Pakistan: CTD Punjab foils terror plot, arrests 11 militants

The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) Punjab thwarted a major terrorist attack in Lahore, arresting 11 high-risk militants. The suspects, armed with weapons, explosives, and detailed maps of sensitive locations, were planning to target a key government building. According to a CTD Read More …

Pakistan: Two security personnel injured in Jiwani blast

Two Pakistan Coast Guards (PCG) personnel were injured in a bomb attack at Jiwani, a small coastal town in Gwadar district, on Friday, police said. A vehicle of PCG was passing through Bagwan Chowk in Jiwani when unidentified assailants detonated Read More …

Pakistan: Sabotage plot foiled as CTD kills three terrorists in Rawalpindi

Security forces averted a major sabotage bid in Rawalpindi as three militants from Fitna-al-Khawarij were killed during a fierce exchange of gunfire with the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) personnel. The operation, based on intelligence reports, took place near Chakri in Rawalpindi Read More …

Pakistan: Twin blasts kill two including police officer in Bajaur

Twin blast in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s District Bajaur killed at least two people, including a cop, police told Geo News on Saturday. Bajaur District Police Officer (DPO) Waqas Rafeeq confirmed the dual blasts, saying that both the explosions took place in Read More …

Pakistan: At least 42 killed in sectarian violence in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Gunmen have opened fire on convoys of Shia pilgrims in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 42 people, according to authorities in the restive province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Women and children were among the fatalities in the attacks in the Kurram Read More …

Pakistan: 12 security personnel killed in Bannu suicide attack

The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Wednesday that 12 security personnel were martyred in a suicide blast in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) District Bannu. The military’s media wing, in a statement, said that terrorists or “khawarij” attempted to attack a Read More …

Pakistan: IED blast rocks Peshawar-Parachinar highway

An improvised explosive device (IED) planted on the Peshawar-Parachinar highway at Charkhel area in lower parts of Kurram tribal district detonated with a loud explosion early Sunday morning. No casualties were reported in the explosion. According to police sources, the Read More …

Pakistan: FIRs registered against three ‘terrorists’ arrested in Islamabad

According to the FIR, a police team of CTD got information about presence of three suspects in wooded area near Srinagar Highway, located in H-13, during surveillance at Islamabad Chowk. The CTD team raided the area and found the three Read More …

Pakistan: Seven killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as militant’s car bomb explodes accidentally

A powerful car bomb accidentally detonated at the house of a Pakistani Taliban militant in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least two children and five suspected militants, police said. The explosion took place before dawn in the city of Read More …

Pakistan: Major among two ISPR personnel killed in IED explosion in Punjab

An officer and a soldier were martyred on Thursday after an improvised explosive device exploded on the leading vehicle of security forces during an operation against terrorists in Harnai district. The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on reported presence Read More …

Pakistan: Mastermind, female accomplice involved in Karachi airport terror attack arrested

Sindh Home Minister Zia Ul Hassan Lanjar on Monday announced the arrest of three terrorists, including the mastermind behind the deadly blast near the Karachi airport that killed two Chinese nationals among three people. “Javed alias Sami, who is the Read More …

Pakistan: At least 25 killed, over 40 injured in suicide blast at Quetta railway station

At least 25 people were killed and 40 others were injured in a suicide explosion at Quetta’s railway station, marking the latest incident of unrest in Balochistan. Preliminary reports indicate that the explosion took place at the railway station’s booking Read More …

Pakistan: Four soldiers, two schoolchildren killed in attacks in South Waziristan

A roadside bomb exploded near a vehicle carrying security forces in northwestern Pakistan, killing four officers and wounding five others, officials said. The roadside bombing happened in South Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local police officer Dilawar Khan said Read More …

Pakistan: Conflicting reports of ‘operation’ near Pakistan-Iran border

Conflicting reports emerged about a cross-border operation, conducted by Iranian forces in the Sistan and Balochistan province, with Iranian officials claiming the targets were Afghan-Tajik militants, while other sources suggest they may have been smugglers. Iranian authorities said that 18 Read More …

Pakistan: Blast kills seven, including five school children in Mastung

At least seven people including five school students were killed and 23 injured in a blast in southwestern Pakistan on Friday, a police official said. “The target was a police van which was going to pickup a polio (vaccination) team,” Read More …

Pakistan: 8 killed, 5 wounded in suicide bombing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

A suicide bomber detonated at a checkpoint in western Pakistan on Saturday, killing eight people and wounding five more, officials said. The bomber set off the blast from the back of a motorbike rickshaw near the town of Mir Ali Read More …

Pakistan: Security forces kill nine terrorists, including two suicide bombers in Bajaur

Pakistan’s security forces killed nine terrorists, including two suicide bombers, during an operation in the Bajaur district, according to the military’s media wing, ISPR. The operation was conducted on the night of October 23-24, following intelligence reports of the militants’ Read More …

Pakistan: Four killed as two TTP groups clash in South Waziristan

Four militants, including a local commander, were killed in a fierce exchange of fire between two factions of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in South Waziristan district on Saturday, sources said. The deceased militants included commander Niaz Wazir, alias Umar, Read More …

Pakistan: Punjab CTD foils major terror plan, arrests 7 terrorists in province-wide operations

The Punjab Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Saturday said it had “foiled a major terror plan by arresting seven terrorists belonging to a banned organisation” during 129 intelligence-based operations (IBOs) across the province. According to a statement issued today, the Read More …

Pakistan: Six live rockets found in two houses defused

Civil Defence Bomb Disposal Squad on Tuesday defused six live rockets found in two houses. The Bomb Disposal Squad received information that there are four rockets in the house of Iftikhar Ahmad, a resident of Mirjal village, Zafarwal tehsil. After Read More …