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The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan attack a military base in Tank, Pakistan, killing six soldiers.
2022-03-30

In Pakistan, the Sindh High Court orders the release of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, initially sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl in Karachi in 2002. The government opposes his release on the basis of public safety; both the government and Pearl's family will appeal the decision.
2020-12-24

At least 57 people are killed and others are missing after avalanches in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir over the last 24 hours, senior government officials say. In Indian-administered Kashmir, at least 10 are killed.
2020-01-14

Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan gunmen attack a security base in the Loralai area of Pakistan, resulting in the deaths of four security guards and four terrorists, including a suicide bomber. Two guards were also injured in the attack.
2019-01-1

Pakistan lifts a three-year ban on YouTube after Google launches a local version that allows the government to demand removal of material it considers to be offensive. Similar systems have existed in China for many years.
2016-01-19

Canadian BlackBerry Limited announces plans to shut down operations in Pakistan at year's end because it cannot comply with the Pakistani government's monitoring orders which would result in a massive invasion of user privacy.
2015-11-30

Pakistan announces the arrest of twelve Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan in relation to their alleged involvement in last year's school massacre.
2015-02-13

A car bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, kills Chaudhry Aslam Khan, a senior police investigator known for pursuing Pakistani Taliban militants; two other officers with him were also killed.
2014-01-10

Drone attacks in Pakistan: Pakistani intelligence officials claim that a US drone attack has killed 5 alleged foreign militants, including Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan commander Wali-ur-Rehman, in the North Waziristan town of Miran Shah.
2013-05-29

The minister of railways in Pakistan, Ghulam Ahmad Bilour, offers a bounty of USD 100,000 to the person who kills the maker of "Innocence of Muslims". The government of Pakistan condemns his act.
2012-09-22