Citizens in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa staged protests in the region on Friday against a rise in terrorism in the region as they called for strict action by the authorities, Dawn reported.
The Taliban's Acting Foreign Minister Amir Muttaqi called on Pakistan to investigate the Peshawar attack rather than blame neighbouring Afghanistan for terror carnage. "Don't blame others for your own failures," said the Taliban to Pakistan's government.
Amid a severe threat of terrorism and distressing economic and political situations, with no signs of respite soon, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has invited Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan to an all-party conference (APC) set to take place in Islamabad on Februar
The suicide bomber who carried out the deadly attack on a mosque in the Peshawar Police Lines area was a member of the Pakistani Taliban disguised as a policeman,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police Chief Moazzam Jah Ansari revealed on Thursday in a presser, according to Dawn.
The country is witnessing politics even on issues including terrorism. Former prime minister Imran Khan admits that his government wanted the resettlement of the Taliban under a dialogue with banned TTP, but the present government and establishment ignored the situation.
The Pakistan administration was investigating how the Peshawar mosque bomber was able to reach a secure area and if there was any insider help, The Express Tribune reported.
The death toll in the Peshawar's Police Lines mosque blast has risen to 95 as the rescue operation to retrieve bodies from the debris of the mosque concludes on Tuesday, Geo News reported.
The toll from the deadly suicide bombing inside a crowded mosque inside Police Lines compound in Peshawar rose to 63, while the number of injured persons was 150, Geo News reported.
According to the security officials, the suicide attacker was present in the front row during the prayer when he exploded himself. The militant outfit, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), claimed responsibility for the attack.
The deadly suicide attack that took place on Monday in a mosque in the Police Lines area of Peshawar killed 44 people and left at least 157 injured, Geo News reported.