The Pakistani military has reportedly summoned some of the Afghan diplomats following a series of deadly attacks across Pakistan, claiming that 76 terrorists are involved in the attacks using the Afghan soil. “Afg Embassy officials called in GHQ. Given list of 76 Ts hiding in Afg. Asked to take immediate action / be handed over to Pakistan,” DG ISPR Major ...

ISLAMABAD: At least 70 people were killed and 150 of others were wounded in a suicide attack in Sindh province of Pakistan. According to the local government officials, the incident took place earlier this evening in Sehwan city of Sindh. Inspector General Police Sindh A.D. Khawaja confirmed the death of at least 70 people in the attack. He said at ...

Multiple causalities are feared after an explosion took place in the premises of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar’s shrine in Sehwan on Thursday. Media Reporeted. The explosion took place at the spot where the dhamaal (Sufi ritual) was being performed, within the premises of the shrine, added Media. SSP Jamshoro Tariq Wilayat told Media that initial report suggests that it was a ...

Lahore: A positive vibration may be going through conservative elements of the country as a day after the Islamabad High Court banned Valentine’s Day, a man has been arrested in Lahore for selling sex toys. People in the bustling Chauburji area were ‘bemused’ to see the man waving about his wares in broad daylight. In his own words, Farmanul Haq, 25, ...

At least three personnel of the Levies Force and a civilian were killed, and three people were injured in a suicide attack in Mohmand Agency’s Ghalanai tehsil on Wednesday, sources in the political administration said. A suicide bomber tried to enter a housing colony of the local political administration. When he was stopped in this attempt by Levies personnel, the ...

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court in Pakistan’s capital issued an order Monday that banned the celebration of Valentine’s Day across the country ‘with immediate effect.’ The order prohibits the display of adverts on electronic and print media that reference Valentine’s Day, bans the sale of associated merchandise and states that the day cannot be celebrated in “any public space or government ...

LAHORE: At least 10 people were killed and 69 injured on Monday when a suicide bomber struck outside the Punjab Assembly in Lahore during a protest, police officials said. Rescue 1122 confirmed that 69 people were injured in the attack, with most of the casualties shifted to Mayo Hospital and Ganga Ram Hospital. The Jamat-ul-Ahrar faction of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan ...

KABUL: The top US commander in Afghanistan General John Nicholson has said the Taliban and Haqqani network leaders are enjoying freedom of action within Pakistan safe havens. Gen. Nicholson is the commander of the US forces and the NATO-led Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan. “The Taliban and Haqqani network are the greatest threats to security in Afghanistan. Their senior leaders ...

CHARSADDA: Awami National Party (ANP) president Asfandyar Wali Khan has warned that his party will stage a sit-in in Islamabad if Fata (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) is not merged with Khyber Pakht­unkhwa province before March 12. Speaking at a public gathering here on Tuesday, he demanded that the federal government announce a decision on the merger of Fata with KP ...

Director General of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor on Tuesday stated that the decision to put Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed under house arrest “is a policy decision”. When questioned about the move during a media briefing, the DG ISPR said, “This is a policy decision that the state took in [the] national interest. Lots of ...