Security & Provinces Correspondent

Bilal Rana

Bilal Rana covers security for KhabarWire: militant attacks, counter-terrorism operations and policing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. Claims by the military, police, governments and armed groups are attributed to whoever made them.

Covers: Militancy, counter-terrorism operations and law and order, especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.
Specialist areas: Counter-terrorism · Khyber Pakhtunkhwa · Balochistan · Policing
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Arid, rocky terrain and a road running through the Balochistan landscape, with low hills on the horizon.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Major Wajahat Waheed martyred in Gwadar IED blast; four militants killed in Kalat IBO

ISPR says a Pakistan Army major was killed by an improvised device in Shadi Kaur, Pasni tehsil, while a day-earlier operation in Jattakabad, Kalat eliminated four militants.

The yellow-stone Mohatta Palace Museum in Clifton, Karachi, photographed in daylight, showing its central dome, arched windows and surrounding trees against a clear sky.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Bilawal offers to lift K-P emergency if opposition joins joint anti-terror plan

PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said on Sunday the K-P emergency and governor's rule can end if opposition parties agree on a joint anti-terrorism strategy.

View from the Khyber Pass looking across the border toward Afghanistan, showing a settled valley of low buildings and cultivated terraces in arid, mountainous terrain.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan Army hits Afghan Taliban posts at Kurram and Ghozgarhi after unprovoked firing

Pakistan said on 17 October that its army struck the Shipola base camp and Topser post in Upper Kurram after Afghan Taliban opened fire at Taida and Ghozgarhi.

A wide view of the Kohat valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under a clear sky

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Kohat Police Lines attack mastermind killed in Lakki Marwat operation

Pakistan's Counter Terrorism Department says Zahid Gul, accused of masterminding the 18 September Kohat Police Lines attack, was killed in a joint operation in Lakki Marwat.

A map of Balochistan's districts, with Kalat, Mastung, Nushki, Kharan, Chagai and Washuk labelled among the province's administrative areas.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Twenty police recruits abducted in Balochistan while travelling home on leave

Unidentified gunmen stopped a passenger van in Kalat district and abducted 20 police recruits bound for Nushki, officials said on 17 October; no group has claimed responsibility.

The façade and gated entrance of a Peshawar government school building, with a tall flagpole, three stories of classrooms, and mature trees shading the courtyard.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Peshawar private school roof collapse kills more than two dozen children, teacher

The Al-Khair School System roof collapse in Peshawar's Dir Colony on 15 October 2026 killed at least 20 children and one teacher, with more than 30 injured.

A head-and-shoulders portrait of Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Russia's interior minister, in a dark suit and striped tie, speaking at a microphone.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Russian interior minister in Islamabad for first-ever Pakistan visit

Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev is in Pakistan for a four-day visit, the first by any Russian interior minister, for talks on policing and migration.

The view from inside a Pakistan Railways locomotive cab, looking along double railway tracks past a roadside wall, trees and a station sign

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Rehman Baba Express derailment near Multan kills at least six

At least six passengers were killed and 30 injured when all 14 coaches of the Karachi-to-Peshawar Rehman Baba Express derailed near Multan on 13 October 2026.

A camouflaged Pakistan Army transporter-erector-launcher and its flatbed trailer on display outdoors, with a Pakistani flag, spectators and buildings behind it.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan tests Fatah-2 extended-range hypersonic ballistic missile

The Pakistan Army said it test-launched an extended-range Fatah-2 hypersonic ballistic missile on 13 October 2026, a weapon ISPR says can defeat missile defences.

A Pakistan MFI-17 Super Mushshak single-engine trainer aircraft in flight, viewed from the side against a clear sky.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Two Army Aviation pilots martyred as Mushshak crashes near Quetta

A Mushshak trainer of Pakistan Army Aviation crashed near Quetta on 12 October, killing instructor pilot Major Husnain Shehzad Humayun and student pilot Captain Abdul Samad.

The multi-storey Punjab Assembly building on The Mall in Lahore, seen from the roadside with trees and passing traffic in the foreground.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Amnesty International says Punjab's anti-terror amendment allows secret trials

Amnesty International said the Punjab Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Act 2026 lets authorities hold near-secret terrorism trials and warned it undermines fair-trial rights.

A wide, mostly unpaved street in a small North Waziristan town, lined with simple shopfronts, with a few people walking and a truck in the distance.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Security forces kill seven terrorists in North Waziristan IBO

Security forces killed seven Fitna al-Khwarij terrorists in a North Waziristan intelligence-based operation on 9 October 2026, a day after nine were killed in the same district.