Pakistan’s military said on Thursday that a “high-value target,” identified as a senior commander of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), was among four militants killed during an exchange of fire near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur...
Prominent lawyer Hadi Ali Chattha was arrested outside a court in Islamabad on Tuesday in connection with a case filed under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA). Authorities allege he failed to appear at a scheduled...
Manzoor Pashteen, the head of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), has expressed deep concern and anger over recent military operations in various districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, alleging that several Pashtun civilians have been killed or injured as a...
Amnesty International, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), and several student and rights groups have condemned the alleged enforced disappearance of Ghani Aman Chandio, central chief organiser of the Sindh National Students Federation (SNSF), who was...
Pakistan’s defence minister threatened on Wednesday to “obliterate” Afghanistan’s Taliban government after peace talks between the two neighbours collapsed, marking a sharp escalation in rhetoric following weeks of border clashes and failed diplomacy.
The...
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has become “South Asia’s most capable active insurgent group,” according to a detailed analysis published by the Washington-based Jamestown Foundation.
The report attributes the group’s rise to expanding...
Amnesty International has strongly criticised the Balochistan government for placing 32 individuals, including prominent Baloch activists, on Pakistan’s terrorist watchlist under Section 11-EE of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) 1997, describing the move as an “affront to human...
At least four Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were killed and 11 others injured in an attack by unidentified assailants near Kot Lalu in Daraban tehsil of Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on Monday.
According...
Afghanistan has withdrawn from an upcoming international cricket series after three players from a local tournament were killed in a Pakistani airstrike late Friday night, Afghan officials said.
The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) announced...
At least ten civilians, including eight cricket players, were killed and more than a dozen injured late Friday in Pakistani airstrikes on Afghanistan’s southeastern Paktika province, Afghan officials and local media reported.
“Pakistan has broken the ceasefire...
