Pakistan: IED blast injures three policemen in Bannu

At least three policemen were injured after an improvised explosive device went off near their vehicle in Bannu’s Ghoriwala, police said Sunday. A police spokesperson told SAMAA TV that the policemen were on a routine patrol when the bomb went Read More …

Pakistan: Police recover four hand-grenades, IEDs, weapons and ammunition in D.I. Khan

Two militants of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, Gandapur group, were killed while four hand-grenades, IEDs, weapons and ammunition were recovered during an operation conducted by the police here on Saturday. According to a handout, police had received a report from Read More …

Pakistan: Three brothers killed in Tank ‘toy bomb’ explosion

Three brothers were killed in a toy bomb explosion in Tank’s Shah Alam Mehsud district Friday evening, according to the police. The children were playing in the neighbourhood. They found the toy bomb near a nullah and brought it home. Read More …

Pakistan: Man injured in blast near seminary in Quetta

A man was injured in an IED explosion close to a seminary near Satellite Town here on Wednesday. Police said unidentified people parked a motorcycle rigged with an improvised explosive device in the Ishaqabad area and detonated the IED with Read More …

Pakistan: 4 FC soldiers martyred in IED explosion near Quetta

Four Frontier Corps soldiers were martyred in an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion on the Margat-Quetta road in Balochistan, the military’s media wing said in a statement on Monday. “Terrorists targeted Frontier Corps troops employed for [the] security of Margat Read More …

Pakistan: 72 terror suspects arrested in a week

Keeping in view the recent wave of terrorism across the country, particularly targeted killing of police officials, the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Punjab conducted 64 intelligence-based operations across the province and arrested seven identified terror suspects during last seven days. Read More …

Pakistan Army soldier martyred in IED attack near checkpost in South Waziristan

A Pakistan Army soldier was martyred on Wednesday after an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded near a military checkpost in South Waziristan tribal district’s Kaniguram area, the military’s media affairs wing said. In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Read More …

Pakistan: At least 5 injured in blast at Quetta’s Qambrani Road

At least five people were injured in a blast at Quetta’s Qambrani Road on Monday, according to Balochistan government spokesperson Liaquat Shahwani. Police officials and rescue teams rushed to the scene after receiving information of the incident. The injured have Read More …

Pakistan: Seven killed in bomb attack on Palestine solidarity rally in southwest Pakistan

At least seven people were killed and 17 injured on Friday when a bomb ripped through a rally organized by a religious party to show solidarity with Palestine in Chaman, a border city in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, police and Read More …

Pakistan: Police official martyred, eight injured in Qilla Abdullah IED blast

A policeman was martyred and eight others sustained injuries in an IED explosion on Wednesday in Balochistan`s Qilla Abdullah district. According to Assistant Commissioner Qilla Abdullah, Din Muhammad, the incident occurred in the main market of the town when a Read More …

Pakistan: Suicide bomber in Quetta blast was foreign national

The police investigation team has made key progress in investigation into the bomb blast at Quetta, saying the suicide bomber in the terrorist attack was a foreign national. “Body parts of the suicide bomber were sent for DNA test,” sources Read More …

Pakistan: Four killed and 12 wounded after bomb explodes at luxury hotel in Quetta

Four people have been killed and 12 are injured after a bomb explosion at a luxury hotel in Pakistan, local authorities have confirmed. The blast happened inside the car park of the Serena hotel in Quetta, southwest Pakistan, on Wednesday, Read More …

Pakistan: Ten injured in Hub football ground explosion

At least 10 people were injured in an explosion in Balochistan’s Hub city Tuesday evening, the police said. The Shuhada-e-police football tournament was being played when the explosion occurred. Lasbela SSP Tariq Elahi and the bomb disposal squad arrived at Read More …

Pakistan: CTD arrests two terrorists in Lahore

The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD), Lahore, Sunday conducted an intelligence based operation and arrested two suspected terrorists belonging to a banned organisation. Explosive material was also recovered from their possession. A credible source information was received that two ‘terrorists’ were present Read More …

Pakistan: CTD arrests six militants in Lahore, Rawalpindi

The Punjab Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) busted a network of Afghanistan-based banned militant organisations in separate intelligence based operations (IOBs) carried out in Rawalpindi and Lahore. A well-placed source said the banned militant organisations based in Afghanistan had changed their Read More …

Pakistan’s Dual Counter-Terrorism Challenges: Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan’s Merger and Cross-Border Campaign from Afghanistan

On February 26, Nooristan, known as Hasan Baba, was killed by Pakistani security forces. He was a commander of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), who had been involved in the murder of more than 50 security forces personnel since 2007. His Read More …