Tag: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Pakistan bill to clip chief justice’s power
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s National Assembly cleared Wednesday a bill that will clip the Supreme Court chief justice’s power to take suo moto notice in an individual…
9 killed as strong earthquake rattles Pakistan, Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD: A magnitude 6.5 earthquake rattled much of Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday, sending panicked residents fleeing from homes and offices and frightening people even…
Islamist militants have Pakistan’s police in their crosshairs
BARA: Atop a police outpost in northwest Pakistan, Faizanullah Khan stands behind a stack of sandbags and peers through the sight of an anti-aircraft gun,…
8 injured in attack at police officer’s house in Pakistan
Unknown militants on Sunday stormed the house of a police officer and opened indiscriminate firing, injuring eight persons in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of…
Police: 2 Pakistani Taliban commanders killed in northwest
PESHAWAR: 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…
Pakistan mosque suicide bomber ‘was in police uniform’: police chief
PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN: The suicide bomber who killed 101 people inside a mosque at a police headquarters in Pakistan was wearing a police uniform and helmet,…
Peshawar mosque blast: Death toll rises to 90, over 150 injured
NEW DELHI: The death toll in the suicide bombing in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar rose to 90 after rescue teams retrieved more bodies…