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3rd Jan 2021

Pakistan: 11 Hazara miners killed in armed attack in Balochistan

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): At least 11 Hazara Shia Muslim coal miners were kidnapped and later killed in southwestern Pakistan on Sunday, officials said. The incident took place in the remote Mach coalfield, about 48km (30 miles) east … Continued

17th Aug 2019

Pakistan: Blast at mosque after Friday prayers killed kills 4 in Quetta

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): An explosion at a mosque in southwest Pakistan killed at least four people and injured 20 others, police and local media reported. Latest in a series of similar attacks, the explosion took place … Continued

25th May 2019

Pakistan: 3 killed, 28 injured in mosque blast in Quetta

[Photo: Security forces inspect the scene after Rehmania mosque blast in Quetta ,Pakistan on May 24, 2019. Photographer: Mazhar Chandio/AA] Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): At least three people were killed and over a dozen others injured in an explosion targeting … Continued

12th Apr 2019

Pakistan: Bomb blast kills 16 targeting Hazaras in Quetta

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): A powerful bomb blast in southwest Pakistan killed at least 16 people and injured 30 Friday morning, police said. The explosion occurred in the northern Hazarganji market outskirt of Quetta city, capital of … Continued

10th Jan 2018

Pakistan: Suicide blast kills 7 in Quetta

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): A suspected suicide bomber detonated himself up near a police patrolling vehicle in Quetta, the capital of southwestern Balochistan province killing seven persons, and injured another 15 on Tuesday evening, police and local media … Continued

17th Dec 2017

Pakistan: Church blast in Balochistan kills 5, injures 16

By Aamir Latif KARACHI (AA): At least five people have been killed and dozens are feared injured in a blast at a church in southwestern Pakistan, followed by security forces trying to overpower heavily armed terrorists, officials and local … Continued

13th Aug 2017

Pakistan: Attack on army vehicle kills 15 in Quetta

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): At least 15 people were killed and some 40 injured, eight of the wounded were in critical condition, in a suicide attack on an army vehicle in southwestern Pakistan on Saturday night, according … Continued

24th Jun 2017

Pakistan: Over 63 killed in suicide attacks

By Islamuddin Sajid ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA): More than 63 people were killed and 200 others injured Friday in suicide attacks, officials said. The first attack occurred outside Balochistan’s provincial police chief’s office in Quetta, where a militant rammed an … Continued

14th Feb 2017

Pakistan: 17 killed, 90 injured in separate blasts

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): At least 17 people were killed, including eight police personnel, and over 90 injured in two separate blasts in northwest and southwest Pakistan on Monday, officials and local media reported. In the first … Continued

25th Oct 2016

Pakistan: Armed militias raid police center in Quetta, killing 59

By Yusuf Hatip ISLAMABAD (AA): At least 59 cadets and guards were killed and 120 wounded Monday when gunmen attacked a police training center in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, authorities said. At least six heavily armed terrorists, wearing suicide vests, … Continued

7th Oct 2016

Pakistan: 5 dead, 19 injured in Jaffer Express blast in Baluchistan

Express Tribune & AA: At least five people were killed and 19 others injured on Friday when two bombs exploded near Rawalpindi-bound Jaffer Express in Machh area of Bolan district, Baluchistan. Earlier on Tuesday four Shia women were killed when … Continued

9th Aug 2016

Pakistan: Death toll in hospital bombing in Quetta rises to 70

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA): At least 70 people were killed by a suicide attack at a hospital in southwestern Pakistan on Monday, according to a senior official. Balochistan Home Minister Safraz Bugti said 103 people were also injured … Continued

8th Aug 2016

Pakistan: Death toll rises to 53 in Quetta bomb blast

QUETTA, (The News, Dawn): The Quetta Civil Hospital was rocked by a bomb blast followed by firing, which claimed the lives of fifty-three people and injured multiple on Monday. Eyewitnesses stated that scores of lawyers were injured due to the … Continued

13th Jan 2016

Pakistan: 14 killed at polio vaccination centre in Quetta

By Aamir Latif Karachi, (AA): At least 14 people, including 12 policemen, were killed in a bomb blast Wednesday in Pakistan’s southwestern Baluchistan province, officials said. The bomb struck a police van outside a polio vaccination center in the … Continued

20th Oct 2015

Pakistan: 11 killed in bus blast in Quetta

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA): At least 11 people were killed in bomb blast Monday that hit a bus in Quetta, central Pakistan, officials said. Initial reports said the device was planted on the roof of an evening service … Continued

8th Jun 2015

Pakistan: Five Hazara Shia Muslims gunned down in Quetta

[Photo: The Nation] QUETTA, (Agencies): Gunmen killed five people after storming two tea shops belonging to the Hazara Shia Muslim community in Quetta on Sunday. “Two gunmen, one each, stormed two tea shops belonging to the Hazara community in the … Continued

Over 120 people attended a landmark conference on the media reporting of Islam and Muslims. It was held jointly by The Muslim News and Society of Editors in London on September 15.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2015 was held on March in London to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to the society.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2015 was held on March in London to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to the society.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence event is to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to society. Over 850 people from diverse background, Muslim and non-Muslim, attended the gala dinner.