Kabul, Oct 7 (Xinhua) More than a quarter million Afghan refugees, mostly from Pakistan, have returned to their country so far this year with the support of the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), a statement of the body released here Tuesday said.
Islamabad, Oct 6 (DPA) At least 18 people were killed and more than 40 injured Monday in a suicide bomb attack at the guest house of a lawmaker in Pakistan’s Punjab province, the police said.
Islamabad, Oct 6 (DPA) At least 12 people were killed and more than 30 injured Monday in a suicide bomb attack at the house of a lawmaker in Pakistan’s Punjab province, the police said.
Srinagar, Oct 6 (IANS) An uneasy peace prevailed in the Kashmir Valley on the second day of indefinite curfew Monday, thwarting the separatist programme of holding a major rally here.
Islamabad, Oct 6 (Xinhua) At least 15 people were killed and 30 injured in a bomb blast in eastern Pakistan Monday, Geo TV channel reported.
Islamabad, Oct 6 (DPA) Security forces killed six militants in an overnight operation in northwestern Pakistan while rockets fired by other rebels fell near the house of the province’s chief minister, officials said Monday.
Kabul, Oct 6 (DPA) A strong earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted central Afghanistan early Monday morning, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, the US Geological Survey said.
Islamabad, Oct 5 (DPA) The Pakistani army said it killed two senior militant commanders in the troubled Swat mountain district Sunday.
Islamabad, Oct 5 (DPA) Villagers found a body almost three years after an earthquake devastated northern Pakistan, a media report said Sunday.
Islamabad, Oct 5 (IANS) Abdul Jabbar is one of the thousands of Pakistanis lured by human traffickers for jobs in the Middle East and Europe, only to find themselves stranded, jailed, deported and some even killed.