A powerful bomb was detonated inside a Shiite mosque in Pakistan during Friday prayers, killing at least 56 worshippers and wounding nearly 200 others, many of them critically, hospital officials said. The deadly explosion, reportedly carried out by a suicide bomber, occurred as worshippers had gathered at the mosque in the country’s northwestern city of…
Khan After Putin Visit: Pakistan to Import Wheat, Gas From Russia
ISLAMABAD—Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan announced Monday that his country will import about 2 million tons of wheat from Russia and buy natural gas as well under bilateral agreements the two sides signed last week during his official trip to Moscow. Khan pressed on with his two-day visit and met with President Vladimir Putin at…
Pakistan PM To Visit Russia For Bilateral Meeting With Putin
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan will visit Russia this week for a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Pakistan’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said Monday. According to the ministry’s statement, Khan has accepted Putin’s invitation to visit Russia for a two-day visit beginning on Wednesday. “During the Summit meeting, the two leaders will review the…
Gas Explosion in Southwest Pakistan Coalmine Kills 4 Workers
QUETTA, Pakistan—A methane gas explosion in a coal mine in southwest Pakistan early Saturday killed four workers, while three others were rescued from the partly collapsed mine, an official said. Chief mine inspector Abdul Ghani said the blast took place in the Sra Ghazgai mine area outside Quetta, where the mine was allegedly being operated…
Attacks on Pakistan Military Bases Kill Seven Soldiers, 13 Insurgents: Army
QUETTA, Pakistan—Insurgents armed with bombs and guns attacked two Pakistani military bases overnight, killing seven soldiers while losing 13 of their own men, the army said on Thursday, in the latest violence in the resource-rich southwestern Balochistan province where China is investing. The attacks came hours before Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan arrived in Beijing…
Gunmen Kill Pakistani Policeman Guarding Polio Workers
PESHAWAR, Pakistan—Gunmen shot and killed a Pakistani policeman who was providing security for polio vaccination workers in the northwest on Tuesday, according to police. The assailants fled the scene, and no one claimed responsibility for the attack in Kohat, local police official Dikdar Khan said. He added that the body of the slain policeman had…
22 Tourists Freeze to Death in Vehicles Amid Heavy Snowstorm in Pakistan
At least 22 people have died while being stuck in their vehicles as a heavy snowstorm thronged the mountain resort town of Murree in northern Pakistan, officials confirmed on Saturday. Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, Pakistan’s interior minister, said more than 1,000 cars got stranded in a blizzard that caught the scenic town located about 40 miles…
China’s Fighter Jet Sale to Pakistan: More to Come?
News Analysis It appears that China has finally broken its drought when it comes to exporting fighter jets. In December of last year, the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) announced that it would soon acquire 25 Chinese-made J-10C combat aircraft. These fighters could be deployed as early as March. This purchase was a long time coming….
Military: 4 Pakistani Soldiers, 2 Militants Killed in Raids
PESHAWAR, Pakistan—Pakistani security forces raided two militant hideouts in a former Taliban stronghold near Afghanistan, triggering shootings that killed four soldiers and two insurgents, the military said Friday. The first raid was carried out in the Tank district in the northwest, killing two militants, the statement said. The other strike was carried out in the…
Death Toll in Southern Pakistan Sewer Gas Blast Jumps to 17
KARACHI, Pakistan—The death toll from a sewer gas blast in Pakistan’s largest city of Karachi jumped to 17 as some critically injured people died overnight and Sunday, police said. Initially, 12 people were reported dead and 11 others injured in Saturday’s gas explosion in a sewage system in the commercial hub of Pakistan Saturday. Senior…
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