Pakistan

At least 31 killed in Islamabad Shi'ite mosque bombing, Islamic State claims responsibility

More than 170 others were wounded in the explosion, which occured after security guards attempted to block the attacker from entering the mosque compound.

Pakistani paramilitary federal forces stand guard next to a crowd of people gathered near the site of a deadly explosion at a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan, February 6, 2026. Picture taken with a phone.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif grimaces prior to a bilateral meeting, on December 12, 2025 in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Putin arrived in Turkmenistan to participate in the Forum dedicated to the International Year of Peace and Trust

Pakistan working with regional states to ease US-Iran tensions, PM says

People gather as others collect recyclable items beside a burnt vehicle along a road on the outskirts of Quetta on February 1, 2026 a day after an attack by Baloch separatists.

Pakistani Balochistan town back under government control after deadly attacks, leaving 58 dead

Iranians protest on a main street in Tehran, December 30, 2025

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BLA attacks expose growing instability in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan region - analysis

The BLA attacks may prove to be yet another incident in the long conflict in Balochistan. However, it could also play into larger questions about how restive the Baloch region has become.

A police officer and a person stand amid damages at a police station, following militant attacks, in Quetta, Pakistan, February 1, 2026.

Pakistan says hundreds killed in Balochistan attack, including 108 terrorists

State broadcaster Pakistan Television reported that members of an armed group carried out coordinated attacks at more than a dozen locations, including Quetta, Nushki, Dalbandin, Pasni, and Gwadar. 

Afghan citizens wait to register as they attempt to return to their country, with trucks loaded with their belongings seen in the background, after Pakistan closed border crossings for trade with Afghanistan following exchanges of fire between the two nations' forces, at the Chaman border crossing.

Tens of thousands flee Pakistan’s Tirah Valley amid military action warnings

Amid heavy snowfall, tens of thousands of families have evacuated Pakistan’s Tirah Valley, driven by warnings of military operations against Islamist terrorists in the region.

Armed Taliban security personnel keep guard beside the closed gate of the zero point border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan at Spin Boldak district in Kandahar province on October 12, 2025.

Pakistan opposition, religious parties slam Shehbaz Sharif’s Gaza Board decision

Critics fault the government for bypassing parliament as Islamabad joins a US-backed initiative alongside other Muslim states.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif grimaces prior to a bilateral meeting, on December 12, 2025 in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Putin arrived in Turkmenistan to participate in the Forum dedicated to the International Year of Peace and Trust, International Day of Neutrality.

Pakistan’s Gen Z hits a wall of inflation, unemployment, censorship - feature

Young Pakistanis are weighing disengagement or emigration as economic strain and political pressure squeeze opportunity and speech.

People holding placards take part in a protest against the deforestation in Islamabad on January 24, 2026.

Pakistan opposition groups oppose Islamabad’s decision to join President Trump’s Board of Peace

The country’s largest opposition party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) said in a statement that it does not accept the Pakistani government’s decision to join the organization. 

U.S. President Donald Trump, alongside Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Bahrain's Minister of the Prime Minister's Court Shaikh Isa bin Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Kosovo's President Vjosa Osmani, and Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita,

Pakistan fire death toll rises to around 50 after shopping mall blaze

The port city's largest fire in more than a decade broke out late on Saturday and quickly spread through the sprawling Gul Plaza shopping complex.

A RESCUE worker whistles to call his team member (not pictured) as he walks past the collapsed floors, following a massive fire that broke out at the Gul Plaza Shopping Mall, in Karachi, Pakistan, January 21, 2026.

More than 65 missing, at least 14 dead after huge Karachi blaze

Firefighters told Pakistan's local television station Geo News that the lack of ventilation in the mall, which houses over 1,200 shops, caused the building to fill with smoke and slowed the rescue

Firefighters douse a fire that broke out at a shopping mall in Karachi on January 18, 2026.

'Muslim NATO': Turkey in advanced talks to join Saudi-Pakistan mutual defense pact

What distinguishes current talks from the historical cooperation among the three countries is the effort to formalize these relationships under a mutual defense framework.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan talks with Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud as Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar looks on, before their meeting on Gaza, in Istanbul, Turkey, November 3, 2025.

Qatar, Saudi Arabia lead efforts to influence Trump against US strike in Iran, sources tell 'Post'

Earlier on Thursday, Pakistani outlet Dawn reported that Trump had informed Tehran that the US would not strike the country.

US President Donald Trump seen in the Oval Office in the White House in Washington, DC, US, January 14, 2026