Five Chinese nationals were killed in a suicide bomber attack on their convoy in northwest Pakistan. The attack occurred on the way from Islamabad to their camp in Dasu, a site of a major dam. The incident has been a frequent attack in the region, with previous attacks involving Chinese nationals.
Media reports indicate that four policemen on election duty were tragically killed in a terror attack in northwest Pakistan during the ongoing General Elections on February 8. Pakistan General Elections 2024: Four Policemen Killed on Election Duty in Northwest Pakistan, Say Reports.
Here are some other incidents of violence over recent years that have targeted security forces in the country. Militants attacked a Pakistani military convoy near the strategic southwestern port of Gwadar in the country's mineral-rich province of Balochistan while it was escorting a delegation of Chinese nationals to a construction project. A separatist group, the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), claimed the attack and said it had inflicted multiple casualties, but Pakistani officials said no harm had been caused to any military personnel or civilians.
There have been only 11 confirmed cases of wild type 1 poliovirus infections around the world, as of November 14, 2023 five in Pakistan and six in Afghanistan.