QUETTA – At least three people, including Maulana Muhammmad Hanif of Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F), have died while 17 others received injuries in an explosion on Taj Road in Balochistan's Chaman, police said Saturday afternoon. The injured were taken to Quetta city for medical treatment, said ...

KABUL – At least 50 civilians were killed and 130 injured in two different incidents in eastern and southern Afghanistan on Thursday. The air raid on Wednesday night conducted by Afghan security forces, backed by US air support, was aimed at destroying a hideout used by Islamic State militants, ...

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s security agencies have identified another two Indian spies actively involved in terrorist activities in Balochistan, reports in local media said Monday. Islamabad has shared details with Iran and Afghanistan regarding the Indian agents, named as Swami Asem Anand and ...

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan on Sunday strongly condemned the terrorist attack on the office of Amrullah Saleh, a vice presidential candidate in the upcoming presidential elections in Afghanistan. The Foreign Office, in a statement, said Pakistan condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. ...

LAHORE – Pakistan’s counter-terrorism authorities on Wednesday arrested Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind of a four-day militant attack on the Indian city of Mumbai in 2008, on terror finance charges. The chief of banned Jamaat-ud Dawa (JuD) was arrested on Wednesday by the Punjab chapter of ...

The Taliban and Afghan officials have agreed to reduce violence by stopping attacks on religious centers, schools, hospitals, educational centers, bazaars, water dams and workplaces. According to a joint statement, the Taliban agreed to reduce the number of civilian casualties in its offensive ...

ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan will meet US President Donald Trump on July 22, Foreign Office spokesperson Mohammad Faisal said on Thursday. Khan will be visiting Washington on the invitation of Trump, Faisal said at a press conference, adding that during the visit the focus will be on ...

LORALAI - Three terrorists have been killed in a terrorist attack on police line in Loralai on Wednesday morning. One police personnel (Muharar) has also been martyred and two other policemen injured in the attack. According to District Police Officer (DPO) Loralai Jawwad Tariq, two armed men ...

BISHKEK – Prime Minister Imran Khan has urged the member states of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to finalise arrangements for trade in local currencies, and set up SCO Fund and SCO Development Bank to catalyse the trans-regional development agenda, the Radio Pakistan reported. He was ...

RAWALPINDI - Three officers and a non-commissioned soldier of Pakistan Army embraced martyrdom in a landmine blast in North Waziristan on Friday. Four others Army personnel were injured during a blast caused by an improvised explosive device (IED) in Kharkamar, North Waziristan, the Inter-Services ...

KABUL – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says he will visit Pakistan on June 27 in an effort to improve bilateral relations that are often hampered by mistrust and reciprocal accusations. In his speech after Eid prayers earlier today, Ghani said that the visit was agreed on after he met Pakistan's ...

PESHAWAR – Days after a deadly clash between Pakistan’s security forces and a large number of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement supporters in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a sitting lawmaker and prominent PTM leader has once again called for Army’s withdrawal from the restive Waziristan region. Mohsin Dawar ...

QUETTA – Security forces on Sunday night foiled a terror bid at an airbase in southwestern Balochistan province, according to media reports. Four terrorists opened fire at a police check post near Samangli airbase in Quetta late at night. Two terrorists were killed in retaliatory fire while two ...

ISLAMABAD – Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif called on Prime Minister Imran Khan to discuss Pakistan-Iran bilateral relations in the federal capital on Friday. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi was also present on the occasion. Later, Dr. Zarif also called on Speaker National Assembly ...

ISLAMABAD – Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa called on Prime Minister Imran Khan at PM Office on Wednesday. Security matters were discussed during the meeting, according to a PMO statement. https://twitter.com/appcsocialmedia/status/1128684037176987650 The top military commander said ...

WELLINGTON – A gunman who live-streamed himself opening fire at the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, and posted a manifesto online addressing his reasons for the attack has been charged with murder. At least 50 people were killed after a gunman opened fire at two mosques in the ...