Thakot, Pakistan – AFP Military helicopters and zipline experts on Tuesday rescued eight people, including six school boys, trapped for hours in a cable car high above a remote Pakistan valley. The daring rescue began with a helicopter plucking two children to safety after almost 12 hours in the air as daylight faded, but the […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – A day after having raised the issue of the Indian violation of the cease-fire along the Line of Control (LoC), Pakistan arrested six Indians who were attempting to smuggle drugs, weapons and ammunition into the country. “It is surprising that these smugglers could cross the heavily fenced border under perpetual surveillan...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Six Pakistani army troops and four suspected militants were killed in a clash in a northwestern region near the border with Afghanistan on Tuesday, the army said. The clash took place in the restive South Waziristan tribal district, said a statement from the army’s mouthpiece, Inter Services Public Relations. Two...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The Pakistani army airdropped food and water to the stranded students in a cable car dangling over a ravine in northwestern Pakistan as rescuers are struggling to rescue the trapped people. At least seven schoolchildren and an adult in northwestern Pakistan were stranded in the air at 8 a.m. local time […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Monday visited the churches vandalized by angry mobs following the reported desecration of the Quran in northeastern Punjab province, vowing the perpetrators will be brought to justice. Along with the governor and interim chief minister of the provi...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Civilian authorities in Pakistan continue to hand over suspects to the army for their alleged involvement in attacks on military installations in May. As the probe into the May 9 attacks proceeds, authorities on Monday handed over a lawyer associated with the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party to the...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistani President Arif Alvi said on Sunday that his staff messed up on two controversial bills passed by the Parliament earlier this month. The outgoing lower house or the National Assembly passed the Official Secrets Amendment Bill 2023 and Pakistan Army Amendment Bill 2023, aimed at expanding the role of the [&hell...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – At least 13 laborers were killed and several others injured in a landmine explosion in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region near Afghanistan’s border, an official said on Sunday. The incident took place in the restive North Waziristan tribal district, where a van carrying over a dozen laborers hit a landmine in ...
Lahore, Pakistan – AFP A Muslim cleric is among a dozen people being investigated for using mosque loudspeakers to order protests against alleged blasphemy by Christians which erupted into mob violence in Pakistan earlier this week, a senior police official said. More than 80 Christian homes and 19 churches were vandalised when hundreds ...
