Peshawar

Why Pakistani lawmakers are blaming Imran Khan’s party for rise in terror attacks

Pakistani lawmakers said that the previous Imran Khan-led government's counter-terrorism policies and strategies were never approved by the National Assembly. They criticised the PTI regime's decision to negotiate with militants and resettle them in the country as ‘faulty’

How Pakistan’s Peshawar known to be the ‘city of flowers’ became the epicentre of violence

Peshawar has borne the brunt of rising militancy in the region for the past four decades, fuelled by conflicts in neighbouring Afghanistan and great power geopolitical games

Tears and agony: Pakistan mourns after deadly blast at mosque claims more than 80 lives

A cash-strapped nation, Pakistan is now struggling to pick up the pieces after a blast ripped through a heavily guarded mosque in Peshawar on Monday. The explosion took place when hundreds had gathered for prayers

Peshawar mosque attack: The rise and evolution of the Pakistani Taliban

A look at the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, which has waged an insurgency in the country for 15 years. It also claimed responsibility for Monday's suicide bombing at a mosque in Peshawar

Pakistan: Death toll in Peshawar mosque blast rises to 61, TTP claims responsibility

The victims were mostly policemen and security officials. The TTP or the Pakistan Taliban recently called off a ceasefire with the federal government

Pakistan: Suicide blast in Peshawar mosque kills 32, injures 147

The area has been cordoned off and emergency has been imposed in the locality. Police officials at the spot said that they were determining the nature of the blast

First no food, now no power in Pakistan: The country’s worsening situation explained

Lights were out across Pakistan on Monday after a breakdown of the national grid. Nearly 220 million people were left without electricity. Airports, hospitals and businesses were all hit, which means more losses for the country facing an economic crisis

Pakistan: Several killed as blast derails train in Balochistan

According to a Pakistan Railways spokesperson in Balochistan, the blast occurred when the Peshawar-bound Jaffer Express was passing by the Paneer area

Pakistan court acquits rapist after marriage agreement with deaf victim

Dawlat Khan, 25, was sentenced in May to life imprisonment by a lower court in Buner district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province for raping a deaf woman

Pakistan’s northwest sees yet another attack on a police post in Peshawar

The attack is the most recent one in a spate of militant attacks by the infamous terror group- Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), against the security personnel in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province