Sources: The Financial Times
Afghanistan spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid says Pakistan launched an airstrike in the country's eastern Paktia Province, while the Pakistani government says the Pakistani Taliban was allowed to use Afghanistan as a base for attacks against Pakistan. 2025-10-10
A suicide bomber kills one person and wounds three others in Kalat, Balochistan, Pakistan. 2025-03-3
One Pakistani soldier and 15 separatist militants are killed in an operation in Zhob District, Balochistan, Pakistan 2024-12-10
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
Pakistan begins repatriating some of its citizens from the United Arab Emirates, after the UAE threatened to review its labor ties with countries that refuse to take their nationals back during the pandemic. 2020-04-18
Pakistan arrests 97 people allegedly involved in terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi who were allegedly plotting a variety of attacks including a plan to get Daniel Pearl's killer out of prison. 2016-02-12
Pakistani military aircraft bomb suspected Taliban hideouts killing 25 militants in North Waziristan. 2014-01-21
The United States withdraws diplomats from its consulate in the Pakistani city of Lahore due to terrorist threats. 2013-08-9
Convicted Indian spy Sarabjit Singh dies after being attacked by fellow inmates in a Pakistani prison. He is flown home to India where the government of Punjab has declared him a martyr. 2013-05-2