October 27: Primary School destroyed in Khyber Agency Militants blew up a primary school in Bara tehsil in the Khyber Agency. There was no casualty reported from the attack as the school was closed at...

Five Pakistani women have been selected in an annual list by the BBC naming 100 prominent women from across the world as part of their efforts to represent women better...

Pakistani stand-up comedian Saad Haroon secured second position in the final of the first World Famous Laugh Factory’s Funniest Person in the World competition. During the voting, Haroon secured 59,213 votes. Ismo...

October 21: Young man killed in Karachi sectarian attack A young man from Karachi's besieged Shia community was gunned down in Liaquatabad by unknown target killers. The 25 year old Basharat...

October 14: Shopkeeper killed in Karachi sectarian attack A 45-year-old shopkeeper was shot dead in a suspected sectarian attack in Landhi. Munir Raza was sitting at his shop when four gunmen...

*The figures quoted above have been collected from local and international newspapers. The number of ceasefire violations may vary across sources. Why is this time different? The resumption of hostilities...

October 8: Two polio workers killed in Mohmand Agency Three people, including two off-duty polio vaccinators, were killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded near Tehsil Safi in Mohmand...

The Nobel Peace Prize went to 17-year-old Pakistani Malala Yousafzai and India’s Kailash Satyarthi for their work promoting children’s rights. The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the prize saying that peaceful global...

October 1: Attack on school kills teacher Unidentified militants lobbed two hand grenades at the girls’ section of a private school in Charsadda, killing a teacher named Honey Bibi and...

After a summer of airstrikes and ground offensives in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), the military operation against terrorist sanctuaries in North Waziristan has now entered its second trimester....