Northwest Pakistan

A man was killed by an angry mob for allegedly desecrating the Holy Quran in the scenic Swat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in northwest Pakistan and eight people were injured in the ensuing unrest, police said.

A Pakistani journalist was gunned down on Tuesday by unknown gunmen in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in the country's northwest, according to a tribal journalist association.

Five Chinese nationals were killed in an explosion when their convoy was attacked by a suicide bomber in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, a top police officer said.

Unidentified militants shot and killed six barbers from Pakistan's Punjab province after abducting them from the restive northwest region, police said.

A woman and her eight children were killed when the roof of their mud house collapsed due to fire caused by a short-circuit in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, officials said.

Four soldiers were killed during the exchange of fire, and the area has been sanitised to eliminate any other terrorists found in the vicinity.

The death toll from a suicide bombing in Pakistan that targeted a hard-line religious group's political rally has risen to 63 while 123 are still under treatment, a government official said on Wednesday.

At least 39 people were killed and dozens more wounded Sunday in a suicide bombing at a political gathering of a leading Islamic party in northwest Pakistan, officials said.

Nine members of a family were shot dead by relatives on Wednesday over a marriage dispute in northwest Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said.

Heavy rains followed by strong winds killed at least 27 people, including eight children, in northwest Pakistan, officials said Sunday.

A nine-year-old girl student was killed and five others injured today when a policeman opened fire at the gate of a private school in restive northwest Pakistan, police said.

Two explosions rocked a counter-terrorism office in northwest Pakistan on Monday, killing at least eight people, police said.

Taliban terrorists opened fire at a vehicle ferrying security forces in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least four policemen, including an officer, and wounding six others.

An anti-terrorism court in northwest Pakistan has convicted and sentenced a Muslim man to death after he was accused of posting blasphemous content in a WhatsApp group.

At least 95 people, mostly policemen, were killed in a suicide blast at a mosque inside a police headquarters in northwest Pakistan.

A man was killed by an angry mob for allegedly desecrating the Holy Quran in the scenic Swat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in northwest Pakistan and eight people were injured in the ensuing unrest, police said.

A Pakistani journalist was gunned down on Tuesday by unknown gunmen in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in the country's northwest, according to a tribal journalist association.

Five Chinese nationals were killed in an explosion when their convoy was attacked by a suicide bomber in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, a top police officer said.

Unidentified militants shot and killed six barbers from Pakistan's Punjab province after abducting them from the restive northwest region, police said.

A woman and her eight children were killed when the roof of their mud house collapsed due to fire caused by a short-circuit in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, officials said.

Four soldiers were killed during the exchange of fire, and the area has been sanitised to eliminate any other terrorists found in the vicinity.

The death toll from a suicide bombing in Pakistan that targeted a hard-line religious group's political rally has risen to 63 while 123 are still under treatment, a government official said on Wednesday.

At least 39 people were killed and dozens more wounded Sunday in a suicide bombing at a political gathering of a leading Islamic party in northwest Pakistan, officials said.

Nine members of a family were shot dead by relatives on Wednesday over a marriage dispute in northwest Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said.

Heavy rains followed by strong winds killed at least 27 people, including eight children, in northwest Pakistan, officials said Sunday.

A nine-year-old girl student was killed and five others injured today when a policeman opened fire at the gate of a private school in restive northwest Pakistan, police said.

Two explosions rocked a counter-terrorism office in northwest Pakistan on Monday, killing at least eight people, police said.

Taliban terrorists opened fire at a vehicle ferrying security forces in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least four policemen, including an officer, and wounding six others.

An anti-terrorism court in northwest Pakistan has convicted and sentenced a Muslim man to death after he was accused of posting blasphemous content in a WhatsApp group.

At least 95 people, mostly policemen, were killed in a suicide blast at a mosque inside a police headquarters in northwest Pakistan.