At least four terrorists were killed by security forces during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) conducted in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's Tank district, said the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Monday, Dawn reported.
In an intense exchange of gunfire with the security forces, two terrorists were killed in the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday, Geo News reported citing the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
DI Khan Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mohammad Adnan confirmed the incident, which happened in the Bagwal village located between the border area of Tank and DI Khan when the judge was returning from office to DI Khan.
Two officials of Pakistan Customs were gunned down in an attack near York Toll Plaza in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Dera Ismail Khan district, police said on Sunday.
Thirteen new deaths from a second spell of heavy rain in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa raised the death toll to 59 on Saturday, according to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA).
The recent casualties occurred in Shangla and Charsadda districts, adding to the devastation caused by continuous heavy rains accompanied by thunderstorms over the past few days.
The heavy rains accompanied by thunderstorms have lashed several parts of the country in the past few days, resulting in a total of 39 deaths, out of which 12 occurred on Sunday: six in KP, four in Punjab and two in Balochistan, officials said.
As the heavy rains continue to lash in several provinces of Pakistan, four more people have died in rain-related incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while the Balochistan government has imposed an "urban flood emergency" in Quetta, reported Dawn.
The petition, filed by the five PTI senators, claimed that the current electoral college is incomplete and therefore 'unconstitutional', as the Senate polls were not held in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's core committee said the delay in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Senate elections was an attempt to blatantly disregard the Constitution, assault the unity of the federation and abuse the voting right.
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz met with Chinese Consul General Zhao Shiren on Wednesday to express condolences following the terrorist attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Shangla district, which resulted in the loss of Chinese nationals' lives.
In a statement, a PTI spokesperson called the postponement of Senate polls for not administering the oath to members on reserved seats in the provincial assembly "ridiculous" as the heads of state were also elected without members on reserved seats in national and provincial assemblies.