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Arid, rocky mountains with a winding dirt track leading toward a small white building on a ridge, with a valley floor and transmission poles in the foreground near Saindak.

Six soldiers reported killed in Noshki convoy attack

Armed fighters attacked a convoy of 20 trucks carrying minerals from Saindak near Noshki in Balochistan, with local sources reporting at least six security personnel killed.

Maulana Fazlur Rehman, wearing an orange patterned turban, glasses and a white beard, sits in a dark waistcoat in front of a banner reading Pakistan.

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JUI-F announces nationwide inflation protests from 22 May

JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman announced countrywide demonstrations against inflation at all district headquarters on 22 May, with a major gathering in Pishin on 4 June.

Five men in formal suits and a sherwani stand in a row before a large framed painting in a room, with a green flag on the left and a Pakistan flag on the right.

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Pakistan says US-Iran peace process 'underway' at FO briefing

The Foreign Office rejected a report about an Iranian aircraft in Pakistan, said mediation between Washington and Tehran continued, and welcomed voices in India favouring dialogue.

Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, wearing a dark suit and blue tie, speaks at a microphone in a legislative chamber with lawmakers seated behind him.

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Asif warns of 'open war' with Afghanistan over militant attacks

Defence Minister Khawaja Asif told the National Assembly that Pakistan could be left with 'open war' if Kabul does not stop militants launching attacks from Afghan soil.

Soldiers in camouflage and helmets stand with rifles and metal detectors around a crater and rubble beside a stone wall during a security operation.

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Major among five soldiers martyred in Barkhan operation

Pakistan's military said five security personnel, including a major, were martyred and seven militants killed in a sanitisation operation in Barkhan district, Balochistan.

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UNICEF decries ninth school attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

UNICEF said a girls' primary school in Tank district was destroyed with explosives, the ninth attack on a school in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa this year, and called for protection.

Muddy floodwater surrounds a concrete building in a mountain valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as people stand on the roof and a police vehicle waits nearby.

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Shangla flash floods isolate villages in Kana tehsil

Torrential rain and lightning triggered flash floods in Shangla district, washing away roads and damaging homes and micro-hydro stations, officials and residents said.

A burning rickshaw and damaged storefronts in a bazaar street as rescuers and a police vehicle respond in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

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Rickshaw bomb kills nine at Lakki Marwat bazaar

A bomb rigged to a rickshaw killed at least nine people and wounded more than two dozen in a busy bazaar in Lakki Marwat district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, police said.

A police post and damaged vehicle following a roadside bombing in Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

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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.

Vehicles and pedestrians at the Torkham border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

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Medical teams sent to Torkham after suspected cholera outbreak

Health authorities dispatched emergency teams and set up a free medical camp in a Torkham border village after a labourer died and residents showed symptoms.

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

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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.

Pakistan's interior minister Mohsin Naqvi and Bangladesh's home minister Salahuddin Ahmed during a bilateral meeting in Dhaka.

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Pakistan, Bangladesh sign agreement to combat drug trafficking

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and Bangladesh's Salahuddin Ahmed signed an MoU in Dhaka to share intelligence and jointly target narcotics smuggling networks.