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…
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Quetta, April 12 (IANS) Two recent events present the socio-political paradox of Pakistan’s Balochistan, as per an analysis by an independent think tank. Recently, Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti fixed the price of Iranian smuggled petrol at Pakistani Rupees (PKR) 280 per litre, and Shafiq Mengal has been given a National Assembly ticket. The first case reveals a glaring contradiction: a government which praises itself for its anti-smuggling campaign cannot simultaneously fix prices…
Islamabad, March 26 (IANS) A government school was destroyed in an explosion in Ghora village of Bannu city in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Thursday, local media reported. The explosion occurred after unidentified assailants planted explosives at the Government Primary School Noor Jan Baka Khel in Ghora village of Bannu, Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn reported. The school structure was completely destroyed following the explosion.According to the police sources, militants were allege…
Islamabad, Jan 28 (IANS) Pakistan’s renewed relevance and facade of internal stability, secured through the suppression of dissent and temporary major power favour, remain fragile as the hybrid regime still struggles to secure public trust, and the illusion of order “carries the seeds of its undoing”, a report said on Wednesday. Writing for ‘East Asia Forum’, Imtiaz Gul, Executive Director at the Islamabad-based Centre for Research and Security Studies, said that in 2025, Pakistan had decisi…
Islamabad, Jan 10 (IANS) Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province – a hub for hydropower, cross‑border energy corridors and emerging critical mineral prospects – and Balochistan – home to large‑scale copper‑gold, coal, and coastal energy infrastructure – are facing persistent violence that threatens the very backbone of Pakistan’s resource‑driven growth, a report said on Saturday. Citing Islamabad-based Centre for Research and Security Studies (CRSS), it noted a striking contradiction…
Islamabad/Kabul, Jan 1 (IANS) The recent Pakistan-Afghanistan border clashes have triggered a spike in militant activity inside Pakistan, reflected in a rise in suicide bombings and attacks on security personnel, a report said on Thursday. Citing Islamabad-based think tank Centre for Research and Security Studies (CRSS), it said at least 3,187 people, including civilians and security personnel, were killed, and 1981 were injured in the first 11 months of 2025 – marking a 25 per cent rise in fa…
Islamabad, Dec 23 (IANS) At least five police personnel were killed after a police mobile was targetted in Karak district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the local police confirmed on Tuesday. District Police Officer (DPO) Saud Khan said five police personnel were killed when gunmen fired on them and fled from the spot. The DPO stated that vehicle was part of a security detail of a private gas firm and that the gunmen set it ablaze after the attack, leading Pakistani daily The Express Tribune …