Tag: Peshawar

Peshawar Police Lines blast was planned in Afghanistan: Pak counter-terror dept

The powerful explosion ripped through a mosque in Peshawar's Police Line area on January 30 during Zuhr prayers, killing 84 people and injuring 235 others.

March 18, 2023

Pakistan: Hindu pilgrimage site Panj Tirath being used as warehouse in amusement park

Beyond the technical issues, the case offers additional evidence of the disrespect in which the historical heritage of Hinduism is often held in Pakistan, according to Bitter Winter.

February 21, 2023

Peshawar mosque blast: Death toll reaches 100, rescue operation concludes

 The death toll in the Peshawar's Police Lines mosque blast has risen to 100 as the rescue operation to retrieve bodies from the debris of the mosque concluded on Tuesday, Geo News reported.

January 31, 2023

Pakistan: Death toll in Peshawar’s Police Lines blast rises to 90, more than 100 injured

The number of fatalities in a suicide bombing inside a mosque in Peshawar’s Police Lines has gone up to 90, with over 100 people wounded, Geo News reported citing Radio Pakistan. The explosion took place in the central hall of the mosque on Monday at around 1 pm after a suicide bomber blew himself up....

January 31, 2023

Pakistan: Countrywide protests against assassination bid on Imran Khan

Protesters took to the streets and "held traffic hostage" while Islamabad Police requested them to not set fire to vehicles.

November 5, 2022

Imran Khan upsets Shehbaz Sharif-led ruling coalition, bags 6 NA, 2 Punjab Assembly seats in by-elections

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said that overall, the polling process remained peaceful, and the commission's central control room received 15 complaints of code violations.

October 17, 2022

Iran condemns mosque attack in Pakistan, says attack aimed at sowing discord

Dozens of people from the Shia community have been targeted in sectarian violence. However, the persecution of Shias in Pakistan is not a new phenomenon.

March 5, 2022

Pakistan: 30 killed, 50 injured in Peshawar mosque blast

Police and rescue personnel have reached the blast site in the Kocha Risaldar area while the injured are being shifted to the nearby health facilities, reported The News International

March 4, 2022

Torrential rains in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa kill 23

The officials said that most of the casualties were reported on Wednesday from upper parts of Hazara division, where at least 19 people lost their lives while four others died in Buner district of Malakand division, reports Xinhua Dawn news.

September 3, 2020

10 dead after marble quarry rockslide in Pakistan, several trapped

The stone slide also destroyed dozens of vehicles, including trucks, excavators, tractors and other heavy machinery, at the site.

February 23, 2020

Pakistan to restore Kabul embassy services

The embassy had suspended the services on November 4, citing concerns about safety and security of its staff.

December 29, 2019

2 policemen killed in attack at polio vaccination team in Pakistan

According to the police, the incident took place in Maidan area. The policemen were on their way to a basic health unit when they were targeted".

December 19, 2019

Haqqani commander, 2 others killed in US drone strike in Pak

At top commander of the Haqqani network along with two others were killed onWednesday when a US drone struck a home near Pakistan’s restive tribal Kurram agency bordering Afghanistan, media reports said. Two missiles were fired from the drone at the house in Speen Thall area on the confluence of borders between Hangu district of...

January 24, 2018

Burqa-clad militants kill 11 in Pakistan college, toll may rise

At least 11 persons, mostly students, were killed as burqa-clad militants stormed the hostel of the Peshawar Agricultural Training Institute here in Pakistan on Friday, officials said. The number of casualties is expected to rise, the media quoted security officials and doctors as saying. Thirty-seven others were injured in the macabre assault. The attack, claimed...

December 1, 2017

Proposal made to swap Jadhav for Pakistan terrorist in Afghanistan: Pak Foreign Minister

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Khwaja Muhammad Asif has claimed that an offer was received to swap Indian prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav for a terrorist behind the Peshawar army school attack in 2014, who, he asserted, was now in Afghanistan’s custody. “The terrorist who killed children in APS (Army Public School in) Peshawar is in Aghan custody. The...

September 27, 2017

From refugee camps to Lord’s: Dizzying rise of Afghan cricket

A generation of Afghans spent years cheering for the Pakistani team before daring to dream of more.

July 15, 2017

Pak mourns terror attack victims; army cracks down on militants

Pakistan was in a state of shock after weeks of relative peace as terrorists struck three cities, killing 62 people and wounding over 100, prompting the army to launch a countrywide crackdown on militants. A suicide bomber on Friday blew up his explosives-laden car near Inspector General of Police Ehsan Mehboob's office in Quetta, the capital of...

June 24, 2017