There is no let-up in pre-elections attacks in the country as more blasts on Wednesday injured dozens of people in the country. A bomb blast injured 13 people in Quetta a day after a suicide attack and three blasts in the city killed at least five people, including a security man, and injured nearly […]
A bomb blast on Saturday killed at least five people in a Bajaur tribal region, officials in the region and hospital sources said. The blast occurred outside gate of the agency’s main hospital in Khar, the headquarters of Bajaur tribal area, they said. Hospital sources confirmed that five people died and five others […]
Pakistan Friday urged all concerned stakeholders including the United States to devote their energies towards making Afghanistan peaceful, progressive, prosperous and stable country in the post-withdrawal period. Concerns about possible instability in Afghanistan grow as the endgame fast approaching and the Taliban and the U.S. have not resumed peace talks. Pakistan is also […]
An American spy aircraft Wednesday fired missiles into South Waziristan tribal region and killed at least five people, security officials said. Two missiles were fired on a house in Sararogha area early morning, completely destroying the building. All those in the compound were killed and injured, officials said. They said that the […]
A suicide bomber attacked an election meeting in Peshawar killed at least 11 people late Tuesday, police said. The Awami National Party (ANP) was holding a meeting at Yaka Toot area of Peshawar when the bomb exploded in the crowded area. Police and doctors confirmed that 11 people were killed and nearly 40 […]
At least four persons were killed and at least 25 others injured in a bomb attack on the convoy of PML-N provincial president‚ Sardar Sanaullah Zehri in Khuzdar district of Balochistan. Zehri’s brother, son, nephew and guard were killed at Gatt Pull in Tehsil Zehr in a remote-controlled bomb attack. However‚ Sanaullah Zehri […]
Gunmen opened fire on a polio team in Mardan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, killing a policeman and injuring another on Wednesday. The polio team came under attack in Musam Korona in the outskirts of Mardan when the team was busy in door-to-door anti-polio vaccination. The attackers riding a motorcycle fled after the […]
Pakistan on Sunday rejected U.S. media reports that the country has struck a deal with the CIA over a secret drone campaign in the tribal regions. The New York Times has reported that Pakistan and the United States had signed the deal in 2004 and a U.S. spy aircraft, in its first strike had […]
A bomb attack on security forces in Karachi killed at least four paramilitary soldiers late Wednesday, officials said. Miscreants lobbed a bomb at the truck of the paramilitary Rangers in the Korangi area of Karachi. Two soldiers died at the scene and two died of wounds in the city’s major hospital, doctors said. […]
A blast near a political gathering Sunday killed at least two people and injured six others, including a political leader, police said. The remote-controlled blast occurred when people gathered for an election public meeting of the ‘Awami National Party’ (ANP) in Bannu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Police said that the bomb targeted […]
Former military President Pervez Musharraf, who returned to the country on Sunday after over four years of self-exile, is struggling to for a political role but at the same time he faces arrest in several cases and also serious threats from the Taliban militants. He could not attract a big crowd when he spoke […]
US Secretary of State, Mr John Kerry, and the army chief, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, have met and discussed ‘reconciliation process in Afghanistan and security issues concerning South Asian Region,’ the military said Monday. “General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Chief of the Army Staff, who is on a scheduled visit to Jordan, met US Secretary […]