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Articles tagged with "Terrorism in Pakistan"

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Decades of violence in Pakistan has led to significant social and financial costs, damaging economic activity, disrupting development, and placing additional burdens on state resources.

The economic toll of terrorism on Pakistan's economy over decades

Pakistan’s decades-long battle against terrorism has carried a major economic cost, with losses exceeding $152 billion through infrastructure damage, reduced investment, trade disruption and increased security spending.

4 DAYS AGO

Terror network exposed as facilitator reveals extortion, illegal fatwas and seminary links

Terror network exposed as facilitator reveals extortion, illegal fatwas and seminary links

Experts emphasize need for transparent oversight, registration, and regulation of seminaries to prevent exploitation of religious institutions for terrorism.

July 22, 2026

24 Fitna al-Khwarij terrorists killed in Bannu, adjoining areas: Pakistan military

24 Fitna al-Khwarij terrorists killed in Bannu, adjoining areas: Pakistan military

Says, ‘In the last 24 hours following the fierce fire exchanges in Bannu district and adjoining areas, 24 khwarij (terrorists) belonging to Indian proxy Fitna al-Khwarij’ have been killed.

July 17, 2026

Pakistani soldiers keep watch at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chaman, Balochistan province on March 19, 2026. (AFP)

Rescued Pakistani child reveals systematic sexual abuse at terrorist facilities

A boy rescued by Pakistan Army describes systematic sexual abuse at facilities controlled by Fitna al-Khawarij in northwestern Pakistan near border with Afghanistan.

June 13, 2026

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addressing the Budget Session of the National Assembly in Islamabad on June 13, 2026. (PMO)

Pakistan PM urges national unity, respect for military sacrifices

Shehbaz Sharif states terrorism persists in two provinces of the country with foreign backing, with the government investing in border security to curb it.

June 13, 2026

Six federal constabulary officials martyred for the Motherland in the Hassan Khel area.

6 Pakistani paramilitary officers martyred in terrorist attack

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi attended the funeral service at Federal Constabulary headquarters, pledging to stand with the families of the martyred officers.

June 10, 2026

Wanted leader among five terrorists killed in Waziristan operation: Security sources

Wanted leader among five terrorists killed in Waziristan operation: Security sources

They state a bounty of Rs3m was on the head of Umar alias Jan Mir alias Saqib Tor; the slain leader of ‘Fitna al-Khawarij’ was the mastermind behind numerous terrorist attacks on security forces and civilians.

May 21, 2026

Security personnel inspect the blast site after a suicide attack in the Sarai Naurang area of Pakistan’s Lakki Marwat district on May 12, 2026. (AFP)

Seven martyred in roadside bombing in Pakistan's KP province

Security forces cordon off the area and launch a search operation following the explosion, officials say.

May 12, 2026

Pakistan's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issued a formal fact-check, stating that Afghan media claims of military strikes on Sayed Jamaluddin Afghani University in Kunar province as fabricated (Sayed Jamaluddin Afghani University, Kunar/Faceboo

Pakistan fact-checks Afghan strike claims, points to TTP cover-up

Pakistan's information ministry rejects Afghan media reports of strikes on a Kunar university as fabricated; says the claims are designed to conceal Afghan Taliban support for cross-border terrorist attacks on Pakistan.

April 27, 2026