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  Pakistan: Militants blow up govt girls' school in restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province

  World | July 22, 2024 17:01 IST

  Militants detonated an explosion at the Govt Girls Middle School in North Waziristan tribal district, which borders Afghanistan, during the night between Sunday and Monday, according to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Education Minister Faisal Khan Tarakai.

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  5 killed as militants storm Shia mosque in Pak's restive NW

  World | February 13, 2015 16:19 IST

  Peshawar: Unidentified militants attacked a Shia mosque in Pakistan's restive northwest during Friday prayers, killing at least five worshippers and injuring 40 others with fighting still ongoing, police said.  The mosque was targeted in Hayatabad

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  Pak school attack toll climbs to 150

  World | December 23, 2014 22:54 IST

  Peshawar: The death toll in the brutal Taliban attack on a school run by Pakistan army here rose to 150 today with two more children succumbing to their injuries.One of the injured students, Ibrar Zahid,

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  Pakistan: 59 militants killed after school massacre

  World | December 19, 2014 12:45 IST

  Islamabad: Pakistani jets and ground forces killed 59 militants in a northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border, the army said Friday, days after Taliban fighters killed 148 people — most of them children --

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  Britain condemns Pakistan school attack

  World | December 17, 2014 6:24 IST

  London: British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday condemned the attack on a school in Pakistan which reportedly killed more than 130 people, mostly children.The deadly attack took place on Tuesday morning when a group