KARACHI: Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of a young doctor who was shot dead during a robbery near Teen Talwar in Karachi’s Clifton area, according to a press release issued by South Zone police on Wednesday. Dr Akash Kumar, a doctor at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), was killed on Monday after […]

Security forces have killed another eight terrorists during the ongoing Operation Shaban in Balochistan, following which the total number of terrorists killed in the operation reached 79, state broadcaster Radio Pakistan reported on Monday, citing security sources. Operation Shaban is being jointly carried out across the province by the army, Frontier Corps (FC) and Balochistan Police following the terrorist […]

Four terrorists were killed in a joint intelligence-based operation in the Khattak Dam area along the Karak-Kohat border in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, according to police. In a statement, Karak police said that credible information was received regarding the presence of terrorists in the area at around 5am. It said that an operation was carried out in […]

A quadcopter attack in Bannu’s Bakakhel area killed one person and injured four others, police said. Authorities said the wounded were shifted to hospital, while a separate blast destroyed a bridge in Baka Khel. PESHAWAR: One person was killed and four others, including a teenager, were injured in a quadcopter attack in the Bakakhel area […]

Four suspects were killed in two separate police encounters in Karachi, according to police. The incidents took place near Sohrab Goth and in New Karachi’s Sector 11-F. KARACHI: Four suspects were killed in two separate police encounters in Karachi on Thursday, according to police officials. In one incident, the Anti-Vehicle Lifting Cell said two alleged […]

PESHAWAR: A woman was killed while six others were injured in a suspected drone strike in the Pastawana area of the Hassan Khel subdivision on the outskirts of Peshawar late on Tuesday night. Sources initially said that seven people, all belonging to the same family, were immediately taken to the hospital after the incident was […]

Police have registered an FIR against 14 prisoners who escaped from a van bound for Adiala jail and also named five officials for alleged negligence. The report says the prisoners used red chilli powder to facilitate their escape. RAWALPINDI: Police have registered a case against 14 prisoners who escaped from a police van while being […]

Police said two suspected robbers were killed in an alleged encounter near Lahore’s Rana Town after opening fire on a CCD team. Three accomplices escaped and a search operation is under way. LAHORE: Two suspected robbers were killed and three others escaped during an alleged encounter with the Crime Control Department near Rana Town, according […]

A Karachi court has ordered the exhumation of 18-year-old Misbah in a Surjani Town death case linked to alleged domestic violence. A medical board headed by Police Surgeon Dr Samia Syed will oversee the process and post-mortem. KARACHI: A court has ordered the exhumation of the body of 18-year-old Misbah, a resident of Surjani Town, […]

BANNU: Seven people were killed and three others injured in two explosions in Marka Bera, a semi-tribal mountainous area of Bannu’s Wazir sub-division. Bannu District Police Officer (DPO) Yasir Afridi confirmed that a total of seven people were martyred and three others were injured in the two blasts. He said security forces and law enforcement […]