Pakistan: Two police officials killed in grenade attack in Balochistan’s Sui

In a tragic incident in the Sui area of Dera Bugti district, Balochistan, two policemen were martyred and another was injured following a grenade attack on a police vehicle. The incident occurred in the Tota Colony while the police mobile Read More …

Pakistan: Rocket fired at Bajaur house of PM’s aide Mubarak Zeb

The residence of Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Tribal Affairs MNA Mubarak Zeb’s residence in Bajaur was targeted with a rocket in the wee hours of Saturday, according to police. Last month, an improvised explosive device (IED) had detonated Read More …

Pakistan: Kech blast leaves tribal elder, son dead

At least 21 people, including a tribal elder and his son, lost their lives in separate incidents of shootings, explosion, drownings and traffic accidents across Balochistan during the Eid holidays, officials said on Monday. The incidents also left at least Read More …

Pakistan: Bajaur District Health Officer’s father killed in bomb blast

Bajaur district health officer Dr Gohar Ayoub’s father was killed in a bomb explosion at his residence in Khar town here on Thursday night, police and Rescue 1122 said on Friday. Amjad Khan, district emergency officer of Rescue 1122 Khar Read More …

Pakistan: Four police personnel injured as terrorists attack two police stations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province

Terrorist attacks on two police stations were thwarted in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur and Bannu districts, injuring four police personnel, police said on Tuesday. According to a statement by KP Inspector General of Police (IG) Zulfiqar Hameed, “Two police stations came Read More …

Pakistan: One killed, four injured in Quetta car blast

One person was killed and four others injured — one of them seriously — in a bomb explosion in a vehicle in the provincial capital on late Sunday evening. Police said the blast took place in a car at a Read More …

Pakistan: May sees modest rise in attacks, but militants fail to escalate amid regional crisis

Despite heightened military tensions between Pakistan and India in May, militant groups were unable to significantly escalate their activities in Pakistan, according to data released by the Islamabad-based think tank, Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) on Sunday. Read More …

Pakistan: Gun, bomb attacks claim three lives in Dera, Quetta

A Levies official was martyred in a shooting in Dera Bugti and a Levies police station was set on fire in Mastung district, while a roadside blast on the outskirts of Quetta left two siblings dead and nine others wounded Read More …

Pakistan: Additional Deputy Commissioner killed, buildings set on fire as terrorists attack Balochistan’s Sorab

Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Hidayat Buledi was martyred in a terrorist attack on the deputy commissioner’s residence in Sorab, Khuzdar district, carried out by Fitna al-Hindustan, according to provincial spokesperson Shahid Rind. In a statement, Rind said that armed terrorists, Read More …

Pakistan: Bomb blast injures 17 at volleyball ground in Waziristan

At least 17 civilians, including children, were injured on Tuesday evening after an explosion in a volleyball ground in Barmal area of Lower Wana Tehsil, South Waziristan. According to local sources, residents were engaged in a friendly volleyball match when Read More …

Pakistan: One killed, security personnel injured in South Waziristan IED blast

A civilian was killed and a security personnel injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in the Anzar Cheena is a location in the Shakai Tehsil in Lower South Waziristan on Saturday. According to sources, the explosion took place Read More …

Pakistan: Suicide blast hits school bus in Khuzdar; three children, two teachers killed

A blast targeting a school bus near Zero Point on the National Highway in Khuzdar has resulted in the tragic deaths of three children and two teachers, and left 38 others injured. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: 42 unexploded Pakistani shells destroyed in Poonch

The Army and the Jammu & Kashmir Police Sunday carried out a “controlled operation” to safely destroy 42 unexploded Pakistani shells in the border district of Poonch. These unexploded shells were destroyed in border areas of Jhullas, Salotri, Dharati and Read More …

Pakistan: Remote-controlled blast targets police in Lower Dir

A remote-controlled bomb exploded near an armoured police vehicle in the Ashrogi area of Lower Dir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on Sunday. According to police officials, the blast did not cause any casualties or major damage. However, the explosion was immediately followed Read More …

Pakistan: Bomb defused in DI Khan

Security agencies successfully neutralised an improvised explosive device planted along a road, thereby preventing what could have been a deadly assault targeting security forces and police personnel near Khoi Bahara police station on Tuesday. According to a statement issued by Read More …

Pakistan: Three children injured in Bannu blast

Three schoolboys were injured in a roadside bomb explosion in Surani Sikandakhel Bala area of Bannu district on Monday. A police official said that unknown miscreants had planted an improvised explosive device along a road near a government high school Read More …

Pakistan: The shadow war

While most of the week’s headlines focused on India’s direct assault on Pakistan, its indirect, clandestine attacks also went on in the shadows all the while. A CTD official was martyred in a firing incident in the Hassankhel area of Read More …

Pakistan: Policeman martyred in Gwadar grenade attack

A policeman was martyred in an exchange of fire after attackers threw a hand grenade near a masjid in Gwadar, according to police. According to Gwadar Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Zia Mandokhail, a residential quarter of people belonging to Read More …

Pakistan: CTD arrests two TTP militants in Sahiwal

The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) arrested two suspected members of the banned Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in sting operations in Sahiwal and its outskirts. In a raid conducted late Wednesday night near Village 58/GD, on the Faisalabad-Sahiwal Road in Noor Shah, Read More …