PESHAWAR: Five people, including two paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC) personnel and two Excise Department officials, were killed in separate militant attacks in Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, while three militants were gunned down in an intelligence-based operation, Dawn newspaper reported on Saturday.
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Mob sets Ahmadi worship places ablaze in Faisalabad, 300 face terrorism charges
ISLAMABAD: Police have registered two cases against 300 people on terrorism charges after mobs set fire to two worship places belonging to the Ahmadi community in the eastern city of Faisalabad on the eve of Independence Day, officials said.
Govt faces Senate backlash over Independence Day ad, civil awards
ISLAMABAD: Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar on Friday assured the Senate that an investigation would be launched into the release of an official Independence Day advertisement that omitted a portrait of the country’s founder, Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, prompting sharp criticism from political and social circles.
Relentless floods sweep away 240 lives from Pakistan’s north
ISLAMABAD: Catastrophic flash flooding unleashed by heavy monsoon rains and cloudbursts has killed at least 240 people and left communities shattered in Pakistan’s northern regions, officials said Saturday, as authorities scramble to rescue stranded residents and brace for more intermittent downpours until August 21.
UPDATE-Flash floods, helicopter crash claims near 200 lives as deluge ravages Pakistan’s northwest
PESHAWAR: Torrential rains and flash floods killed at least 189 people in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province and eight in Gilgit-Baltistan over the past 24 hours, officials said Friday, as a government helicopter carrying relief supplies crashed in bad weather, killing all five crew members.
Monsoon fury kills 146 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; relief helicopter crashes
PESHAWAR: At least 146 people were killed in the past 24 hours, including five in a government helicopter crash, as relentless monsoon rains and flash floods devastated Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, officials said on Friday, with several others missing and rescue operations underway.
Bajaur villagers flee as military steps up anti-militant offensive
ISLAMABAD: Authorities in Pakistan’s restive Bajaur district have ordered residents of 26 villages in Lowi Mamund and War Mamund tehsils to evacuate by 10am on August 16, as security forces escalate a targeted military operation against militants in the rugged mountainous region, officials said on Thursday.
Pakistan to roll out real-time digital tracking of petroleum to curb Rs500bn smuggling
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will roll out real-time digital tracking of every litre of petroleum products within a month, a landmark reform to stem smuggling, theft, misappropriation, and adulteration that cost the economy up to Rs500 billion annually, Dawn newspaper reported on Friday.
Pakistan announces new Rocket Force to bolster conventional might against rival India
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has created a new military command dedicated to long-range conventional missiles, aiming to bolster its strike capabilities against arch-rival India, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said.
Monsoon rains, floods kill over a dozen, strand tourists in northern Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: More than a dozen people were killed in flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains across northern Pakistan on Thursday, with authorities scrambling to relocate residents and tourists from vulnerable areas amid warnings of further downpours.