29-09-2023 By SJA Jafri QUETTA/ KARACH: Over 52 people have been killed and more than 50 injured in a suicide attack in Pakistan, police say. The blast happened near a mosque in the south-western Balochistan province on Friday as people gathered to celebrate the birth of the Prophet Muhammad. Officials …

26-09-2023 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD/ SIALKOT: A prominent Pakistani journalist missing for more than four months has returned home in Sialkot city, his family and police said but dozens more journalist are still missing or have been murdered and buried silently by secret agencies of the state as claimed by …

16-09-2023 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD/ TORKHAM: A key border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan has been reopened for pedestrian and vehicular traffic after remaining closed for nine days, following an exchange of fire between the security forces of the two countries. Muhammad Anas, an official in Khyber district of Pakistan’s …

20-08-2023 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD/ NORTH WAZIRISTAN: Eleven (11) people were killed in a suspected militant attack in northern Pakistan, caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar said on Sunday. Kakar posted on X, previously known as Twitter, that a “terrorist attack” in North Waziristan “claimed the lives of 11 innocent laborers.” …

19-08-2023 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: Pakistan’s blasphemy law has come under the spotlight again after a Muslim mob burned Christian churches and houses in the east of the country earlier this week, accusing two members in the community of desecrating the Quran. On Friday, Pakistani police arrested two Christians …

18-08-2023 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE/ JARANWALA: Authorities in Pakistan have launched a probe and arrested at least 146 people in the Punjab province a day after a Muslim mob torched five churches and attacked dozens of houses belonging to the local Christian community over claims of blasphemy, the province’s …

07-08-2023 By SJA Jafri KARACHI/ NAWABSHAH: At least 22 people have been killed after a train travelling from the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi to Abbottabad derailed in the city of Nawabshah in Sindh province, according to the country’s railways minister. “This is quite a big accident. Rescue teams …

05-08-2023 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has been given a three-year jail sentence over corruption allegations. Khan was found guilty of not declaring money earned from selling gifts he received in office. He denies the charges and says he will appeal. After the verdict, …

04-08-2023 By SJA Jafri + Agencies ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has told; the military is petrified of an election, which is expected to take place later this year. He alleged that “fascists” are leading the country into the “dark ages”. Khan was elected in 2018, ruled for …

03-08-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report PESHAWAR/ KARACHI: The deadly July suicide bombing at a political rally in Pakistan’s northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa highlights a troublesome trend of violence in the region. The bombing on Sunday targeted those attending a rally for the religious political party Jamiat Uleme-e-Islam-Fazal …