Sources: AP
Security forces rescue all surviving passengers and security personnel from yesterday's hijacking of the "Jaffar Express" passenger train in Pakistan by the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA). Officials confirm the deaths of all 33 BLA militants, as well as 29 passengers, and 8 soldiers. 2025-03-12
Seven paramilitary soldiers are killed and 18 are wounded by a Balochistan Liberation Army attack on a checkpoint in Kalat District, Balochistan, Pakistan. 2024-11-16
At least 34 people are killed and at least 100 others are injured when ten carriages of a Hazara Express train derail near the Sarhari railway station in Nawabshah, Sindh, Pakistan. 2023-08-6
A nationwide blackout occurs in Pakistan, leaving more than 200 million people without power. Senator Faisal Javed Khan says that the blackout was apparently caused by a "sudden frequency drop in the power transmission system". Power is gradually being restored in some parts of the country. 2021-01-9
A 6.6 magnitude earthquake occurs in northern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border with tremors felt in north India. 2016-04-10
The travel ban for former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is lifted by the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Musharraf is currently facing treason charges in Pakistan. 2016-03-16
Voters in Pakistan go to the polls for a general election with the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan threatening to carry out attacks. There was a record turnout despite 24 people being killed. 2013-05-11
A drone attack conducted by the United States kills two suspected militants outside their hideout in South Waziristan in northwestern Pakistan. 2012-06-2
Reuters reports that India and Pakistan have agreed to resume peace talks that were broken off after the 2008 Mumbai attacks. 2011-02-10
Thousands of people are evacuated as Attabad Lake in Pakistan's Hunza Valley begins to overflow. 2010-05-29