Officials say Pakistani security forces launched an operation targeting militants in a restive northwestern district bordering Afghanistan following a surge in attacks and sectarian strife.

According to officials, the personnel were out on duty when the assailants barged into he area and set their houses on fire.

Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has called for use of jirga system to resolve dispute between warring groups in Kurram, stressing that use of force or imposition of one-sided decision could further worsen the fragile situation in the volatile tribal district,

Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provincial government on Sunday launched an operation in troubled areas of Kurram district after armed men attacked an aid convoy transporting goods to Parachinar and killed several people,

The death toll in the deadly attack on the Kurram aid convoy to Parachinar has risen to eight after four more bodies of the missing drivers were recovered on Saturday. The Kurram District of Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province has been cut off from the rest of the country for

Another set of protests erupted in Lakki Marwat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan, on Sunday following two separate incidents involving criminal activity and violence, Dawn reported. The first incident involved the abduction of three villagers by a gang of criminals,

Karak district in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Twelve people were killed and 11 others injured in a road accident in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday,

Amid ongoing internet disruptions across Pakistan, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government is considering reaching out to tech mogul Elon Musk to address the severe slowdown in internet speeds affecting the region,

The media office of the Pakistan Army reported that security forces killed five militants and injured two others in an operation in Dera Ismail Khan district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The operation also led to the seizure of weapons and ammunition from the militants.

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif has urged Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to keep the national interest supreme in the ongoing

At least 16 labourers were kidnapped by unknown armed men in Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Thursday, local police said.   The labourers working on a government installation have been abducted from a vehicle enroute to a construction site.

Trucks carrying food and other relief supplies for hundreds of thousands of besieged residents have reached a remote region in restive northwestern Pakistan, a government spokesman said.