Quetta, Feb 17 (IANS) Around 11 Pakistani security personnel were killed in a targetted suicide car bombing at a joint checkpost in Bajaur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local media reported citing a confirmation from the media wing of country’s military on Tuesday. According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the attack involving an explosive-laden vehicle took place on February 16 at a Frontier Corps security post in Bajaur near the Afghanistan borde…
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Islamabad, Feb 16 (IANS) At least two people were killed and 14 others injured after an explosion occurred near Miryan Police Station in Bannu district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday, local media reported. According to a statement by the police, the blast took place as explosive material planted in a motorcycle detonated. The two deceased people include a child, Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn reported.Emergency teams reached the spot and took the bodies and injured people to hospitals…
Islamabad, Feb 8 (IANS) Two police personnel were injured in two separate attacks targeting the police in Bannu district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, local media reported on Sunday. Armed assailants opened fire at the Khonia Khel police check post in Wazir sub-division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Saturday, Pakistani daily Dawn reported, citing sources. The sources further said that police personnel, Noor Muhammad, was injured in the exchange of fire with assailants. A search operation was laun…
Quetta, Jan 16 (IANS) A policeman was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Dera Murad Jamali area of Pakistan’s Balochistan, local media reported on Friday. According to police, head constable Ali Gohar was heading to the police station when gunmen shot at him near a school on Thursday, killing him on the spot, Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn reported. Police took his body to a hospital and later handed it over to Gohar’s family after completing medico-legal procedures.The latest incident occur…
Islamabad, Jan 8 (IANS) At least two police personnel were injured as the police vehicle carrying prisoners to Hangu was attacked by unknown assailants in Bannu area of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday, local media reported, citing sources. Hangu police’s vehicle carrying prisoners for court appearances came under attack at Domel Link Road, Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn reported, citing sources in Bannu police. A source in the Bannu Central Jail’s administration also told the daily th…
Islamabad, Jan 6 (IANS) The security situation in Pakistan deteriorated sharply in 2025, marking the fifth consecutive year of increasing conflict and violence in the country. A total of 699 attacks were recorded in Pakistan in 2025, showcasing a rise of 34 per cent over 2024, according to the Pakistan Security Report 2025 by PIPS, local media reported. As many as 1,034 people were killed and 1,366 others injured in these attacks, demonstrating a 21 per cent rise in fatalities. The conflict-rela…