Tag Archives: Pakistan
Fighter jet crashes in southern Pakistan, pilot safe
SONMIANI, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) — A fighter jet crashed near a coastal town in southern Pakistan on Friday afternoon, but the pilot was able to eject safely from his aircraft… Read more
Mortar shell kills 4 children in NW Pakistan as families flee violence
BARA, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) — Four children were killed on Friday when a mortar shell hit a civilian vehicle in which a family was attempting to flee violence in the… Read more
British Red Cross worker found beheaded in Pakistan
QUETTA, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) — Police have found the beheaded body of a British aid worker who was kidnapped by suspected militants in southwestern Pakistan earlier this year, officials said… Read more
11 die when passenger van plunges into gorge in Pakistan
MUZAFFARABAD, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) — A passenger van plunged into a gorge in northern Pakistan on early Wednesday morning, killing at least eleven people and injuring several others, local authorities… Read more
More than 650,000 displaced by military campaign in northwestern Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) — An estimated 650,000 Pakistanis have been displaced by an ongoing military campaign in the northwestern region of the country, United Nations (UN) officials said on… Read more
Pakistan: Seven passengers die after bus driver falls asleep
HARIPUR, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) — At least seven people were killed on Wednesday when a passenger bus crashed into a van in northern Pakistan, a local newspaper reported on Thursday…. Read more
Hope fades for 138 missing in Pakistan avalanche
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) — Hundreds of rescue workers continued to search Tuesday for more than 130 people who were buried by a large avalanche in a mountainous area of… Read more
Sectarian violence in northwestern Pakistan leaves 12 killed
GILGIT, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) — At least twelve people were killed as a result of sectarian violence in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, local media reported. More than 50 others were… Read more
UN: Fighting in northwestern Pakistan displaces over 100,000
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND (BNO NEWS) — Military operations against militant groups in northwestern Pakistan have left more than 100,000 people displaced since the fighting began in late January, the United Nations… Read more
Pakistan: Eight killed, dozens of vehicles torched in Karachi
KARACHI, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) — At least eight people were killed on Tuesday and dozens of vehicles were set on fire when violence broke out in the Pakistani city of… Read more
