Security & Provinces Correspondent

Bilal Rana

Stories by Bilal Rana

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Pakistan Army personnel in combat gear moving along a rubble-strewn street lined with damaged buildings in Mirali

Pakistan army says 34 militants killed as Bajaur ambush kills four police

The military said security forces killed 34 militants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, while gunmen killed four police officers in Bajaur on 25 February.

A paved road winding between low hills and roadside buildings on the Kohat-Peshawar route in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Militants kill seven police officers in separate Kohat ambush and Bhakkar suicide bombing

Suspected militants attacked a police van on Kohat's Shakardara Road, killing six officers including a DSP, while a Bhakkar suicide bombing killed two more.

A Pakistan Air Force JF-17 Thunder fighter jet on a runway with its canopy closed and landing gear down.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan strikes seven militant camps in Afghanistan in overnight raids

Pakistan said it struck seven camps and hideouts of the Pakistani Taliban and Islamic State-Khorasan inside Afghanistan on 22 February 2026, drawing a Taliban vow of retaliation.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Lieutenant colonel, sepoy martyred as suicide bomber rams Bannu convoy during IBO

A suicide bomber struck a military convoy during an IBO in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Bannu district on Saturday, killing Lt Col Faraz and Sepoy Shah; five militants were killed.

Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Pakistan's defence minister, speaking at a public event in a dark suit.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan 'won't hesitate' to strike across border, Khawaja Asif warns

Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said Pakistan would not hesitate to strike inside Afghanistan unless Kabul stops cross-border militancy, which he called an India-Taliban proxy war.

A pedestrian street scene in Karachi, Pakistan, with low-rise buildings and overhead wiring.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Gas explosion in Karachi's Soldier Bazaar collapses three-storey building, killing 16

Pre-dawn blast in a crowded Karachi neighbourhood on the first day of Ramadan killed 16 people including women and children; President Zardari ordered an investigation.

Police officers and vehicles on a street in Karachi, Sindh, in a file photograph of local police.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Karachi CTD kills four militants in Shah Latif Town raid

Counter-Terrorism Department officers killed four militants in a shootout in Karachi's Shah Latif Town and found explosives being prepared in drums, officials said.

A terrain map of Bajaur District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, showing its tehsil boundaries and neighbouring districts.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Bajaur check post attack kills 11 security personnel and a girl

A vehicle-borne suicide attack and fire raid on a joint security check post in Bajaur on 16 February 2026 killed 11 security personnel and a young girl, the military said.

The old city of Peshawar, with low buildings and a street, seen in daylight

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Four held as Islamabad says blast ‘mastermind’ was Afghan national trained across border

Pakistan arrested four facilitators of Friday’s Islamabad imambargah bombing including the alleged mastermind after overnight KP raids on 7 February 2026.

A grainy photograph of debris-strewn ground and people standing outside the entrance of a building after an explosion.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Suicide bomber kills dozens at Islamabad imambargah during Friday prayers

A suicide bomber struck Imambargah Khadijah al-Kubra in Islamabad's Tarlai area during Friday prayers on 6 February 2026, killing worshippers and wounding scores.

Mountainous landscape with sparse vegetation in Harnai district, Balochistan

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

ISPR says Balochistan operation Radd-ul-Fitna-1 killed 216 militants

The military's media wing said security forces concluded Operation Radd-ul-Fitna-1 in Balochistan, killing 216 militants, while 36 civilians and 22 personnel also died.

The Prime Minister's Secretariat building in Islamabad

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

PM Shehbaz chairs cabinet, vows to eradicate terrorism after Balochistan attacks

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chaired a federal cabinet meeting on 4 February 2026 that offered prayers for the Balochistan attack victims and approved ECC decisions.