September 8, 2026
The Peshawar High Court Bar Association has demanded an unconditional public apology from Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz over her remark about threats from neighbouring provinces.
September 6, 2026
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has ruled out apologising for saying the threat to Punjab "comes less from my neighbouring countries and more from my neighbouring provinces", after opposition parties demanded she withdraw the remark.
August 25, 2026
Unidentified gunmen opened fire on workers building a road in Pishin's Saranan area, killing five. A case has been registered under terrorism and murder charges against unidentified suspects; the victims were reportedly from Punjab.
August 11, 2026
The prime minister told the federal cabinet the trilateral agreement is aimed at promoting peace and prosperity rather than aggression, describing it as a continuation of existing cooperation and framing the protection of the Haramain Sharifain as a Pakistani responsibility.
August 3, 2026
Hundreds of people gathered at Kabal Chowk on Sunday to protest against the return of terrorism to Swat. While they were standing there, a suicide bomber blew himself up at the police station gate and killed fifteen. Aflatoon on a valley that has been asking for protection for two years.
August 3, 2026
Seventeen people were killed — seven policemen and ten civilians — and 27 wounded when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives at the entrance to Kabal police station in Swat, according to an official casualty list. Police revised the figure down from an earlier tally of 19. Hundreds had gathered nearby for a demonstration against lawlessness.
July 16, 2026
Security forces killed three more militants in Operation Shaban on July 15, bringing the overall toll from the operation and concurrent intelligence-based operations across Balochistan to 126 since the campaign launched on July 5. The joint operation by the Pakistan Army, Frontier Corps Balochistan, and police continues across multiple districts. ISPR said the operation will continue "until the last militant is eliminated."
July 15, 2026
Unknown armed men destroyed two 220kV high-voltage transmission pylons and partially damaged two more near the Uch Power Plant in Dera Murad Jamali, Balochistan, on Monday night, cutting electricity to Quetta, Sibi and several other districts. Explosives were planted on six towers in total; bomb disposal teams defused the remaining two devices. The attack is among the latest in a pattern of militant infrastructure strikes occurring alongside Operation Shaban.
July 14, 2026
Eight more militants were killed in Operation Shaban on July 14, bringing the total number eliminated in the Balochistan operation and related intelligence-based operations to over 117 since July 5, according to state media and security sources. The joint Army-Frontier Corps-Police campaign entered its tenth consecutive day with no announced endpoint. A separate Pakistan Today report from July 13 placed the combined IBOs toll at 117.
July 12, 2026
Security forces have killed 105 militants in Operation Shaban and related intelligence-based operations in Balochistan since July 5, according to security sources cited by Radio Pakistan. Three more militants were killed on July 12 as the joint Army-FC-Police campaign entered its eighth day. The operation was launched after coordinated BLA attacks killed 42 people across the province on July 5-8 and follows an earlier surge in which 9 police officers and 5 hostages died in Ziarat.
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