Pakistan reports first case of deadly mpox virus
“The affected person has come from a Gulf country,” a health ministry statement said, adding the strain was yet to be confirmed.
Asian news from city Islamabad
Pakistan’s military arrests three former officers amid spy chief probe
The latest arrests are linked to investigations against former ISI chief Faiz Hameed, who faces a court-martial.
1 killed, and 10 wounded in an overnight grenade attack outside a hotel in southwest Pakistan
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Insurgents in an overnight attack threw a grenade at people sitting in front of a hotel in the restive southwest Pakistan and killed at least one person while wounding 10 more, police and hospital officials said Thursday.
1 dead in grenade attack on a store selling national flags ahead of Pakistan’s Independence Day
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Suspected militants riding on a motorcycle hurled a hand grenade at a store selling Pakistani national flags in the restive southwestern Baluchistan province on Tuesday, killing at least one person and wounding six others ahead of Pakistan’s 77th independence day.
Pakistani, Afghan Taliban forces trade fire at Torkham border crossing, killing 3 Afghan civilians
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani and Afghan Taliban forces traded cross-border fire near a key northwestern crossing, killing a woman and two children on the Afghan side of the border, officials said Tuesday.
Pakistan’s Ex-Spy Chief, an Imran Khan Ally, Is Arrested
The Pakistani military announced on Monday that it had arrested the former head of its top intelligence agency, Lt. Gen. Faiz Hameed, and initiated court-martial proceedings against the retired general on charges of corruption and political meddling, officials said.