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A police post and damaged vehicle following a roadside bombing in Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan summons Afghan envoy over Bannu attack

The Foreign Office summoned Afghanistan's chargé d'affaires and delivered a demarche over the 9 May Bannu police post bombing that killed 15 constables.

The crash scene after a passenger coach plunged into a ravine in the Charbagh area of Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Eight killed as passenger coach plunges into ravine in Swat's Charbagh

At least eight people were killed and seven injured when a passenger coach returning from a wedding in Malam Jabba fell into a ravine in Swat on 10 May 2026.

Pakistani soldiers standing in formation during a military review.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Security forces kill five militants in Tank and Dera Ismail Khan

The military said security forces killed five militants in two intelligence-based operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, four in Tank district and one in Dera Ismail Khan.

A mountain landscape in the former South Waziristan Agency in Pakistan's tribal areas.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Four children among eight killed in South Waziristan and Hangu attacks

Drone strikes in South Waziristan killed four children of one family and a mortar shell in a Hangu market killed four more, local sources and police said.

The Parliament House in Islamabad, which houses Pakistan's Senate and National Assembly, photographed in 2018Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Senate passes resolution lauding Operation Bunyan-un-Marsoos

Pakistan's Senate unanimously passed a resolution paying tribute to the armed forces over Marka-e-Haq and Operation Bunyan-un-Marsoos and praising national unity.

A road junction with shops and traffic in Charsadda, Khyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan / Politics & Governance

Maulana Sheikh Muhammad Idris shot dead in Charsadda

Unidentified gunmen shot dead prominent religious scholar Maulana Sheikh Muhammad Idris in Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, also wounding two police officers, police said.

The Mall Road in Lahore, a tree-lined avenue with colonial-era buildings along both sidesPakistan / Politics & Governance

Lahore CTD arrests YouTuber over alleged al-Qaeda recruitment

The Counter Terrorism Department says it detained Muhammad Saad bin Riaz, linked to the Eon News channel, on charges of recruiting for a banned group.

A Ghauri-I ballistic missile mounted on a transporter-erector-launcher at a defence exhibition.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan conducts training launch of Fateh-II missile system: ISPR

Pakistan's Army Rocket Force Command successfully conducted a training launch of the indigenously developed Fateh-II missile system on 28 April 2026, the military said.

The Pakistan Foreign Office building in Islamabad, showing its light-coloured facade and the national flag.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan rejects India's Pahalgam allegations, urges restraint

Pakistan's Foreign Office on 23 April 2026 rejected Indian allegations linking it to the Pahalgam incident and urged New Delhi to avoid rhetoric that could undermine peace efforts.

The grey hull and superstructure of the Pakistan Navy frigate PNS Zulfiquar, seen from the side while moored in portPakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan Navy test-fires locally developed ship-launched anti-ship missile

Pakistan's military media wing said the Navy fired an indigenously developed ship-launched anti-ship missile at extended range on 16 April 2026, with the naval chief watching.

A Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited facility under construction, with pipework and gas installation infrastructure visible at the sitePakistan / Politics & Governance

Gas pipeline explosion at Haripur industrial estate kills eight, including children

A 16 April 2026 Sui Northern Gas line near Hattar Industrial Estate in KP's Haripur killed eight members of one household and injured others; gas to Hazara was suspended.

PTI supporters gathered at a protest in favour of Imran Khan, holding party flags.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Rawalpindi police charge Imran Khan's sisters and 1,400 others under anti-terror law

Rawalpindi police registered an anti-terrorism case against Aleema Khan, Uzma Khan, Noreen Niazi and about 1,400 unidentified people after the Adiala Road protest.