Pakistan Van Attack

Terrorism continues to be one of Pakistan's foremost problems, said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday, as he condemned the attack on a police van in Lakki Marwat.

The hotel of the Indian cricket team in Birmingham has been placed under lockdown in view of last night's terror attacks in London. The traffic near the hotel has also been curbed for a while. India and Pakistan are scheduled to clash this afternoon at Edgbaston during the ICC Champions Trophy 2017.

Senior Pakistani journalist Aftab Alam was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Karachi today. He was a former employee of Geo TV and other local channels. This is the second killing of a journalist in Karachi in a span of 24 hours. On Tuesday, a satellite engineer, Arshad Ali Jafri, was killed when a GEO TV van was attacked in Karachi.

Zimbabwe were set to be the first team to tour Pakistan since March 2009 when militants attacked the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore killing six Pakistani policemen and a van driver.

At least three people were killed and nine others injured when a roadside bomb hit a passenger van near Gilgit town in northern Pakistan on Thursday, officials said.

No Test-playing nation has toured Pakistan since March, 2009 when militants attacked the Sri Lankan team in Lahore in which six Pakistani policemen and a van driver were killed while some of the visiting players also wounded.

At least one person was killed and 33 injured in a bomb attack on a police van in Pakistan's troubled northwest on Tuesday, police said.

Militants attacked a police van in Pakistan's northwest on Saturday, killing a police official and wounding two others, authorities said.

Six Pakistani policemen and a van driver were killed in the attack on the Sri Lankans in March 2009 in which some of the visiting players were also wounded.

At least 18 people were killed on Friday in a huge blaze that erupted after gunmen opened fire on a passenger van at a petrol stall in restive southwest Pakistan, officials said.

At least 33 people were killed in two bomb attacks in the restive northwest Pakistan on Saturday, with militants targeting a crowded market and a police van in the Khyber region.

Suspected militants opened fire at a police van on the outskirts of Quetta city in southwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing two policemen and injuring two more, officials said. The attackers, who were in a car, fired at the police van that was on a routine patrol.

Three suicide bombers blew up their explosives-laden van when they were challenged by police on the seafront of Karachi in southern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing two policemen.

A suicide bomber targeted a police van in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing two policemen, including an officer, and injuring several others.

Gunmen ambushed a Pakistani school bus on the outskirts of the northwestern city of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing four children and a driver in a hail of bullets, police said.

Terrorism continues to be one of Pakistan's foremost problems, said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday, as he condemned the attack on a police van in Lakki Marwat.

The hotel of the Indian cricket team in Birmingham has been placed under lockdown in view of last night's terror attacks in London. The traffic near the hotel has also been curbed for a while. India and Pakistan are scheduled to clash this afternoon at Edgbaston during the ICC Champions Trophy 2017.

Senior Pakistani journalist Aftab Alam was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Karachi today. He was a former employee of Geo TV and other local channels. This is the second killing of a journalist in Karachi in a span of 24 hours. On Tuesday, a satellite engineer, Arshad Ali Jafri, was killed when a GEO TV van was attacked in Karachi.

Zimbabwe were set to be the first team to tour Pakistan since March 2009 when militants attacked the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore killing six Pakistani policemen and a van driver.

At least three people were killed and nine others injured when a roadside bomb hit a passenger van near Gilgit town in northern Pakistan on Thursday, officials said.

No Test-playing nation has toured Pakistan since March, 2009 when militants attacked the Sri Lankan team in Lahore in which six Pakistani policemen and a van driver were killed while some of the visiting players also wounded.

At least one person was killed and 33 injured in a bomb attack on a police van in Pakistan's troubled northwest on Tuesday, police said.

Militants attacked a police van in Pakistan's northwest on Saturday, killing a police official and wounding two others, authorities said.

Six Pakistani policemen and a van driver were killed in the attack on the Sri Lankans in March 2009 in which some of the visiting players were also wounded.

At least 18 people were killed on Friday in a huge blaze that erupted after gunmen opened fire on a passenger van at a petrol stall in restive southwest Pakistan, officials said.

At least 33 people were killed in two bomb attacks in the restive northwest Pakistan on Saturday, with militants targeting a crowded market and a police van in the Khyber region.

Suspected militants opened fire at a police van on the outskirts of Quetta city in southwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing two policemen and injuring two more, officials said. The attackers, who were in a car, fired at the police van that was on a routine patrol.

Three suicide bombers blew up their explosives-laden van when they were challenged by police on the seafront of Karachi in southern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing two policemen.

A suicide bomber targeted a police van in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing two policemen, including an officer, and injuring several others.

Gunmen ambushed a Pakistani school bus on the outskirts of the northwestern city of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing four children and a driver in a hail of bullets, police said.