A Webinar was held on 14th October, 2021 on “Nigeria Pakistan Relations and Future Aspirations” under the auspices of Karachi Council on Foreign Relations (KCFR). Chairman KCFR Ikram Sehgal hosted the session. The Plenary speaker was His Excellency Abioye Mohammed Bello, High Commissioner of Nigeria. The webinar was moderated by Commodore (Retd) Sadeed Anwar Malik,…
Suicide Bombings/Attacks 47 persons killed in a suicide attack in Kunduz Province On October 8, 2021, 47 persons, including 46 Hazara Shia worshipers were killed when an Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) suicide bomber detonated at Sayyidabad mosque in the Khanabad Bandar area of Kunduz city Kunduz, reports Associated Press. ISKP identified the bomber as a…
Suicide Bombing Attacks Four Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were killed and 20 others sustained injuries on September 5 in a suicide attack near a FC check post on Mastung Road in Quetta, reports Dawn. Deputy Inspector General of Quetta Police Azhar Akram said that 18 of the injured were security officials while two were bystanders, adding…
Suicide Attacks At least three persons, including two children, were killed and three persons, including a Chinese national, sustained injuries in a suicide attack targeting Chinese nationals’ vehicle on the Gwadar Expressway in Gwadar District on August 20, reports ARY News. In a Twitter statement, the Balochistan Government’s spokesperson Liaquat Shahwani confirmed the blast saying it was a…
A book launching ceremony of defence analyst and Chairman Pathfinder Group Ikram Sehgal’s published work in 12 volumes titled ‘A Personal Chronicle of Pakistan’ was held at the Prime Minister’s House on August 03, 2021. Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan graced the occasion as Chief Guest. Moeed Pirzada, renowned political commentator, geo-strategic analyst and television…
Bombs Blasts/IEDs A woman and four children were killed in an explosion at a house in Landi Kotal tehsil (revenue unit) of Khyber District in the evening of June 29, reports Samaa TV. Six other persons also sustained injuries. According to initial reports, the blast occurred after an explosive device inside the house went off. A…
The launch of Ikram Sehgal’s published work in 12 volumes under the title “A Personal Chronicle of Pakistan” was held at a local hotel in Karachi on Saturday July 17, 2021. These volumes contain the compilation of the writer’s articles published in different newspapers over the last 40 years. Ikram Sehgal, noted defence and security…
Bombs Blasts/IEDs Militants targeted an FC vehicle with an improvised explosive device (IED) at Turbat town (Turbat District), leaving two FC soldiers injured on May 31, reports Dawn. An Army soldier, Waqas Ahmed was killed on June 2, after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) exploded near a military check post in South Waziristan tribal district’s Kaniguram…
(Combined effort of PATHFINDER GROUP Task Force) Bombs Blasts/IEDs A policeman was killed and eight other people, including three Policemen, were injured in a motorcycle bomb blast in the main market of the Qila Abdullah town (Qila Abdullah District) on April 28, reports Dawn. According to the Police, the bomb strapped to the motorcycle parked…
(Combined effort of PATHFINDER GROUP Task Force) Bombs Blasts/IEDs Seven persons were injured in an explosion during a football match on April 13 at a sports ground in Hub area Karachi, reports Geo TV. According to Police, the final of a football tournament was taking place at a ground in Allahabad neighbourhood when the explosion occurred….
