Islamabad, March 9 (IANS) Local authorities have imposed Section 144 in Dera Ismail Khan city of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province considering the current law and order situation. They have also issued orders to restrict movement on several roads and in sensitive areas, local media reported on Monday citing an official notification. Dera Ismail Khan Deputy Commissioner Abdul Nasir Khan said the restrictions would remain in effect from 6 am to 6 pm (local time). During this period, movement …
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Quetta, March 9 (IANS) A senior officer of the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) was killed after unidentified assailants opened fire at him in the Killi Ismail area of Pakistan’s Quetta, local media reported on Monday. Police said Inspector Metha Khan, who recently joined CTD, was shot by armed men when he was passing through the Killi Ismail area on Sunday, Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn reported. A senior police that the CTD officer died on the spot after the armed men on motorcycles opened…
London, March 8 (IANS) Child abuse in Pakistan remains pervasive, with cases being reported of physical, sexual, and emotional violence and widespread exploitation through child labour and trafficking, but despite several legislative measures like the Zainab Alert and Recovery and Response Act of 2020, the country continues to have low conviction rates in child abuse cases, as per a report. “On February 2, 2026, in what appears to be one of Pakistan’s most alarming and far‑reaching child‑e…
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Pakistan is facing widening economic disparities among its provinces, a trend that analysts said is deepening poverty and creating unequal access to basic services such as education, healthcare and jobs, a report has said.Recent data showed that poverty in Pakistan has risen significantly in recent years. The national poverty rate increased to about 28.9 per cent in the fiscal year 2024–25, compared with 21.9 per cent in 2019.This means roughly 70 million people are l…
Islamabad, March 5 (IANS) Pakistan on Thursday reported its first wild polio virus case of 2026 in a four-year-old child from Bello Union Council in Sujawal district of Sindh province, local media reported. According to Pakistan’s National Emergency Operations Centre for Polio Eradication (NEOC), the case was detected through the polio surveillance network and the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad confirmed it, Pakistan’s l…
Washington, March 4 (IANS) The United States has ordered the departure of non-emergency government personnel from several countries in the Middle East and Pakistan and has raised or reaffirmed travel advisories across the region amid rising tensions following hostilities with Iran.The US State Department has updated travel advisories for Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates and Oman, raising them to Level 3 — Reconsider Travel, while Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and Pakistan remain at the s…
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…
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…
Islamabad, March 1 (IANS) Two police personnel and six people were injured after unidentified assailants carried out attacks on three police installations in Peshawar city of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local media reported on Sunday. A senior police official stated that Mattani and Badhber police stations and the nearby Sra Khawra police checkpost were attacked on Saturday; however, police retaliated against the attacks, Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn reported.According to the senior…
Islamabad, Feb 28 (IANS) Pakistan is grappling with a worsening crisis of youth drug abuse and rising suicide rates, according to local media reports citing a 2025 systematic review of rehabilitation cases. The study found that heroin accounts for 48 per cent of substance abuse cases among young users, while cannabis makes up 28 per cent, underscoring the alarming scale and severity of addiction among the country’s youth population.According to the study, thirty-five per cent began using drugs…