Sources: The Financial Times
Taliban defense minister Mullah Yaqoob says that security forces have killed or arrested several militants from Tajikistan and Pakistan who are accused of multiple attacks in Afghanistan. 2023-12-31
A major power outage in Pakistan leaves nearly 220 million people without electricity after a failure at the national power grid. Earlier this month, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ordered a reduction in energy consumption as the country faces a severe energy crisis. 2023-01-23
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
Pakistani Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal is shot at following a rally in Narowal, Punjab. A bullet pierces his right shoulder. He is in stable condition now and the gunman has since been arrested, according to Government Officials. 2018-05-6
A power outage plunges the Belgian capital of Brussels into darkness. 2017-02-9
In Peshawar, an unknown assailant shoots and kills Pakistani lawyer Samiullah Afridi, who had defended Dr. Shakil Afridi (in regards to assisting CIA agents hunt al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden), with two Pakistan militant groups, Jundullah and Jamaatul Ahrar, both claiming responsibility. 2015-03-17
Pakistani forces conduct airstrikes on terrorist hideouts in North Waziristan, killing 25 militants. 2014-06-23
A female suicide bomber kills four and injures four outside a hospital in Khaar, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. 2013-04-20
The World Bank pledges to loan an additional $100 million to Pakistan. 2010-09-1
Indian Foreign Minister S. M. Krishna goes to Islamabad for talks with his counterpart of Pakistan, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, for the first time since the 2008 Mumbai attacks. 2010-07-14