Sources: The Financial Times
Nine soldiers are killed and five more injured during a suicide bombing against a convoy in Bannu District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. 2023-08-31
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
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
Four Pakistani police officers are shot dead by a Jamaat-ul-Ahrar splinter group. Three additional officers are injured. 2019-02-12
At least three people have been killed in clashes between the Pakistani police and opponents of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. 2014-08-31
The United Kingdom rejects its involvement in combat drone attacks by the United States in Pakistan. 2014-01-20
23 people are killed and 30 injured in a road accident in Pakistan's Punjab province. 2013-03-23
In the Pakistani city of Quetta, armed people on motorcycles kill eight people; targeting Shias. 2012-06-23
20 militants are killed and six others wounded as helicopter gunships pound militant hideouts in Khadizai, Shahu Wam, Kasha and Saifal Dara areas of Orakzai tribal region of Pakistan. 2010-10-29