Pakistan has claimed to have found new reserves of crude oil and natural gas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has described this discovery as a big achievement for the country and said that this will strengthen the foreign exchange reserves and reduce the expenditure on oil and gas imports.

Discovery found in Nashpa block of Kohat district
According to Pakistani agencies, oil and gas reserves have been discovered in Nashpa block of Kohat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. There is a possibility of extracting about 4,100 barrels of crude oil and 10.5 million cubic feet of gas daily from here.

Hope to reduce dependence on imports
The Pakistani government says that this discovery will help in meeting the country’s energy needs and reduce dependence on imports. Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif said in a high-level meeting of the petroleum and gas sector that exploration of oil and gas at the local level will strengthen foreign exchange reserves and reduce expenditure on purchases.

OGDCL confirmed
Pakistan’s Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) has confirmed the discovery of oil and gas in Nashpa block. Company officials said that Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has congratulated OGDCL and other concerned agencies for this discovery.

Target of new gas connections by 2026
During the meeting, officials said that sufficient gas has been supplied to the customers this year. Now the government aims to provide 3.5 lakh new gas connections by June 2026. Pakistan is presenting this discovery as a major success in the energy sector.

Resources are there, but questions on development
However, even before this Pakistan has been claiming to find oil and gas reserves in Balochistan. People of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan say that the natural resources of their areas are used, but the income from it is not spent on local development.

Why are Khyber and Balochistan backward?
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan are still considered quite backward compared to Punjab. Local people allege that Pakistani Punjabis dominate the army, politics and administration, while they do not get the benefits of the resources of their areas. This is the reason why dissatisfaction and opposition have been visible in these areas for a long time.

Dera Ismail Khan area of ​​Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan was shaken by a blast on Wednesday (3 December 2025). A police vehicle was targeted, in which three policemen including an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) were killed. Local media quoted District Police spokesperson Yakub Zulkarnain as saying that the Assistant Commissioner died in the blast.

3 police officers killed in bomb blast

Yakub Zulqarnain said, “An improvised explosive device was used to cause the blast in Paniyala area.” According to Pakistani media Dawn, the police spokesperson said that ASI Gul Alam, Constable Rafiq and the driver of the mobile van died in the attack, while another constable present with them was not injured.

Security forces have surrounded the incident site and started the search operation. He said, “Police are searching for the attackers and the case is being investigated from every angle.” Apart from this, a statement issued from the office of DI Khan DPO Sajjad Ahmed Sahibzada said that the attack was carried out by unknown terrorists.

Police convoy became target for the second consecutive day

The statement said the DPO also spoke to the media and said, “The terrorists have carried out a cowardly attack, but such actions cannot demoralize the police.” A day earlier, the convoy of North Waziristan Assistant Commissioner Shah Wali Khan was targeted in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in which DI Khan was killed.

Shah Wali Khan was going with his team on Bannu-Miranshah road when the attackers attacked his convoy near Masoombabad Mamandkhel. He died on the spot, while the policeman deployed for his security and a passerby were also killed in the attack. Three people, including two members of Shah Wali Khan’s security staff and the driver of the convoy, were injured in the incident. All the injured were taken to the hospital for treatment.

Opposition to Shahbaz government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

There has been an increase in anti-government activities in Pakistan in the last year, especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has intensified attacks after the ceasefire agreement with the government ends in November 2022. A policeman was killed and three others were injured in a suicide blast targeting a security vehicle in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat district on Monday.

Meanwhile, Islamabad’s Center for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) said in its security report that the overall violence in security areas in Pakistan has increased by more than 46 percent in the third quarter of 2025. According to the report, there were 901 deaths and 599 people injured during this period in Pakistan. These include common people, security personnel and criminals.

The movement of people has increased outside Adiala Jail in Pakistan. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) Chief Minister Sohail Afridi has reached Adiala Jail to meet former Pakistan PM Imran Khan. The security personnel stopped him outside the jail, due to which a ruckus started there. All this is happening at a time when rumors have intensified on social media regarding the death of former Pakistan PM Imran Khan. It is being claimed in many reports that his health is not well.

Suspense deepens regarding Imran Khan murder

Sohail Afridi said, “I am the Chief Minister of 4 crore people of a province. I have come to meet Imran Khan for the seventh time. Will this not increase bitterness? Why am I not being allowed to meet Imran Khan?” An emergency meeting of the National Assembly has been called in Pakistan at 5:30 pm on Thursday (27 November 2025), due to which the suspense regarding the death of Imran Khan is increasing.

Sohail Afridi sits on strike outside the jail

KPK Chief Minister Sohail Afridi said that he was refused to meet Imran Khan in jail, hence he sat on strike outside the jail. Imran Khan’s party PTI is in government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Sohail Afridi is the only Chief Minister of his party.

Imran Khan’s supporters have been protesting outside Adiala jail for the last several days. This demonstration is now spreading to other cities of Pakistan also. Imran Khan’s family and PTI supporters are accusing Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif and Army Chief Asim Munir of murdering him in jail.

Police attacked Imran Khan’s three sisters

Three sisters of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan were also not allowed to meet him, after which they sat on a dharna outside Adiala Jail. His sisters Noreen Niazi, Alima Khan and Dr. Uzma Khan along with other members of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) were sitting outside the jail for the last one month. During this time the policemen attacked him and beat him brutally. The party questioned whether it was a crime on the part of the workers to demand a meeting with Imran Khan.

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed concern over the situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He says that out of all the incidents of attacks reported in the entire country this year, one-third have taken place only in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. HRCP has expressed concern about the kind of fear that has gripped the minds of the people living there due to the situation in the province.

According to the report of Pakistani media The Express Tribune, HRCP says that in all the attacks that took place in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, security forces and law enforcement agencies were mainly targeted. Pakistani media has published this report with the headline ‘Caught in the crossfire’.

According to reports, the epicenter of the violence was the merged districts. People living here are facing conditions like insecurity, forced displacement and limited access to justice. According to the report, HRCP has revealed that people from the affected communities living there say that people are being detained arbitrarily, the detention centers established under the Action (In Aid of Civil Power) Ordinance, 2019 are still running and incidents of enforced disappearance are continuing.

The report has also revealed that the journalists reporting to highlight the situation here are also not safe. Journalists face censorship, threats and targeted attacks. Tribal elders, political supporters and peace advocates are also facing attacks. This has created a deep feeling of insecurity and distrust among the people.

For some time now, such news has been continuously coming in the media that people from families living in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are forcibly taken away by the police or army and then they go missing or are murdered.

Pakistan’s Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Friday (October 31, 2025) expressed displeasure at the Pakistani Army. Pashtun Maulana, while talking about the current stance of Field Marshal Asim Munir’s army regarding Afghanistan, warned that Pakistan cannot afford another war of its own making.

He said, ‘Let us not forget the Bangladesh war of 1971 and the Kargil war of 1999, these are big examples of reckless military operations by the Pakistan Army, which were led by former President and Army Chief Pervez Musharraf and others and which caused huge damage to the country’s global reputation.’

Pak Army should focus on real issues: Rehman

Pashtun Maulana Fazlur Rehman said that instead of unnecessarily fighting on the border, Pakistan Army should focus on real issues like terrorism, economic crisis and stability of governance in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He criticized the tendency of the army to create fear among the people of the country and said that this is absolutely wrong.

He said that Islam does not like unjust aggression against any Muslim neighbour. He indirectly termed the Pakistani Army’s stance towards Afghanistan as un-Islamic and politically suicidal.

It is being said that this statement given by Pashtun Maulana Fazlur Rehman can prove to be helpful in creating strategic pressure for India. Indian intelligence agencies are considering this as part of a broader psychological response to the Afghan Taliban. The voices of religious leaders like Fazlur Rehman will weaken Pakistan’s internal war narrative.

Maulana wants to visit India

Pakistan’s Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman wishes to visit India. He calls this carrying the message of peace in his own words. This was revealed by MP Kamran Murtaza, a close associate of Maulana, during a TV interview. Murtaza claimed that he had personally delivered Maulana Rehman’s peace message to an Indian diplomat.

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Government control is rapidly weakening in some tribal districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) of Pakistan. According to sources, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and its allied groups are strengthening their hold, especially in Khyber, Kurram, North and South Waziristan and Bajaur areas near the Durand Line.

Many areas are becoming no-go zones for the army
According to sources, now many areas have become no-go zones for the army. TTP fighters are setting up checkposts on the main roads. These include Peshawar–Khyber Road, Hangu–Kurram Road, Bannu–Dera Ismail Khan Road and parts of Bajaur. Local people said that the militants are checking vehicles, checking identity cards and collecting money in the name of Jihad. The media wing of TTP has also released pictures of fighters taking over the checkpost, which is a symbolic and real challenge to the government’s authority.

Increasing influence towards cities
According to the news of News 18, intelligence sources say that TTP is now expanding control from rural areas towards the outskirts of the city. They have established themselves in Peshawar’s Badaber, Mattani and Bar Road areas, which were earlier under the control of Frontier Corps and Police. TTP has made these places semi-permanent logistics and recovery centres. This helps them collect weapons, recruit new fighters and raise funds for operations.

Situation of danger increased due to police retreat
With the withdrawal of police posts in the Khyber-Mohmand belt, TTP has created shadowy administrative structures. This strategy is like the Taliban’s Afghanistan strategy, in which the rural areas were first gradually controlled and then the main roads of the city were infiltrated. According to sources, soldiers are hesitant to operate in densely populated areas because there is a risk of high casualties and the local people are in favor of TTP. Many Punjabi soldiers refused to deploy in these volatile areas, leaving the army more dependent on defensive surveillance.

Biggest internal security crisis in KPK
Sources say that the current situation in KPK is the most serious internal security crisis for Pakistan in recent years. TTP fighters are now roaming freely on the streets, distributing pamphlets and collecting funds, blurring the line between insurgency and state control. This is a warning of weak control on Pakistan’s north-western borders.

Pakistani security forces on Friday (October 17, 2025) foiled a suicide attack on their camp in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Officials said that during this period four terrorists including the suicide bomber were killed.

According to security officials, militants attempted to target a security forces camp in Mir Ali area of ​​North Waziristan district when a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into the boundary wall, causing a powerful explosion.

4 terrorists killed
He said that three other terrorists who were trying to attack the camp were killed by the security personnel before they could enter. He said that no soldier was injured in this incident. Officials confirmed that all four terrorists, including the suicide bomber, were killed in the operation.

According to officials, in a similar incident in Bajaur district, security forces foiled a major terrorist attempt by destroying a vehicle laden with explosives through firing. There is no news of any casualty in this incident either. According to security officials, the security forces took immediate action on the basis of prior confidential information. In another such incident, security personnel destroyed a vehicle laden with explosives before it could reach the police station building in Bannu district.

88 terrorists killed in 2 days
After the explosion, sounds of heavy firing were heard in the area. District Police Officer Salim Abbas Kulachi said that a large number of police forces have been sent to the incident site. Security officials also said that 88 terrorists, who were allegedly supported by the Afghan Taliban, have been killed in operations conducted across the region in the last two days.

The Pakistani Army said in a statement on Thursday that 34 terrorists of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were killed in several operations based on confidential information in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province between Monday and Wednesday. He told that these operations were conducted in North Waziristan, South Waziristan and Bannu districts.

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Earthquake tremors have once again shaken the land of Pakistan. Strong earthquake tremors were felt in Swat district and surrounding areas of Pakistan on Wednesday (October 15, 2025). People have also felt earthquake tremors in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa district of Pakistan. After feeling the tremors of the earthquake, a situation of panic was seen and people came running out of houses and buildings.

The intensity of the earthquake measured 4.5 on the Richter scale.

According to the initial data of the seismic center, the intensity of this earthquake was measured at 4.5 on the Richter scale. At the same time, the epicenter of this earthquake is said to be in the Hindu Kush mountain range. The area of ​​the Hindu Kush mountain range is known for intense seismic activities due to the movement of tectonic plates.

The epicenter of the earthquake was at a depth of 220 km.

The depth of this earthquake in the Hindu Kush mountain range was recorded at a depth of 220 kilometers. Due to which its effect remained relatively less on the surface. However, its tremors were widely felt in the area.

There is no information yet on any damage

After the earthquake tremors were felt in Pakistan, the local administration became alert and is keeping an eye on the situation. However, no loss of life or damage to property has been reported so far from Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa or any nearby district. The local administration has also appealed to the people to be completely alert about possible aftershocks after the earthquake.

Earthquake tremors were felt even 21 hours ago

Even 21 hours before the earthquake that was felt on the evening of Wednesday (October 15, 2025), the earth was shaken by an earthquake in Pakistan. The tremors of that earthquake were felt in Jurm, Badakhshan area of ​​Pakistan as well as Afghanistan. The intensity of the earthquake was measured at 4.1 on the Richter scale, whose center was recorded at a depth of 94 kilometers of the earth.

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There has been an uproar over Pakistan Defense Minister Khawaja Asif’s comments on Taliban. A minister in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly criticized him, calling him disrespectful, shameless and shameless. Describing the importance of relations with Taliban, he said that we share everything with them – religion, religion, tradition and even customs. Let us tell you that Khwaja Asif had called Afghanistan an enemy country after the clashes on the Pakistani border.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Agriculture Minister retired Major Sajjad Barkwal said in the assembly that Khawaja Asif has given a statement that Afghanistan is our enemy country. You can imagine that we have never seen such a shameless, disrespectful, such a shameless person in our life. The way this Defense Minister keeps giving strange statements again and again. He had given a similar statement earlier also and gave another statement recently.

Pashtun Major Retired Sajjad insulted the Pakistan’s defense minister @KhawajaMAsif on the floor of the house. PoPAssembly.
14 October 2025
He said “Khwaja Asif has called Afghanistan his enemy country, he has guessed that he is helpless, he is helpless, he is helpless, he is helpless… pic.twitter.com/QSSFZCGOwL

— Mir Yar Baloch (@miryar_baloch) October 14, 2025

Sajjad Barkwal lashed out at Khawaja Asif
Sajjad Barkawal said can we say this? Can we have the courage to say such a thing about a neighbor who is our neighbor? Our customs, our culture, our success, our religion, our faith, we should be in harmony with them and who are they? They are also Pashtuns, here too there are Pashtuns.

‘They have been following us for 46 years’
He said that you are calling a neighbor an enemy who has a date with us and we have made so many sacrifices. We have been fighting with the super powers and today he (Khwaja Asif) is telling them (Taliban) that this (Afghanistan) is our enemy country. Mr. Speaker, sit in the committee and talk about peace with the people, who have fueled this war for 46 years, they have been after us for 46 years and it is our Pashtun community. They are destroying his species.

Sajjad said that in 1979 we were told that this was jihad and now they are telling us in 2024-25 that this was terrorism and we used to fight this war with dollars. This is a statement on the record of Khwaja Asif, so sir, when the speaker talks out of the agenda, there are so many things that he will not be able to stand up.

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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur was removed from the post by jailed Imran Khan on Wednesday (October 08, 2025), two months after the nexus of Pakistan Army and intelligence agency ISI with terrorists was publicly exposed. Now, in place of Ali Amin Gandapur, Imran Khan has appointed Sohail Afridi as the new Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, who has reached the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly for the first time by becoming an MLA in 2024.

In a press conference in July on the ongoing terrorist activities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the then Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Ali Amin, had told that when his police had launched a campaign to free the area from terrorism by capturing Tehreek-e-Taliban terrorists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, then Pakistani intelligence agency ISI and Army’s intelligence agency Military Intelligence had arrested these terrorists. Gave information after freeing the terrorists.

Organizations angry with Ali Amin’s statement

Ali Amin told, he had said that the terrorists who were caught by the police were actually terrorists nurtured by ISI and Military Intelligence and ISI and Military Intelligence had informed that they use these terrorists.

After this statement of Ali Amin Gandapur, Pakistan Army and intelligence agency ISI were criticized everywhere on the matter of nurturing terrorists and both these institutions running Pakistan were also angry with Ali Amin Gandapur.

Ali Amin accused of meeting ISI

After that, information came that Ali Amin Gandapur’s relations with the Army and ISI had improved, due to which Gandapur did not say anything against the Army and ISI when more than 30 people were killed in the Pakistani airstrike in Tirah Valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Besides, many exiled leaders of PTI had also accused Ali Amin Gandapur of leaving Imran Khan and joining hands with the army and ISI.

Information about Imran Khan’s decision to remove Ali Amin Gandapur and make Sohail Afridi the Chief Minister has also been shared by Imran Khan’s party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on its official ‘X’ account, after which Ali Amin Gandapur had also posted on his Facebook account accepting Imran Khan’s decision, which has currently been deleted by Ali Amin Gandapur. After this, the market of discussion has again become hot in the politics of Pakistan.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is no less than an operational base of terrorism.

For the Pakistani Army and intelligence agency ISI, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province is currently no less than an operational base for terrorism against India. Only last month, strong evidence has been found that after the destruction of terror camps in Operation Sindoor, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed and Hizbul Mujahideen are shifting their training camps to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with the help of Pakistani Army and intelligence agencies. In such a situation, it remains to be seen which direction politics will take in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

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