
Pakistani Security Forces Eliminate Five Militants and Free 23 Hostages in Southwest
Pakistani security forces engaged in a shootout that left five militants dead and successfully rescued 23 hostages in the restive Balochistan province.
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Pakistani security forces engaged in a shootout that left five militants dead and successfully rescued 23 hostages in the restive Balochistan province.
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A high court in Pakistan has temporarily halted an official directive requiring dozens of Afghan medical students to be expelled from universities and sent home, providing a brief reprieve for scholars caught in broader geopolitical tensions.
Lawmakers and workers from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf staged a protest by riding donkey carts to the provincial assembly in Sindh, highlighting surging fuel costs and demanding government relief.

An assault on the Old Police Lines complex in Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, leaves dozens dead and over 100 injured as security forces battle remaining militants.

India's Home Ministry has designated the Shahzad Bhatti Network as a terrorist group under the UAPA, following a digital recruitment campaign across 14 States led by a Pakistani social media influencer.

Aleema Khanum, the sister of jailed former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, has been detained in Lahore ahead of nationwide demonstrations planned by the PTI party.

The Archbishop of Canterbury has rescinded an interfaith award given to Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi following public backlash over the Pakistani cleric's past praise of Osama Bin Laden.

At least 21 people, including 15 police officers and a four-year-old child, were killed when a car bomb and armed attackers targeted a mosque at a police compound in north-western Pakistan.
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