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Gunmen raided a marble mine in the Naal area of Khuzdar district overnight and abducted 18 labourers along with the mine owner's son, police said, the latest in a string of worker abductions in the district.
BBP Security Desk · October 19, 2026 · 3 min
Foreign Office spokesperson Sajjad Haider Khan said Friday that any renewed dialogue with Afghanistan's Taliban government must come with a verifiable mechanism to confirm that cross-border attacks have fully stopped, two weeks after Moscow Format talks collapsed without a joint statement.
BBP Security Desk · October 17, 2026 · 3 min
Armed men intercepted a passenger van on the Kalat-Nushki road on October 17 and abducted 20 police recruits heading home on weekly leave from the Kalat Police Training Centre, officials said, the latest in a string of abductions in the area.
BBP Security Desk · October 17, 2026 · 3 min
The roof of a private school in Peshawar's Afridi Abad locality collapsed on October 15, killing at least 28 people, including 27 students aged seven to 16. The KP governor has ordered a structural safety audit of schools across the province.
BBP Security Desk · October 15, 2026 · 4 min
Five people died and more than 40 were injured when the Peshawar-bound Rehman Baba Express derailed near Multan's Sher Shah Railway Station on October 13. Pakistan Railways says the cause is still under investigation.
BBP Security Desk · October 14, 2026 · 4 min
A Pakistan Army Aviation Mushshak training aircraft crashed near Nawan Killi, Quetta, at midday on October 12, killing instructor Major Husnain Shehzad Humayun and student pilot Captain Abdul Samad. ISPR attributed the crash to a technical fault.
BBP Security Desk · October 12, 2026 · 3 min
Hours after imposing governor's rule, Islamabad issued a statutory notification authorising the Pakistan Army to operate in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 'in aid of civil power' under Article 245 of the Constitution. The order leaves troop numbers to the governor and GHQ, and it lasts as long as the emergency does.
BBP Security Desk · October 11, 2026 · 4 min
A Houthi strike on King Khalid International Airport on October 10 killed 12 people and wounded 309 — the third hit on the same airport in a week, and the deadliest attack on Saudi Arabia in ten years. Pakistani troops are now stationed in the kingdom under a mutual-defence pact triggered by the same campaign.
BBP Foreign Desk · October 11, 2026 · 4 min
Security forces killed 12 people — described by ISPR as Khwarij and Afghan Taliban personnel together — while foiling a border infiltration attempt in Kurram detected October 10. Naib Subedar Hidayat Aman was martyred in the exchange of fire, which the military says included support from Afghan Taliban border posts.
BBP Security Desk · October 11, 2026 · 4 min
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