Topic: Mian Iftikhar Hussain

At least 10 policemen were killed Saturday when Taliban militants in suicide vests, some of them clad in burqas, laid siege to a police station in northwest Pakistan, officials said."Police have taken the control of the police station and 10 of ...

70 die in Pakistan mosque attacks

A suicide bomber has killed 67 people at a mosque frequented by tribal elders opposed to the Pakistani Taliban.. Hours later, three people died in a grenade attack on another mosque associated with anti-Taliban militia.. That blast targeted tribal elders resisting the ...

Suicide attack kills a top Pakistan police chief

A suicide attacker killed the chief of Pakistan's Frontier Constabulary and two other people in a bombing in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Wednesday, officials said."The suicide attack targeted Sifwat Ghayoor and he has been martyred," said Bashir Bilour ...

Floods kill more than 400 in Pakistan's northwest

PESHAWAR (Reuters) - Heavy monsoon rains have triggered the worst floods in decades in Pakistan's northwest, killing more than 400 people and forcing thousands from their homes as authorities struggle to reach stranded villagers.Three days of torrential rains caused rivers to ...

Pakistan flood toll tops 1,100 as cholera emerges

The death toll from Pakistan's worst floods in living memory topped 1,100 on Sunday as outbreaks of water-borne disease emerged and penniless survivors sought refuge from the raging torrents.More than 1,100 people have been killed and over 1 ...

Pakistan flood toll tops 1,000 as cholera emerges

The death toll from Pakistan's worst floods in living memory topped 1,000 Sunday as outbreaks of water-borne disease emerged and penniless survivors sought refuge from the raging torrents.More than 1,000 people have been killed by monsoon rains, flash ...

Pakistan flood toll tops 900 as cholera emerges

The death toll from Pakistan's worst floods in living memory topped 900 on Sunday as outbreaks of waterborne disease emerged and penniless survivors sought refuge from the raging torrents.A total of 862 people have been killed by monsoon rains, flash ...

Pakistan flood toll nears 900 as cholera emerges

The death toll from Pakistan's worst floods in living memory neared 900 on Sunday as outbreaks of waterborne disease emerged and penniless survivors streamed out of the raging torrents.Up to one million people have been affected in all, according to ...

Suicide blast near Pakistan politician kills 8

PESHAWAR (Reuters) - A suicide bomber in Pakistan killed at least eight people and wounded 20 in a blast near the house of a provincial minister who has repeatedly spoken out against the Taliban, police said on Monday.The Taliban said they were ...

Suicide bomber kills 7 at Pakistani minister's house

A suicide bomber targeted the home of a Pakistani cabinet minister on Monday, killing seven people during mourning for his son, who was assassinated by suspected Taliban, police said.Police said the bomber tried to get into the home of Mian Iftikhar ...