QUETTA: Security forces have killed more than nine terrorists in intelligence-based operations (IBO) in Balochistan, state media reported on Tuesday. The operations were conducted in Ziarat, Harnai and Surab under Operation Rad-ul-Fitna 3, according to Pakistan TV, which said that arms and ammunition were recovered from the slain terrorists. Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi commended the security […]

PESHAWAR: A highly wanted terrorist commander was killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) conducted by the Bannu police and the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD), the district police confirmed on Thursday. Bannu’s District Police Officer (DPO) Captain (retd) Muhammad Furqan Bilal confirmed the terrorist’s killing in a conversation with Dawn. The DPO confirmed that the […]

Police said four suspects, including three wounded men, were arrested in two alleged encounters in Karachi on Sunday. Weapons were recovered, while two accomplices escaped. KARACHI: Police said they arrested four suspects, three of them wounded, in separate alleged encounters in Karachi on Sunday, while recovering weapons and mobile phones. In Korangi No 6, officers […]

LOWER SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: A cleric affiliated with the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), Maulana Muhammad Ismail, was shot dead by unidentified armed men in the Azam Warsak area of Birmal tehsil in Lower South Waziristan, it emerged on Saturday. District Police Officer (DPO) Muhammad Tahir said that the incident occurred after Friday prayers when unidentified assailants on […]

Police are investigating the killing of 25-year-old Karachi businessman Mir Ali Raza, whose body was found in Gulistan-e-Jauhar after he left home in the early hours. CCTV, phone records and staff statements are central to the inquiry. KARACHI: Police are trying to piece together the final movements of 25-year-old businessman Mir Ali Raza after his […]

Police have traced the suspected poison in the Valencia Town deaths case to a parcel delivery and included a former classmate of the deceased in the investigation. A murder case has been registered as forensic results are awaited. LAHORE: Police investigating the deaths of a woman and her three children in Valencia Town have traced […]

A police constable was martyred and two suspected robbers were killed in a shootout in Karachi’s Orangi Town early on Tuesday. Police said the constable later died in hospital after being wounded during the exchange of fire. KARACHI: A police constable was martyred and two suspected robbers were killed in an exchange of fire in […]

Security forces have killed 24 terrorists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district and its adjoining areas in the last 24 hours, the military’s media affairs wing said in a statement on Friday afternoon. The statement by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that recently, there had been a “surge” in terrorist activities against police and suicide bombings […]

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 […]