Pakistan experienced its deadliest month of August in six years, with 254 fatalities from militant violence, according to the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies. The attacks killed 92 civilians and 54 security personnel. Militants launched 83 assaults nationwide, resulting in 175 deaths and 123 injuries. The southwestern ...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistani and Afghan security forces once again clashed at the border after the Afghan Taliban attempted to build a check post, Afghan media reported. Heavy firing took place between two countries’ security forces in the Zazi district of Khost province in eastern Afghanistan, Tolo News reported. “Clashes erupted between ...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Afghanistan has urged Pakistan to reopen a key border crossing between the two neighbors for trade to avoid “huge” financial losses, as over 2,000 trucks of vegetables and fruits are stranded, causing massive financial losses for exporters. Northwestern Torkham, one of the two key trade crossings betw...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan has invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting to be held in Islamabad in October, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. The SCO heads of government meeting is slated to be held on October 15 and 16. It will be preceded by a […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Major business centers remained shut across Pakistan on Wednesday in protest against high rates of taxes and rising power tariffs. Trade activities came to a standstill in all the major cities, including the capital Islamabad, on the joint call of trader unions and Jamaat-e-Islami, one of the country’s larg...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – At least 74 people, including 21 terrorists and 14 security personnel, were killed in multiple clashes and attacks that lasted several hours in southwest and northwest Pakistan, officials and local media reported on Monday. Terrorists carried out coordinated attacks on army in Musakhel, Qalat, and Lasbela distric...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – At least 40 people were killed and dozens others injured in two road accidents in southwest and northwest Pakistan on Sunday, police and local media reported. Some 29 passengers were killed when a passenger vehicle fell into a ravine near Rawlakot in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) from th...
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has removed contentious sections from a February ruling related to the Ahmadiya community. The decision followed intense nationwide protests led by religious groups and the Council of Islamic Ideology. The court’s revised judgment, delivered by Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa, addresses objections to the term “preach” used...
Lahore, Pakistan – AFP The death toll in a rocket launcher attack on policemen whose vehicle broke down in central Pakistan rose to twelve on Friday, police said. Organised criminal gangs have been active in the riverine border areas of southern Sindh and central Punjab provinces for decades, often making money through kidnap-for-ransom ...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan has conducted “successful” training launch of surface-to-surface ballistic missile Shaheen-II, the military said. “The training launch was aimed at training of troops, validating various technical parameters and performance evaluation of different sub-systems incorporated for improved accuracy ...