Bomb/IED BlastsOne Frontier Corps (FC) personnel was killed and another injured in a bomb blast in Yusufabad area of Khar tehsil (revenue unit) of Bajaur District on August 30, reports Daily Times. According to the officials of Police, the FC personnel were present at the roadside post as usual when a remote control bomb planted…
Suicide Attacks Four soldiers were killed in a suicide blast at a military convoy in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan District on August 8, reports Dawn. The deceased soldiers were identified as Lance Naik Shahzaib (22), a resident of Mansehra (KP), Lance Naik Sajjad (26), hailing from Ghizer (Pakistan-administered Kashmir), Sepoy Umair (25), a…
Question: About yourself, professional achievements and accolades Ans. I was selected as a Young Global Leader (YGL) by the World Economic Forum (WEF) and serve on the Board and the Executive Committee of the American Pakistan Foundation. Previously I served as President of The Citizens Foundation-USA, a non-profit dedicated to building schools for underprivileged children….
Co-Chairman Pathfinder Group Zarrar Sehgal: I would like to welcome you on behalf of the Pathfinder Group to the annual Pakistan Breakfast at Davos. Obviously we had to take a two-year break because of the pandemic but this has been an annual feature at Davos, going back many decades where we had the pleasure to…
Bomb/IED Blasts A Police constable was killed while five others, including three Policemen, were injured in a blast at a checkpost near Chamtar area of Mardan District on July 7, reports Dawn. District Police Officer (DPO) Irfanullah Khan said that the explosion took place at approximately 10:45am. The DPO said unknown “terrorists” planted a device beneath…
Suicide Bombings Two soldiers and as many children sustained injuries when a suicide bomber struck a vehicle of the Security Forces (SFs) parked at a checkpost in Dosali area of Razmak subdivision in North Waziristan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on May 30, reports Dawn. Officials said that the vehicle was parked near a checkpost in the…
A Webinar was held on May 16, 2022 between Pakistan and South Korea on Trade and Business Development and Relation in collaboration with Karachi Council on Foreign Relations (KCFR) and the Jinnah Society. His Excellency Mr. Kim Haksung, Consul General of the Republic of South Korea was the chief guest, chaired by Mr. Ikram Sehgal…
Suicide Bombings Three Pakistan Army soldiers and as many children were killed after a suicide blast occurred in the vicinity of Miranshah in North Waziristan, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on May 15 (today), reports Dawn. In a brief statement, the military’s media affairs wing identified the killed soldiers as 33-year-old Lance Havaldar Zubair Qadir…
Suicide Bombings Bomb/IED Blasts On April 5, unidentified persons threw a hand grenade killing three people in Kot Kundian area under Kulachi tehsil (local unit of administrative division) of Dera Ismail Khan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, reports Dawn. The victims were identified as Rozi Khan (25) and his relative, Mohammad Ayub (40), and Abdul Sattar. Five Policemen…
At least 57 worshippers lost their lives and 194 others were injured when a suicide attacker detonated himself inside a Shia Mosque in the Koocha Risaldar area of Peshawar on March 4, reports Dawn. Later, Islamic State-Khurasan (IS-K) group claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing. A suicide bomb explosion at the Jail Road of Sibbi town…
