A blast hit the Jaffar Express in Pakistan’s Sindh province on Monday, derailing four carriages of the train, officials said, as a Baloch armed group claimed responsibility for the attack.
Railway authorities said the...
Rights activist and lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and her husband, Hadi Ali Chattha, were arrested in Islamabad on Friday while they were reportedly en route to a court appearance, her family said.
Imaan’s mother,...
An Islamabad district and sessions court on Friday ordered the arrest of lawyer and human rights activist Imaan Zainab Mazari and her husband, Hadi Ali Chatha, “within 24 hours”.
Mazari and Chatha have been...
The United States will suspend immigrant visa processing for applicants from 75 countries starting Jan. 21, the State Department said on Wednesday.
The department said the suspension will remain in place until authorities can...
Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government has appointed its first formal diplomatic representative to India since returning to power in 2021, marking a significant development in cautious engagement between Kabul and New Delhi, despite India not officially recognising the Taliban...
Nine more Baloch men have allegedly been forcibly disappeared from different districts across Balochistan, adjoining Dera Ghazi Khan and Karachi, in what rights groups say is part of a continuing pattern of detentions carried out without warrants,...
Pakistani authorities on Thursday announced the creation of a dedicated “red notice cell” to pursue nationals abroad accused of sponsoring militant activity, as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived in Quetta amid heightened security measures.
Reports of enforced disappearances continued to emerge from Balochistan and Karachi, with two individuals, including a minor student, allegedly taken into custody by security personnel, while the son of a senior Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) leader was released...
Pakistan’s Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) has claimed to have foiled a major attack in Karachi by seizing nearly two tonnes of explosive material and arresting three suspected militants during a large-scale operation in the city.
Pakistan’s military spokesperson, Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, said on Tuesday that Afghan nationals were involved in major “high-impact” terrorist incidents that took place in Pakistan last year.
Speaking at a detailed press briefing...
