Pakistan

A car bomb attack killed 10 people and injured two others at a security checkpoint in the Bajaur region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, northwestern Pakistan, near the Afghan border. The blast destroyed the checkpoint, leaving some security…

An explosion near the Miryan Police Station in Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, killed two people, including a child, and injured at least 14 others. Police said a homemade explosive device placed on a motorcycle…

Karakul, or the Jinnah Cap, became an insignia of bravery, honour, and statesmanship across the nation-state, featuring the image of Muhammad Ali Jinnah during the Pakistan Movement, as it transformed the Karakul or Jinnah cap into a…

A bomb attack during Friday prayers killed at least 31 people and injured around 169 at a mosque in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. The blast struck the Khadijatul Kubra Mosque, prompting police and rescue teams to rush to the scene and…

Pakistan announced it will not play its February 15 match against India at the Men’s T20 World Cup organized by International Cricket Council. The Pakistani government approved the team’s participation in the tournament but confirmed it…

A small residential street in Rawalpindi gives little indication of industrial activity. Shop shutters clatter open in the morning, and behind one of the low gates, another world unfolds, the world of Sharjeel Minhas, the artist behind…

The death toll from a fire at the Gul Plaza shopping mall in Karachi, Pakistan, has risen to 14 as search operations continue for more than 70 missing people. Police official Asad Raza said several recovered bodies remain…

Peshawar, with its old bazaars and narrow lanes, makes history speak, and a sound is born which expresses the pulse of the Pashtoon nation, the Rubab. It starts as a humble mulberry log in the workshop of a woodcutter long before its warm…

A suicide attack on a Border Guard headquarters in Peshawar, Pakistan, left three police officers dead and five people injured. Police said three attackers opened fire while trying to enter the compound. One detonated himself at the main…