Pakistan is entering a dangerous phase of militancy as the spate of terrorism and violence in the year gone by suggests, security experts said Monday.
A new terrorist nexus of local and international militants has evolved to hit the Pakistani state and society, the experts observed at the launch here of the Pakistan Annual Security Report [...]
Pakistan’s armed forces have succeeded in destroying the Taliban infrastructure in the country’s northwest, Defence Minister Ahmad Mukhtar said Monday.
Speaking to Elke Hoff, a member of the German Federal Parliament, who called on him here, Mukhtar said the security forces had successfully defeated the terrorists in Swat and South Waziristan Agency and they were now [...]
Islamabad, Jan 1 (DPA) At least five people were killed and 20 others injured in a suicide bombing in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province Friday, police said.
The bomber detonated his explosives-laden car near a sports ground in the Lakki Marwat district. Several children were among the victims, according to police.
No one has so far claimed [...]
Peshawar, Dec.24 (ANI) : Suicide attacks continue to rattle Pakistan, as another such strike in Peshawar killed four persons and injured several others on Thursday morning.
The blast took place near the State Life Building situated on Mall Road in the Saddar area of the provincial capital.
North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Minister Bashir Bilour said that [...]
Lahore, Dec. 22 (ANI): Illegal arms trade and the easy availability of such smuggled weapons has added to the deteriorating law and order condition of Pakistan.
The extent of this illegal business can be gauzed from the fact that the pistols can now even be acquired on rent, which helps criminals to evade law-enforcement agencies. [...]
Islamabad, Dec 18 (IANS) At least seven people were killed and over 20 wounded Friday in a massive blast near the police headquarters in Lower Dir district of Pakistan’s North-West Frontier Province, police said.
The explosion occurred near a mosque in Khurshid police lines in Timar Gira area in Lower Dir, Geo TV reported.
‘For now we [...]
Islamabad, Dec.9 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has claimed that security forces have nabbed four trucks laden with Indian arms and ammunitions from Islamabad.
Interacting with media persons outside the Parliament house, Malik said Pakistan is not levelling charges against India about its involvement in terror activities in the country without any evidence, which has [...]
Peshawar, Dec 7 (IANS) An explosion near a court complex rocked this Pakistani frontier city Monday, Geo News reported.
Peshawar is the capital of the North West Frontier Province.
Islamabad, Dec.5 (ANI): In yet another attempt at accusing India of fanning terror inside Pakistan, Interior Minister Rehman Malik has claimed that security forces have captured truck loads of Indian arms and ammunition in the Bara region of North West Frontier Province (NWFP).
“Security forces have [...]
Islamabad, Dec 5 (DPA) At least two people were killed and several more injured Saturday when a car bomb exploded in a busy market in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province, police said.
The bombed market also houses an outlet of US restaurant chain KFC, which the police suspected to be a possible [...]
Islamabad, Dec 5 (DPA) A huge blast ripped through a busy market in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan’s North Western Frontier Province Saturday, media reports said.
The market also houses an outlet of US restaurant chain KFC, the reports said, indicating a possible target.
Peshawar, Dec 3 (IANS) An explosion took place Thursday at a police check post in this capital of Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province, a media report said.
The blast took place near Regi graveyard here, Geo News reported.
Peshawar, Nov. 23 (ANI): Four American citizens carrying illegal weapons in Pakistan’s North Western Frontier Province were let go by the police due to orders from the higher authorities.
On Sunday, NWFP Police intercepted four Americans at a police check-post here.
Upon searching, the team spotted unlicensed sophisticated weapons in [...]
Peshawar, Nov.21 (ANI): North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti has blamed ‘foreign powers’ for the recent wave of terror attacks in the region.
Interacting with journalists after a funeral prayer of security officials who were killed in Thursday’s bomb blast near the Panj Kattha Chowk, Hoti said Peshawar was being targeted continuously [...]
Islamabad, Nov 20 (DPA) A roadside bomb killed three police officers and wounded six early Friday in Pakistan’s troubled north-western city of Peshawar, police said.
The casualties occurred when a police vehicle on patrol was hit by a remote-controlled bomb in the Yakka Toot neighbourhood.
‘Two policemen died at the scene while one more died in the [...]
Islamabad, Nov.19 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has challenged media reports that claim that SwatTaliban commander Mullah Fazlullah is alive and has sneaked into Afghanistan.
Addressing a function at the police lines here, Malik said: “In case the Afghan Government knows where Fazlullah is hiding, they should apprehend and hand him over to Pakistan.”
The [...]
Peshawar, Nov 17 (IANS) Unidentified militants blew up a girls school in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber tribal region Tuesday, the third such attack in the area bordering Afghanistan this month. There were no casualties.
An intelligence official in the area said the Taliban attacked the government-run school
overnight when no one was on the premises.
‘The girls middle school [...]
Islamabad, Nov 16 (ANI): Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Secretary General Liaquat Baloch has said that America is undermining the roots of Pakistan through political, strategic and economic intervention, and its presence in Afghanistan would cause devastation for this region.
Addressing a press conference, he blamed America for promoting extremism among the people in a bid to destabilise the [...]
Islamabad, Nov 14 (DPA) At least five people were killed and 25 injured in a suspected car suicide bombing near a police check post in Pakistan’s northwestern region Saturday, officials said.
A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden car when the policemen tried to conduct a search in Pusht Khara area in Peshawar, the capital of country’s [...]
Peshawar, Nov 13 (IANS) Three people were killed and 25 wounded Friday in a suicide attack at a police station in Bannu district in Pakistan’s restive North West Frontier Province.
A suicide bomber rammed his car into Bakka Khel police station building at Rangsa Road in Bannu, Geo News reported.
The police station building was completely destroyed [...]
Islamabad, Nov.11 (ANI): A day after a suicide bomb killed 34 persons, including three women and six children, in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province’s (NWFP) Charsadda town, hundreds of people attended the funeral of the victims.
People performed the last rights of their near and dear ones.
Relatives of [...]
Islamabad, Nov 11 (IANS) Militants Wednesday bombed some shops selling Compact Discs (CD) in the restive North West Frontier Province, a media report said.
Shops in Dir Bala area of NWFP were targeted, Geo TV said.
No casualties have been reported.
The Taliban is known to be against various forms of entertainment, including film songs and movies.
The Pakistani [...]
Islamabad, Nov 10 (DPA) At least 32 people were killed and over 50 injured in a car bombing in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Charsadda, officials said Tuesday.
The blast occurred at a busy market in the town, which is located around 30 km north-east of Peshawar, the capital of North-West Frontier Province (NWFP).
‘It was a suicide [...]
Islamabad, Nov 9 (IANS) At least eight militants and four soldiers were killed in fighting in the South Waziristan region of Pakistan, the army said Monday.
The fighting started when the militants fired rockets at a security check post in Makeen, one of the Taliban strongholds in the region, Xinhua reported.
In the past 24 hours till [...]
Islamabad, Nov 9 (IANS) As the woman lay wounded and writhing in pain following the Oct 28 bombing in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, a man ripped off her earrings. And this is not a solitary incident of Pakistan’s terror victims being attacked and robbed.
A doctor, who works at the Lady Reading Hospital in the [...]
Islamabad, Nov.5 (ANI): After having destroyed scores of girls school across the North West Frontier Province, the Taliban has now started targeting female teachers, with two of them being gunned down in an ambush in Khar region of Bajaur Agency.
According to reports, Shazia Begum and Shamim Bibi, teachers at the Communal Girls School, were [...]
Islamabad, Nov.4 (ANI): Pakistan Parliament’s National Security Committee has asked the government to rake up the issue of India’s involvement in fanning insurgency inside the country at all national and international forums, including the United Nations (UN).
According to [...]
Peshawar, Nov.3 (ANI): North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Inspector General of Police (IG) Malik Naveed Khan has said that the terror groups involved in the devastating blasts that have rocked Peshawar in the recent past have been identified, and they all belong to South Waziristan, the Taliban’s stronghold.
Addressing media persons during a press conference here, [...]
Islamabad, Oct 31 (DPA) At least seven soldiers were killed and about a dozen injured Saturday when a bomb exploded near a troop vehicle in Pakistan’s restive tribal region near the Afghan border, an official said.
The vehicle was carrying supplies for the paramilitary troops when a remote-controlled roadside bomb was detonated in Khyber district.
‘Seven security [...]
Islamabad, Oct.31 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has rebuked North West Frontier Province’s (NWFP) Inspector General of Police (IG) Malik Naveed’s claims regarding the involvement of foreign hands in the devastating Peshawar blast, in which over 100 people were killed earlier this week.
Contradicting Naveed’s statement, Malik said the Peshawar blast was infact the handiwork [...]
