Construction work, shown in June, is moving quickly on the bombproof police post in Matani Mera, according to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Police officials. [Javed Khan]
2017-09-18 | Security

KP police build 31 security posts on boundary with FATA

Warisha (right) and Zofisha, sisters of Noeen -- who was killed in June by a stray bullet of celebratory gunfire after Pakistan defeated arch-rival India in cricket -- on July 24 in Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, hold a school photo of him. [Abdul Majeed/AFP]
2017-09-18 | Security

Pakistan fights nationwide plague of celebratory gunfire

The number of deaths caused by shooting into the air is likely hundreds' in the past few years, say authorities.

Warisha (right) and Zofisha, sisters of Noeen -- who was killed in June by a stray bullet of celebratory gunfire after Pakistan defeated arch-rival India in cricket -- on July 24 in Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, hold a school photo of him. [Abdul Majeed/AFP]
Security 2017-09-18

Pakistan fights nationwide plague of celebratory gunfire

The number of deaths caused by shooting into the air is likely hundreds' in the past few years, say authorities.

Lake Saiful Muluk in Naran Valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is shown in August. [Qasim Yousafzai]
2017-09-15 | Society

Lake Saiful Muluk attracts large numbers of tourists

Tourists from across the country and outside visit the alpine lake during the summer months.

Lake Saiful Muluk in Naran Valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is shown in August. [Qasim Yousafzai]
Society 2017-09-15

Lake Saiful Muluk attracts large numbers of tourists

Tourists from across the country and outside visit the alpine lake during the summer months.

A boy September 14 in Peshawar views a a website containing 'Islamic State of Iraq and Syria' (ISIS) content. Pakistan's counter-terrorism authorities are devising a policy to combat ISIS by scrutinising the travel history of citizens, especially those who have visited conflict ridden countries. [Adeel Saeed]
2017-09-15 | Terrorism

Pakistan works on formal policy to impede ISIS threat

Counter-terrorism authorities are investigating why Pakistanis are joining terrorist organisations.

A boy September 14 in Peshawar views a a website containing 'Islamic State of Iraq and Syria' (ISIS) content. Pakistan's counter-terrorism authorities are devising a policy to combat ISIS by scrutinising the travel history of citizens, especially those who have visited conflict ridden countries. [Adeel Saeed]
Terrorism 2017-09-15

Pakistan works on formal policy to impede ISIS threat

Counter-terrorism authorities are investigating why Pakistanis are joining terrorist organisations.

Mah Pari carries her son Gul Mir as she waits for her turn at the mobile feeding centre set up by the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) aid organisation in Dera Murad Jamali in Nasirabad District, Balochistan, on September 7, 2016. Pakistani authorities this week asked MSF to close its medical facilities in Kurram Agency. [Sara Farid/AFP]
2017-09-15 | Health

Pakistan asks medical aid group to stop working in Kurram Agency

The government refused to renew a No Objection Certificate (NOC) required for Doctors Without Borders (MSF) to continue working in the tribal areas.

Mah Pari carries her son Gul Mir as she waits for her turn at the mobile feeding centre set up by the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) aid organisation in Dera Murad Jamali in Nasirabad District, Balochistan, on September 7, 2016. Pakistani authorities this week asked MSF to close its medical facilities in Kurram Agency. [Sara Farid/AFP]
Health 2017-09-15

Pakistan asks medical aid group to stop working in Kurram Agency

The government refused to renew a No Objection Certificate (NOC) required for Doctors Without Borders (MSF) to continue working in the tribal areas.

As part of Operation Radd-ul-Fasadd, Frontier Corps (FC) Balochistan conducted special intelligence based operations against militants August 26-27, 2017, arresting two terrorist facilitators and confiscating a large arms cache. [Inter Services Public Relations]
2017-09-14 | Security

Gains made under Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad 'tremendous'

The Pakistani army has carried out 9,000 intelligence-based operations throughout the country since launching the operation in February 2017.

As part of Operation Radd-ul-Fasadd, Frontier Corps (FC) Balochistan conducted special intelligence based operations against militants August 26-27, 2017, arresting two terrorist facilitators and confiscating a large arms cache. [Inter Services Public Relations]
Security 2017-09-14

Gains made under Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad 'tremendous'

The Pakistani army has carried out 9,000 intelligence-based operations throughout the country since launching the operation in February 2017.

A Pakistani investigator inspects the site of an attack on an opposition politician in Karachi on September 2. Ansarul Shariah Pakistan gunmen killed a 10-year-old boy and a guard when they fired at Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan leader Khawaja Izharul Hassan in Karachi, police said. [Asif Hassan/AFP]
2017-09-13 | Security

Security forces take aim against Ansarul Shariah Pakistan

Pakistani law enforcement agencies say they have shattered the network of the little-known militant group.

A Pakistani investigator inspects the site of an attack on an opposition politician in Karachi on September 2. Ansarul Shariah Pakistan gunmen killed a 10-year-old boy and a guard when they fired at Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan leader Khawaja Izharul Hassan in Karachi, police said. [Asif Hassan/AFP]
Security 2017-09-13

Security forces take aim against Ansarul Shariah Pakistan

Pakistani law enforcement agencies say they have shattered the network of the little-known militant group.

SPOTLIGHT
A doctor examines a patient at Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar July 15. [Ashfaq Yusufzai]

Improved security prompts Pakistani doctors to return from abroad

Doctors say better working conditions, salaries and improved law and order in Pakistan are the main reasons they quit their jobs abroad.