Security & Provinces Correspondent

Bilal Rana

Stories by Bilal Rana

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The twin sail-shaped towers of the Bahrain World Trade Center, photographed against an overcast morning sky in Manama.

Pakistan and Bahrain set $1bn trade target and joint working group at third JMC session

Pakistan and Bahrain agreed in Islamabad on 8 October to double bilateral trade to $1bn in three years and form a joint working group on trade and investment.

A Pakistani Army missile launcher carrying four white-tipped missiles elevated on a camouflaged truck during a military parade, with soldiers standing on the vehicle.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan tests extended-range Fatah-4 ground-launched cruise missile

Pakistan's military said it test-launched an extended version of the indigenously developed Fatah-4 ground-launched cruise missile on 6 October 2026.

Field Marshal Asim Munir in a dark suit seated in the Oval Office, smiling

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

UN chief Guterres meets CDF Munir at GHQ, praises Pakistan's peace efforts

António Guterres met Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir at GHQ on 7 October, with Kashmir, the Indus Waters Treaty and Afghan terrorism on the agenda.

A wide, empty road and roundabout in Dera Ismail Khan, with a large black calligraphy wall and low pale buildings behind a line of trees.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Four customs officials and a traffic police officer killed in Dera Ismail Khan

Armed men killed four customs officials and a traffic police officer in two attacks in Dera Ismail Khan on 6 October, as militant violence continues across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The pale stone Bab-e-Azadi gateway at the Wagah border crossing near Lahore, with its arched facade, flag and an approach road to the crossing

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan summons Indian envoy and demands inquiry into Kasur border killings

Pakistan summoned India's Chargé d'Affaires and demanded an inquiry into the killing of two civilians near Kasur, as both countries lodged formal protests.

Night-time view of the illuminated Pakistan Parliament House in Islamabad, the federal legislature that authorised the 7th National Finance Commission Award.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

KP has received Rs799bn in federal war-on-terror funds since 2010-11

KP has received Rs799.359bn from the federal divisible pool since 2010-11 under the 7th NFC Award's 1% war-on-terror share, with Rs149bn budgeted for 2026-27.

A flag-lowering ceremony at the Ganda Singh border in Kasur district, with border installations and spectators visible

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan says Indian BSF fire killed two civilians near Kasur border

Security sources say Indian BSF personnel opened unprovoked fire on three unarmed men near the Kasur border on 2 October, killing two and wounding a third.

A line of Pakistani soldiers in camouflage fatigues moving along a dusty hillside ridge, with one soldier crouched and aiming a rifle to the right.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan's September militant attacks hit a 12-year high as Q3 deaths surge 83%

PICSS recorded 225 militant attacks in September 2026, the most in 12 years, while the CRSS Q3 report found violence-linked fatalities rose 83% to 1,415.

Uniformed portrait of Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, Director-General of Pakistan's Inter-Services Public Relations

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

DG ISPR presents ex-SSG soldier alive, calls India's killing claim a false flag

Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry presented retired Havildar Mohammad Asif alive in Rawalpindi, saying India wrongly identified him as a LeT commander killed in Kashmir.

Wide view of Constitution Avenue in Islamabad showing the federal government district and the Pakistan Secretariat complex framed by trees under a hazy sky.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Cabinet Division defends Rs9.6bn bulletproof car fleet for 2027 SCO summit

Pakistan's Cabinet Division says 45 bulletproof BMWs and Mercedes-Maybach sedans for the August-September 2027 SCO summit are the 'bare minimum'.

A Pakistan Air Force JF-17 Thunder fighter jet with its canopy open on the tarmac at an air show

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan airstrikes hit Kunar and Helmand; Kabul says nine civilians killed

Pakistan said overnight airstrikes on Afghanistan's Kunar and Helmand killed 22 militants, while the Taliban government reported nine civilians dead and 11 wounded.

Heads of state of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation member states posing for a family photograph at the 2018 Qingdao SCO summit, framed by their national flags.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

India's SCO envoy warmly greets Pakistan's FM in Islamabad amid UNGA barbs

India's Alok Dimri visited Islamabad for the SCO National Coordinators meeting under Pakistan's 2026-27 chairmanship, shaking hands with Ishaq Dar.