Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) member Fazal-ur-Rehman Afridi alleged that there seems to be a link between the Moscow terror attack and the recent attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Shangla district, which has killed five Chinese nationals.
China has demanded a "thorough investigation" after five of its nationals were killed in an attack on a convoy in Bisham tehsil of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Shangla, Dawn reported.
At least six people, including five Chinese nationals and one Pakistani, have been killed in the suicide blast in Besham city in Shangla, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Geo News reported, citing officials.
Malakand's Deputy Inspector General of Police said that the attackers hit their explosive-filled car into the vehicle in which the Chinese national were travelling.
An official aware of the development said directives have been issued to district administrations and police to expedite the mapping of Afghan Citizen Card (ACC) holders.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur reiterated on Friday that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) stance remains unchanged on the "cypher conspiracy," and urged for former US envoy Asad Majeed to be questioned following recent testimony by United States Assistant Secretary of
Opposition members alleged that the government wanted to deprive the women and minority members, elected on reserved seats and notified by the Election Commission of Pakistan, of voting in the Senate polls scheduled to be held in April.
The advisor to KP Chief Minister on Information, Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif asked the Punjab government to hand over Khan to the KP government if it was "unable to provide security" to the incarcerated former prime minister, who is held at Adiala jail in Rawalpindi.
Sources revealed that the meeting between Gandapur and the former prime minister lasted approximately 30 minutes, during which they discussed the current political landscape of the country.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader, Ali Amin Gandapur, held a meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday and stressed the need for political engagement with incarcerated party founder Imran Khan, The News International reported.
Addressing the party's protest demonstration in the state capital, PTI leader Sher Afzal Marwat said they would approach the Deputy Commissioner of Islamabad to seek permission for the gathering.