Pakistan Police

Pakistan police arrest five TTP terrorists from Punjab

On January 3, ISI Multan region Director Naveed Sadiq and Inspector Nasir Abbas were allegedly shot dead by their TTP ‘source’ Umar Khan in Khanewal, about 375 kilometres from Lahore. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Lashkar-e-Khorasan took responsibility for the attack

Explained: How tensions have escalated between Imran Khan and the ruling Pakistan government

The dispute between Imran Khan and the Pakistan government deepened after the former prime minister delivered a speech in the northern city of Rawalpindi on 21 August, where he accused the coalition in power of working at the behest of the United States

Explained: The terrorism case that has been slapped against Pakistan’s Imran Khan

An FIR was filed against Imran Khan on Saturday alleging that the former Pakistan prime minister was ‘terrorising and threatening’ top police officials and a female additional sessions judge. Khan, who could face several years in prison on the new charges, was granted protective bail until 24 August

Afghan Taliban flags hoisted at women's seminary in Islambad, Pakistan police book cleric

The white flags of the Afghan Taliban were spotted on the rooftop of the Jamia Hafsa, a women’s madrasa in the capital, on Saturday, Dawn newspaper reported

Pakistani authorities sack chief of Punjab Counter-Terrorism Department in fake encounter case

Pakistani authorities on Tuesday sacked the head of the Punjab Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) after a probe into a weekend shootout revealed that three members of a family were killed in a fake encounter on a highway.

Peshawar University students' protest against fee hike turns violent; seven injured during clash with police; 28 arrested

Students of Peshawar University on Thursday clashed with the Pakistani Police while protesting against an increase in the semester fee.

Policeman assigned to protect polio workers on Pakistan-Afghanistan border shot dead hours into nationwide vaccination drive

A policeman assigned to protect polio workers has been shot and killed by unknown assailants in Pakistan's northwest tribal district bordering Afghanistan, hours after a massive nationwide anti-polio vaccination drive was launched.

Day before Nawaz Sharif's return to Pakistan, police arrests former PM's supporters in Punjab to 'avoid violence'

Pakistani police were detaining scores of supporters of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his party said Thursday, claiming it was an attempt to prevent them from staging a welcome-home rally upon the ousted leaders return from London.

Pakistani journalist working for Indian TV channel assaulted by unknown men in Islamabad, escapes kidnapping attempt

A Pakistani journalist, known for criticising his country’s military establishment, said on Wednesday he had narrowly escaped being kidnapped by armed men

Benazir Bhutto assassination case: Two senior Pakistani cops acquitted as Lahore HC suspends their 17-year sentence

Two senior police officials convicted by a Pakistani anti-terrorism court in the Benazir Bhutto assassination case are set to walk free from jail after a court suspended their 17-year sentence, media reports said on Friday