Sunday, February 26th, 2023
At least 4 killed, 14 injured in blast in Balochistan’s Barkhan: police
At least four people were killed and 14 wounded in an explosion inside the Rakhni market in Balochistan’s Barkhan on Sunday morning, police and health officials said. Barkhan District Health Officer Dr Abdul Hameed confirmed the death toll to Dawn.com, adding that the injured persons had been moved to the Rakhni Hospital. According to Barkhan Deputy Commissioner Abdullah Khoso, the blast occurred when an improvised explosive device (IED), planted on a motorcycle, exploded. Khoso said the police have arrived at the site and cordoned it off. “Teams have begun collectingRead More
The Balakot Saga
SyedaTahreem Bukhari The Balakot misadventure was a military operation conducted by the Indian Air Force (IAF) on February 26, 2019, in which it claimed to have struck a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist training camp located in Balakot, Pakistan. The operation was carried out in response of RAW’s planted Pulwama episode, on February 14, 2019, in which 40 Indian soldiers were killed.While the Indian government claimed that there military misadventure had destroyed a JeM training camp and killed a large number of terrorists, Pakistan denied that any such camp existed at theRead More