As per the recent state home ministry statistics, as many as 820 incidents of group clashes have taken place between various militant outfits due to turf war in last 20 years of militancy and 577 militants and 173 civilians were killed in these incidents.

Election to five Rajya Sabha seats from Punjab falling vacant next month will be held March 26, officials said on Tuesday.

The militant leader of Turkistani Islamic Party Abdul Haq al-Turkistani was killed in a drone strike at South Waziristan on February 15. According to official sources, Turkistani was killed in a drone attack 8 km west of Miran Shah. Two missiles were fired on car in which three people were killed.

ISLAMABAD Pakistan : Pakistan rejected issuance of visas to 169 US auditors.

The UK government has announced suspension in taking visa applications from North Indian students. The UK officials said as many as 13,000 visa applications have been submitted by north Indian students. The UK high commission in India Richard Steig has said that wrong usage of visa would not be allowed, adding that the ban was temporary.

JAFARABAD, Pakistan News: A bomb went off in a busy market at Sohbat Poor area of Balochistan, killed two and wounded at least 12 people. “It was a remote-controlled blast that took place in a market near bus stand at the highway,” officials said, adding that the explosive device was planted on a bicycle. Rescue teams kicked off relief activities following the blast and ferried the injured to nearby hospitals

KARACHI: Motorway police conducted a sting operation on Super Highway and recovered four minors from a bus plying from Karachi to Punjab, Geo News quoted Motorway police saying late Friday night. The motorway police officials said these children could have been employed in the terror-related activities in the country. The children are aged from five to nine years.

KARACHI: Motorway police conducted a sting operation on Super Highway and recovered four minors from a bus plying from Karachi to Punjab, Geo News quoted Motorway police saying late Friday night. The motorway police officials said these children could have been employed in the terror-related activities in the country.

NEW DELHI: At least seven people were killed and 40 others were feared trapped after a bridge collapsed in western India, officials said Friday. The accident happened late Thursday when the bridge under construction over the Chambal river in the state of Rajasthan collapsed, local district administrator T Ravikant told media. “Several injured people have been brought to hospital,” he said

BAGHDAD — Iraq deployed security forces Saturday near a remote oil well seized by Iran, officials said, and its government pressed Tehran to withdraw its forces from the area along their disputed southern border.