Year 2024 was Pakistan’s deadliest in a decade, with at least 685 civilian fatalities & roughly 444 terror attacks, according to an annual security report by a Pakistan-based think tank.
Seven Chinese nationals killed in Pakistan since beginning of 2024, and 21 since CPEC project began a decade ago. Baloch rebels have claimed responsibility for at least 2 attacks this year.
Even though over 20% of Pakistan's military is Pashtun and they are well represented in the bureaucracy, the gap between the Punjab-dominated state and the Pashtun people is widening.
The incident took place Sunday when a bomb exploded at JUIF's meeting in a restive tribal district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan.
In a video, Anju declared that she made an impulsive decision to reach Pakistan & added that she would return in 2-3 days. She took Wagah-Attari border to enter Pakistan, say police.
The militants Sunday seized a counter-terrorism centre in the Bannu district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and freed imprisoned wanted terrorists, said police.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is a restive tribal district bordering Afghanistan. Despite a ceasefire committed by Tehreek-Taliban Pakistan, attacks on security forces in tribal districts is on the rise.
Local clerics, along with hundreds of students, lawyers and even journalists, stormed the park on Sunday demanding that women be stopped from enjoying the facility.
South Africa is now holding a mirror to the world. It is led by a Black African captain, powered by a diverse group of players, and has just won the WTC and a series in India while sitting atop the Test rankings.
Once acquired by IAF, the medium transport aircraft (MTA) will replace both AN-32s and IL-76s, it is learnt. The idea behind the revamp is to meet modern operational needs.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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