At least five people have been killed and 10 injured in a suicide blast at the house of Noor Alam Mehsud, head of a local aman committee, near Qureshi Mor in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan during a wedding ceremony on Friday night, according to officials. A statement from K-P Rescue 1122 spokesperson Bilal Ahmed Faizi […]
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Naqvi meets UK NCA Chief amid rising terror threats
Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said on Thursday that recent terrorist incidents in Pakistan are linked to neighbouring countries. He spoke during a meeting with the UK National Crime Agency Director General Graeme Biggar. Naqvi stressed that Pakistan remains fully committed to fighting terrorism. During the meeting, Naqvi highlighted the importance of modern forensics, police […]
Suicide blast kills 19 at education centre in Afghan capital
A suicide attack at a learning centre in the Afghan capital killed 19 people as students prepared for exams on Friday morning, police said. The blast happened in the Dasht-e-Barchi neighbourhood of western Kabul, a predominantly Shia area home to the minority Hazara community, the scene of some of Afghanistan’s most deadly attacks. “Students were […]
KP police identified three suspects involved in Peshawar mosque blast: Sheikh Rasheed
ISLAMABAD: On Saturday, Sheikh Rasheed shared a video message on his Twitter handle in which he revealed that all the three suspects involved in a suicide blast inside a mosque in Peshawar have been identified by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police and the investigation agencies. Police and investigation agencies have reached close to the suspects and […]
Police under attack
The scourge of terrorism has revisited the Punjab capital after two years. A suicide blast has sent a strong reminder to the nation in general and the law-enforcement in particular, that the terrorists have not been finished off even if they might have been beaten. By the time these lines were written, 10 people, including […]
Suicide blasts in Nigeria kill 31
KANO: Suspected Boko Haram extremist using young girls as suicide bombers killed 31 people in an attack on a town in northeast Nigeria, a local official and a militia leader told AFP on Sunday. Blasts ripped through the town of Damboa in Borno state on Saturday evening targeting people returning from celebrating the Eid-ul-Fitr holiday, […]
4 FC officials martyred in Quetta suicide explosion
QUETTA: Four Frontier Corps (FC) officials were martyred in a suicide attack at Quetta’s Khooni Talab area on Wednesday. According to the security officials, four FC personnel were martyred in a suicide blast at Khooni Talab area, while another six officials were wounded. Moreover, gunshots were heard in the area after the explosion. The martyred […]