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.
A special NIA court has sentenced an ISIS operative to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for promoting the banned terrorist outfit's violent ideology and agenda and conspiring to carry out suicide attacks in Kerala's Kochi.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday charge-sheeted eight persons in Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) cadres, including a life convict and two absconders, in the terror outfit's prison radicalization and 'fidayeen' (suicide) attack conspiracy case.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday charge-sheeted eight persons, including a life convict and two absconders, in a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) Prison radicalization and 'fidayeen' (suicide) attack conspiracy case.
Amid the surge in terror attacks, at least five terrorists including a commander were killed by the Pakistani security forces in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Pakistan's Rawalpindi, Geo News reported on Saturday citing the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
Citing the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS), Dawn reported, "A staggering 29 suicide attacks were reported, resulting in the tragic loss of 329 lives and leaving 582 individuals injured."
In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that a "motorcycle-borne suicide bomber" detonated himself at a security forces convoy on Sunday.
"But unfortunately, after the establishment of the interim Afghan govt, there has been a 60 per cent increase in terror incidents and 500 pc rise in suicide attacks in Pakistan," added Pak caretaker PM.
According to the Taliban-led information department in Baghlan province, seven worshippers died and 15 others were injured in the suicide attack at the Imam Zaman Mosque located on the first street of Silo City in Pul-e Khumri.