Pakistan’s military carried out strikes in southeastern Afghanistan on Friday just hours after a two-day ceasefire between the neighboring countries expired, an Afghan police official said. The bombings struck southeastern Paktika province and two other areas close to the Pakistan border, and included a strike on a civilian house in Khanadar village that resulted in…
Lahore: Tensions are simmering between the government and the opposition after the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders on Friday warned that Imran Khan’s sons would be dealt with strictly if they visit Pakistan to join any “violent protest” organised by the jailed former premier’s party. As the Shehbaz Sharif government geared up to foil…
At least fourteen people including five children were injured on Saturday as a mortar shell fired from an undisclosed location hit a house in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border, according to sources. The mortar shell exploded in the house in the Kachhi Kamar village of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province’s Kurram district, partially damaging it….
A team of the Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) found unavailability of clean drinking water, absence of cleanliness and sanitation, power outages with no backup systems, poor infrastructure, and shortage of staff in government hospitals in Shikarpur and Kashmore-Kandhkot districts of Pakistan’s Sindh on Thursday and Friday, The Express Tribune reported. SHRC Chairman Iqbal Ahmed…