Two cases of polio virus emerged on Thursday, one from the financial hub of the country and the other from North Waziristan. According to the spokesman for the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) for polio eradication and immunisation, the affected child in Karachi – Abdul Nasir – is six months old and belongs to Gulshan-e-Iqbal’s UC-12. […]
North Waziristan
Security official martyred in North Waziristan attack
At least one security official was martyred on Monday after a vehicle came under attack in North Waziristan’s Datta Khel area, according to official sources. The driver of the vehicle was martyred, while three security personnel received serious injuries in the attack. The injured officials were shifted to a hospital in Miran Shah for medical […]
Three soldiers martyred in Afghan cross-border attack
Three soldiers were martyred and seven others injured when a group of 60 to 70 terrorists from bases in Afghanistan attacked Pakistan Army troops undertaking fencing efforts along the Pak-Afghan border in Alwara, North Waziristan, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement issued on Wednesday. “The attack was effectively responded and repulsed by […]
Security official martyred in N Waziristan attack
A security official was martyred when a check-post came under attack on Monday. According to details, terrorists attacked a security check-post in Datta Khel area of North Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). The security forces cordoned off the area and conducted a search operation, but the assailants managed to escape. On Saturday, three Levies […]
Three Levies men martyred in North Waziristan blast
Three levies personnel were martyred and two others injured in a blast in tehsil Shewa of North Waziristan district on Saturday. According to Radio Pakistan, the explosives were planted near a levies check-post. The injured have reportedly been shifted to a local hospital. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan strongly condemned the blast and expressed […]
North Waziristan tribesmen call off protests after successful negotiations with political administration
PESHAWAR: The tribal people on Friday called off their protest against the targeted killings in North Waziristan Agency. The tribal people announced to end their protest after negotiations with the political administration reached a conclusion in their favor. According to the officials of political administration, army officials will patrol the area while deploying the army […]
Protest erupts in Mir Ali against ‘deteriorating security’
ISLAMABAD: Scores of residents of Mir Ali tehsil of the North Waziristan Agency were on Monday present at a sit-in reportedly underway for two days against a resumption of violent attacks that have claimed three lives in a month. Residence gathered on the Main Mir Ali Road and blocked it for all kind of traffic. […]
2 shot dead in separate ‘targeted killing’ incidents in North Waziristan
PESHAWAR: Son of a former MNA and a teacher on Saturday night were shot dead in two separate incidents in North Waziristan. Former MNA Maulana Deendar’s son was killed in Khasukhel area of Mir Ali tehsil, while a teacher was shot dead by unknown assailants in his house in Ziraki, the political administration reported. Locals staged a […]