Islamabad, June 2 (IANS) Security situation in Pakistan deteriorated in May, particularly due to increase in terrorist attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, according to the monthly security assessment released by the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS), local media reported on Tuesday. The latest findings by PICSS showcased increase in terror attacks during May after a brief period of relative decline, especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. The sharp…
Latest Bannu News & Updates
Islamabad, May 18 (IANS) At least three people, including prominent tribal elder and Ahmadzai Wazir tribe chief Malik Tariq Wazir, were killed and four others injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in the Rustam Bazaar area of Wana in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday, according to officials and local media reports. District Police Officer (DPO) Mohammad Tahir Shah Wazir said that the explosion took place near Gulshan Plaza when a vehicle carrying Tariq was passing through…
Quetta, May 18 (IANS) Section 144 has been imposed in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, which the authorities have said is a precautionary measure against potential terrorist threats, local media reported on Monday. The notification issued by the Home Department stated that the restrictions which have come into immediate effect and will remain in force for 30 days, include a ban on the display of weapons, double riding on motorcycles and gatherings of five or more individuals, Pakistan’s daily, T…
Islamabad, May 17 (IANS) The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) expressed concern over the sharp deterioration in security in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where residents were increasingly caught between enforced disappearances, targetted killings and militant attacks. It stated that the alleged kidnapping of the vice-chancellor, pro-vice chancellor and two other Gwadar University employees in Mastung, while travelling from Gwadar to Quetta, sparks questions about the state’s abil…
Kabul, May 12 (IANS) The Taliban regime in Kabul on Tuesday rejected Pakistan’s accusations that attack on a police post in Bannu was planned in Afghanistan, terming the allegations as “baseless.” Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid urged Pakistan to resolve problems through mutual understanding, respect, and genuine cooperation and reiterated Afghanistan’s stance that no one will be allowed to use Afghan soil for carrying out activities that could harm the security and stability of the regi…
Islamabad, May 12 (IANS) At least seven people, including two police personnel, were killed in a blast in the Serai Naurang tehsil of Lakki Marwat district in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, local media reported citing information received from the local police. Quoting Lakki Marwat district police spokesperson, Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn reported that 23 other people have been injured in the incident.He said that it was not clear whether a rickshaw carrying explosives was …
Islamabad, May 7 (IANS) As the polio virus continues to pose a major public health threat in Pakistan, five environmental samples collected in Karachi have recently tested positive for the virus, local media reported, citing a senior health department official. Speaking at a consultation held at Sindh on Wednesday, Pakistan’s Emergency Operations Centre Coordinator Sheheryar Memon said that five environmental samples in Karachi recently tested positive for the poliovirus, stressing the urgent ne…
Islamabad, May 3 (IANS) A police constable was killed in a gun attack in Kaichi Kamar area of Lakki Marwat in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday, local media reported. Lakki Marwat district police officer’s (DPO) spokesman Qudratullah Khan stated that armed assailants targeted constable Irfanullah near his house in the trans-river belt known as Kurrum Par area. The policeman received critical bullet injuries and died while he was being taken to the hospital in the Serai Naurang t…
Islamabad, May 1 (IANS) Two new polio cases have been reported from Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, bringing the total number of reported cases in the country since the start of this year to three, local media reported on Friday. Speaking on condition of anonymity, an official of the Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme, told leading Pakistani daily Dawn that two new cases of wild poliovirus – one in Bannu and another in North Waziristan – were confirmed by the National Emergency Op…
Islamabad, April 20 (IANS) Two Federal Constabulary (FC) personnel were shot dead by unidentified assailants in Kuram Garhi area of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, local media reported on Monday. According to police, the FC personnel were shopping at a local market on Sunday, when the assailants, who arrived on a bike, attacked them and managed to flee from the spot. According to FC sources, both deceased officers were posted in the FC Daryoba MI platoon, Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn reported. F…