Tag: Peshawar attack

Mastung bomber identified, Peshawar blast suspect arrested

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Interior was informed on Thursday that the suicide bomber behind the Mastung attack was identified as Hafiz Nawaz, a...

SC directs govt to submit report on Peshawar church attack

ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court expressed serious concerns over non-implementation of court orders regarding Peshawar church attack and directed the federal government to submit a report on...

3rd anniversary of APS terror attack to be observed on Saturday

PESHAWAR: The third anniversary of the terrorist attack on Peshawar Army Public School (APS) will be observed on Saturday amidst tight security throughout Peshawar and...

NATO urges for global coordination against terrorism following Peshawar attack

The attack in Peshawar yet again points towards a need for global coordination to tackle the threat of terrorism and eradicating those who seek...

ATI attack probe may face lag due to lack of CCTV...

  The investigation into the recent terrorist attack on Peshawar Agriculture Training Institute (ATI) on Friday may be hindered as the closed circuit television (CCTV)...

Questions raised as Peshawar attack footage shows civilians helping attackers

  BY: MIAN ABRAR/HAMID KHAN WAZIR   ISLAMABAD: The deadly attack at the Agriculture Training Institute (ATI) in Peshawar on Friday morning and the subsequent release of...

Political leaders question outcome of anti-terror operations following Peshawar attack

PESHAWAR: Leaders of different politico-religious parties have expressed severe concerns over a deadly terrorist attack at Peshawar Agriculture Training Institute (PTI) and raised questions...

Nation must be united to tackle terrorism: President Mamnoon Hussain

ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain said that the nation needs to be united to tackle terrorism while addressing the International Seerat-un-Nabi (PBUH) Conference in the...

Nine suspects arrested as police launch probe into Friday’s terror attack...

PESHAWAR: Security personnel arrested at least nine suspects during a pre-dawn search operation conducted in the outskirts of the provincial capital on Saturday, as police registered an FIR...

Malala to visit Peshawar school attack victim in Birmingham

As Army Public School (APS) attack survivor Ahmed Nawaz is shifted to Birmingham for further treatment, Malala vows to pay him a visit very soon,...

NACTA sets up 1717 helpline to report terror-related complaints

ISLAMABAD- The National Counter-Terrorism Authority (NACTA) on Tuesday announced to launch a dedicated telephone line extension 1717 to report terrorism and terror-related complaints, private media...

Boxer Amir Khan meets COAS, expresses solidarity with APS families

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif on Monday met Pakistan-born-British boxer Amir Khan at General’s Headquarters (GHQ). According to Inter Services Public Relations...

80 suspects arrested after Peshawar carnage

The district police have stepped up security measures by arresting 80 suspects in several search operations following the terrorist attack on Army Public School,...

Peshawar: Boxer Amir Khan visits Army Public School

PESHAWAR- British boxing champion of Pakistani origin Amir Khan on Monday paid a visit to Army Public School in Peshawar targeted by Taliban militants on December...

Political jirga willing to talk to disarmed militants: Rehman Malik

PESHAWAR- Pakistan Peoples Party(PPP) leader and former interior minister Rehman Malik on Thursday said that the political jirga is willing to talk to those militants who are ready to disarm...

Another Peshawar attack student succumbs to injuries

Another victim of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) terrorist attack on the Army Public School succumbed to his injuries at the Combined Military Hospital on...

11 militants carried out Peshawar school attack: police report

Assailants entered Peshawar from Landi Kotal at 3am on Dec 16, took shelter in a mosque near Army Public School Eleven terrorists carried out the...