On February 3, 2023, activists of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) vandalised and demolished the minarets of an Ahmadi Mosque in the presence of the Police, near the mobile market in the Hashoo Market area of Saddar Town, Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh. On January 18, 2023, TLP activists demolished the domes and minarets of an Ahmadi Mosque in the Martin […]

A powerful roadside bomb went off near a vehicle carrying Pakistani security forces in the country’s volatile southwest on Friday, killing two soldiers and wounding three, authorities said. Hours later, the separatist Baluchistan Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attack in Kohlu, a district about 300 kilometers (180 miles) east of Quetta, the provincial capital in Baluchistan. The group was […]

Pakistan is currently in the clinches of severe debt trap that was around 72 percent of the GDP in December 2022. At present, total debt and liabilities in January 2023 were Rs 60 trillion. A gigantic increase has been seen in it during the last two decades where gross public debt has increased by 1500 percent in past 22 years. […]

Since late 2022, the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), also known as the “Pakistani Taliban,”—an alliance of jihadist networks that have fought the Pakistani state since 2007—has been regrouping. This is especially so in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on the border of Afghanistan. For example, there was an attack on October 10, one day after the tenth anniversary of the shooting of […]

Explaining reasons behind skipping recent regional security meeting on Afghanistan in Moscow, Pakistan said on Thursday it could contribute more at forums that “contribute constructively” to peace in Afghanistan, “We will continue to participate in all these mechanisms to their full potential and will continue to engage with our partners to contribute to peace and stability in Afghanistan,” Mumtaz Zahra […]

Pakistan’s security forces have gunned down a high-profile militant of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Punjab province, as the government intensified its offensive against the outfit following a sharp rise in terror attacks across the country. Based on a tip-off, the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of Punjab Police raided a TTP hideout in Khanewal, situated around 300 km from […]

The suicide bombing at a mosque in Pakistan’s Peshawar killed 101 and injured over 200. The Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the bombing. The suicide bombing in Pakistan’s Peshawar was planned in Afghanistan and the terror plot was funded by a foreign intelligence agency, according to Pakistani investigators on the case.

Saudi Arabia has closed its embassy in Kabul over threats of possible attack and its 14 diplomats, including charge d’affaires Abdullah Fahd al-Kahlani, have moved to Islamabad. The shifting of the diplomats to Pakistan was confirmed by the highly-placed sources at the Foreign Office and Saudi mission on Tuesday. The Saudi embassy was closed on Friday last after threats of […]

A soldier was killed and seven others were injured in a landmine explosion and subsequent attack by armed militants in the Jiwani area of Pakistan’s Gwadar district, Dawn newspaper reported. Coast Guard personnel were travelling in their vehicle when it hit a landmine in the Duran area on Saturday, according to officials. Post the blast, the vehicle was ambushed by […]

Pakistani police killed two commanders from a militant group in the country’s northwest, a local officer said Saturday. Pakistan has increased its operations against militants after a surge in violence by the Pakistani Taliban, or TTP, particularly in the northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The TTP ended its cease-fire with the government in November, ordering its fighters to carry out attacks […]