Pakistan

Pakistan anti-militant offensive enters 'final phase'

Feb 25, 2016 11:39

Pakistan has begun the "last phase" of an ongoing massive military operation to wipe out the remnants of militants from hideouts across the troubled tribal regions along the restive border with Afghanistan.
Pakistani police kill 12 militants in Karachi shootout

Feb 25, 2016 05:04

Police in Pakistan said Wednesday their forces killed at least a dozen militants during a shootout on the outskirts of the southern port city of Karachi.
Pakistan army chief orders final phase of offensive against militants

Feb 24, 2016 14:22

The chief of the Pakistani army staff ordered Wednesday the immediate launch of the last phase of a security operation to purge the remnants of terrorists from hideouts across the volatile tribal regions near the Afghan border.
Taliban militants gun down 9 security forces in NW Pakistan

Feb 19, 2016 06:19

Taliban militants have shot dead at least nine Pakistani security forces personnel in two separate attacks across a volatile tribal region near the Afghan border, officials say.
Pakistani forces detain nearly 100 militants in Karachi: Military

Feb 13, 2016 06:18

Nearly 100 people have been arrested in Pakistan on suspicion of having ties to al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups and planning terror attacks across the Asian country, a military spokesman says.
US approves sale of F-16 jets to Pakistan, angering India

Feb 13, 2016 05:36

The United States has approved selling up to eight Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan, along with training, radar and other equipment, provoking anger from neighboring rival India.
Six people arrested over child marriage in Pakistan

Feb 07, 2016 05:06

Pakistani police have nabbed six people over brokering the marriage of a seven-year-old boy and a six-year-old girl in the Eastern Province of Punjab.
Pakistan probes 5 officials in connection with deadly Karachi incident

Feb 06, 2016 15:50

Five Pakistani officials, including a former adviser to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, are to be questioned over accusations of involvement in the murder of two airline employees.
Nine killed in bombing in southwestern Pakistan

Feb 06, 2016 15:13

At least nine people were killed and over 40 others injured on Saturday in a bomb explosion targeting a vehicle transporting security forces in southwestern Pakistan.
Pakistan army offers help to India over soldiers buried under avalanche

Feb 04, 2016 13:45

The director general military operations (DGMO) of Pakistan Army called his Indian counterpart on Thursday and offered assistance for the rescue and recovery of Indian Army personnel who went missing after an avalanche hit the Siachen glacier area.