Islamabad, March 4 (IANS) An Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), Daulat Khan, was killed in a sniper attack by unknown assailants on the Badan police post in Wara Mamond tehsil of Bajaur district in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday, local media reported, citing police. Following the attack, police cordoned off the area and launched a search operation to find the suspects, Pakistan’s leading daily The Express Tribune reported. Attacks on security personnel have occurred in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa…
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New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) If the war between Iran and the United States escalates, “the single biggest economic threat to Pakistan will come from oil,” with surging prices likely to lift inflation and making tax cuts harder, a report has said.The editorial piece from Dawn said inflation would rise again due to surging oil prices, making further policy rate cuts unlikely, and industry would face higher input costs, shrinking fiscal space and limiting the government’s ability to lower taxes or p…
Islamabad, March 3 (IANS) Combat-related deaths in Pakistan increased by 30 per cent in February, caused due to a rise in suicide attacks across the country, according to statistics released by an Islamabad-based think tank, local media reported. A report by the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) revealed that 470 deaths and 333 injuries were documented in February. The victims include 96 civilians, 80 security forces personnel and 294 militants. The number of injured i…
Karachi, March 1 (IANS) At least six people were killed, and dozens were injured after clashes broke out between police and protesters on MT Khan Road in Pakistan’s Karachi on Sunday as people from the Shia community in large numbers marched towards the US Consulate following the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the US-Israeli strikes, local media reported. Visuals circulating on social media showed doors and windows smashed and set on fire, and chaotic scenes outside t…
Kabul, Feb 28 (IANS) Pakistani police have ramped up the arrest of Afghan refugees following escalating border clashes with Taliban forces, according to media reports.The plight of Afghan nationals in Pakistan has been described as “critical”, with widespread detentions of both men and women, particularly in Islamabad.Citing sources, Afghanistan’s leading news agency, Khaama Press, reported that police in recent days arrested Afghan nationals possessing valid visas and legal residency documents….
Kabul, Feb 27 (IANS) Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid has claimed that a “special circle” in Pakistan has started a mission to destabilise the region after tensions escalated between Kabul and Islamabad, local media reported on Friday. While addressing a press conference in Kandahar on Friday, Mujahid urged regional nations to stop the “troublemakers.” He stated that Afghanistan’s air forces had precisely targetted military centres of Pakistan, Afghanistan’s Ariana News reported.When aske…
Islamabad, Feb 27 (IANS) A new government report has revealed that 26.2 million children in Pakistan still remain out of school, local media reported on Friday. Pakistan’s Federal Ministry of Education and Professional Training on Thursday released the ‘Girls’ Education Statistics and Trends Report 2023-24’ which revealed the number of children who remain out of school, Pakistan’s leading daily ‘Dawn’ reported.According to the report, 26.2 million children remain out of schools, including 3.4 …
Islamabad, Feb 26 (IANS) The district administration on Thursday imposed Section 144 in South Waziristan Upper and South Waziristan Lower districts of Pakistan due to rising security concerns and for facilitating the movement of logistics. Officials said the decision has been taken to ensure safety of people, maintaining law and order and facilitating the operational movement of security personnel, local media reported. South Waziristan Upper Deputy Commissioner Asmatullah Wazir said that Sectio…
Kabul, Feb 25 (IANS) Pakistan’s exports to Afghanistan reduced sharply in the first seven months of the current fiscal amid trade disruptions and political tensions, local media reported on Wednesday. According to the official data from the State Bank of Pakistan, exports to Afghanistan from Pakistan reduced by more than half compared to the same period last year. The value plunged from more than 550 million dollars to nearly 230 million dollars from July to January period, Afghanistan’s leading…
Islamabad, Feb 25 (IANS) The main highway connecting Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab provinces remained shut on Wednesday after a suicide attack at the Dajil checkpost near the Dera Darya Khan bridge in the Bhakkar district, resulting in commuters and traders facing inconvenience, local media reported. The attack took place when a suicide bomber detonated explosives close to the checkpost near the bridge linking Dera Ismail Khan with Punjab on Tuesday at around 7 p.m. (local time), Paki…