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Pakistan: Security forces kill 3 terrorists in intelligence-based operation in Balochistan

Pakistan: Security forces kill 3 terrorists in intelligence-based operation in Balochistan

Three terrorists were eliminated by security forces in an intelligence-based operation in Balochistan’s Pishin District, Dawn online newspaper reported Tuesday. According to a military statement, a large cache of arms, ammunition and explosives was recovered during the operation. This came…
Assailants kill 7 customs personnel in western Pakistan in one week

Assailants kill 7 customs personnel in western Pakistan in one week

Unknown gunmen shot dead two customs officers in western Pakistan, Reuters reported yesterday citing officials. It came following the killing of five other customs officials over the past week, yet no group has claimed responsibility for the two attacks, the…
Pakistan: Almost 100 dead from massive rains, flash floods over last week

Pakistan: Almost 100 dead from massive rains, flash floods over last week

98 people lost their lives and 89 others were injured in rain-triggered incidents during the last week after heavy rains and floods struck the northwestern and southwestern parts of Pakistan. According to Anadolu Agency citing the National Disaster Management Authority…
Unknown assailants shoot dead high-profile Afghan Taliban religious scholar in Pakistan

Unknown assailants shoot dead high-profile Afghan Taliban religious scholar in Pakistan

A top religious scholar, Mohammad Omar Jan Akhundzada, was assassinated in Quetta, Pakistan, the Taliban government confirmed on Friday. According to VOA, he was leading prayers at a mosque when gunmen stormed in and fatally shot him. The Taliban condemned…
5 customs officers killed, Japanese autoworkers targeted in Pakistan attacks

5 customs officers killed, Japanese autoworkers targeted in Pakistan attacks

Five customs personnel were killed during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan district on Thursday, Dawn online newspaper reported. According to a press release from the Directorate General of Intelligence and Investigation Customs, the officials were…
Pakistan: Afghan migrants given warning to leave Balochistan in one day

Pakistan: Afghan migrants given warning to leave Balochistan in one day

Authorities in Balochistan province have issued a warning for Afghan migrants to leave villages by Tuesday or face expulsion, Khaama Press reported, Afghan migrants with Afghan citizenship cards and registration cards are subject to this warning, the news agency added.…
11 killed, 4 injured after gunmen block highway in SW Pakistan

11 killed, 4 injured after gunmen block highway in SW Pakistan

Gunmen have killed 11 people and injured 4 others in two separate attacks in the Balochistan province in southwestern Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan and Iran, Anadolu Agency reported. The incident happened at around 7:00 p.m. local time on Friday when the…
Pakistan: Detection of poliovirus in sewage water samples raises new concerns

Pakistan: Detection of poliovirus in sewage water samples raises new concerns

The recent detection of poliovirus in sewage water samples collected across 30 districts in Pakistan has sparked new concerns about a potential surge in polio cases, VOA reported yesterday. Pakistani Health officials have set out to eradicate imported strains of…
Pakistan: 18 pilgrims dead, over 50 injured as truck en route to Shah Noorani shrine falls into ravine

Pakistan: 18 pilgrims dead, over 50 injured as truck en route to Shah Noorani shrine falls into ravine

A deadly truck accident in Balochistan’s Hub district late Wednesday night has claimed at least 18 lives and injured more than 50 after a vehicle fell in a ditch, local news reported. “The truck was overspeeding and it went out…
Pakistan: Grenade attack at mosque kills 1 cop, injures 6 others

Pakistan: Grenade attack at mosque kills 1 cop, injures 6 others

A police officer was killed and six others were injured on Monday in a grenade attack at a mosque in southwestern Pakistan, Arab News reported. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack which occurred near Quetta, the capital of…
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