) was martyred on Sunday in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in Balochistan’s Khuzdar. The police officer was identified as SHO Murad Baksh Jamot. Police sources confirmed that the blast Read More …

Pakistan: Three die in Kech explosion

A roadside explosion killed three people in Balochistan’s Kech district on Sunday, Makran Division Commissioner Saeed Ahmed Umrani said. According to Umrani, unidentified terrorists targeted a vehicle through an improvised explosive device (IED) in the Hoshap tehsil of the district. Read More …

Pakistan: Resurgent militancy

While Pakistan may not be witnessing the mass-casualty terror attacks – particularly against civilian targets in urban centres – that the nation saw a decade ago, the militants are making their presence felt through frequent, deadly forays targeting security personnel. Read More …

Pakistan: One killed, 12 injured in attack on gas exploration company’s convoy

One person was killed while 12 others were injured when unidentified armed men attacked the camp office of a private oil and gas company in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan on Monday. Last week, two police personnel were martyred and Read More …

Pakistan: Explosion derails passenger train in southwest Balochistan

A passenger train was derailed after being hit by an improvised explosive device in Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province on Sunday, the Pakistan Railways said in a statement. The train, with 234 passengers and staff aboard, was on its way to Read More …

Pakistan: 6 killed, over 20 injured in DI Khan motorbike blast

Six people were killed and over 20 injured in a powerful explosion that occurred in Tank Adda in Ponda Bazar of Dera Ismail Khan (DI Khan) on Friday. According to SAMAA TV, citing the police, sounds of gunfire were reported Read More …

Pakistan: Child killed, 8 injured in hand grenade explosion in Balochistan Wadh

A child lost his life while eight others were injured on Tuesday when a hand grenade exploded in the Zarchain area of Balochistan’s Wadh city, police said. According to Wadh Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Abdul Manaf, the children from Read More …

Pakistan: At least 52 killed, scores injured in suicide blast near 12th Rabiul Awwal procession in Mastung

At least 52 people, including a police officer, were killed while around 50 were injured in what officials believe was a suicide blast near a Rabiul Awwal procession in Balochistan’s Mastung district on Friday. “The bomber detonated himself near the Read More …

Pakistan: Car-bomb plot foiled in Quetta

The law-enforcement agencies on Wednesday foiled an attempt to carry out a car-bomb attack in the city and seized an explosives-laden car from a parking lot near a police station in the Eastern Bypass area. “Over 35 kilograms of high Read More …

Pakistan militants attack convoy of Chinese engineers

Balochistan Liberation Army militants claimed responsibility for an attack on a convoy of Chinese engineers in the southwest of Pakistan on Sunday, Agence France-Presse reported. The incident took place as the engineers were traveling to Gwadar Port, a Chinese-financed project, Read More …

Pakistan: Three CTD men hurt in roadside IED blast

Senior CTD official Raja Umer Khattab said that their intelligence wing had been working on the presence of militants belonging to the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan in Karachi and its adjoining cities in Baluchistan, and when it was returning from its Read More …

Pakistan: Female suicide bomber kills one police officer and wounds five others in Turbat

A suicide bomber struck in southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least one police and wounding five others in an attempt to target a paramilitary convoy, an official said. Authorities recovered the remains of a female bomber following the explosion Read More …

Pakistan: One killed, six injured as Sirajul Haq’s cavalcade comes under suicide attack

A man was killed and six others were injured in a tragic incident of a suicide attack near Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Sirajul Haq’s cavalcade in Zhob on Friday. According to police, Mr Haq remained safe during the blast. The JI chief Read More …

Pakistan: Inspector loses life in Khuzdar blast

The inspector lost his life on the spot as his vehicle was completely destroyed in the attack. A huge contingent of police reached the spot and shifted the dead body to the district headquarters hospital Khuzdar. Senior administration and police Read More …