38 killed in attack on passenger vehicles in Pakistan
Islamabad, Nov 21 (IANS) At least 38 people were killed and 11 others injured in firing on three passenger coaches in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Thursday. The incident happened in the tribal district of Kurram where the vehicles carrying Shiite Muslims were targeted, the official sources told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. The passengers […]
Angry China wants to deploy own security personnel to protect its citizens in Pakistan
Islamabad, Nov 13 (IANS) China continues to vigorously push the proposal of deploying its own security staff for thousands of its citizens working in Pakistan following several deadly attacks carried against Chinese workers in the country which have severely jolted Islamabad’s relationship with Beijing in recent times. The development comes after October’s car bombing outside […]
Roadside bomb, mortar kills police officers and children in Pakistan
Islamabad, Nov 7 (IANS) A roadside bomb, that exploded near a vehicle of security forces, killed at least four officers on the spot and injured several others in Pakistan’s restive North Waziristan, Pakistani security agencies said on Thursday. In another incident, two school children lost their lives after a mortar fired by insurgents landed near […]
Seven ‘terrorists’ killed in military operations in Pakistan
Islamabad, Nov 5 (IANS) Seven “terrorists” were killed and three others injured in separate operations by the Pakistani military across the country. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of Pakistan’s military, said one incident happened in the North Waziristan tribal district where a “terrorist” was killed in an intelligence-based operation. The second incident […]
Pakistan world’s third worst country in managing law and order
Islamabad, Oct 26 (IANS) The World Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index 2024 has ranked Pakistan as the world’s third worst nation among 142 countries, when it comes to maintaining the law and order situation. According to the report, Pakistan was ranked 140th along with Mali (141) and Nigeria (142) in terms of order […]
Seven terrorists killed in police operation in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province
Islamabad, Oct 7 (IANS) The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of police in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab on Monday claimed to have killed seven terrorists in the Mianwali district of the province. A statement from the CTD said that an Intelligence-based operation was conducted in the Makerwal area of the district late on Sunday night, leading to […]
Pakistani woman travels from Islamabad to Rajasthan in yet another cross-border love story
Islamabad, July 29 (IANS) In yet another cross-border love story, a 25-year-old Pakistani woman crossed the international border last week to join a man from Rajasthan, whom she had befriended on a social media platform and later got married to. It was after the failure of her first marriage in 2018 that Mehvish, who resides […]