The telephone exchange located in Lakki Marwat district, bordering South Waziristan, was severely damaged in the blast.
Rubio made these remarks on his way to Kuala Lumpur where leaders have gathered for the ASEAN and East Asia summits.
Two policemen were gunned down by unidentified assailants while on patrol duty in Noshki. In another incident, a security official was killed when a landmine exploded in the Kech area.
The 73-year-old former cricketer-turned-politician has been in jail for over two years in multiple cases.
According to the NCS, a quake of magnitude 3.8 struck Pakistan at a depth of around 80 kilometres.
Heavy contingents of police have been deployed at key points across the provincial capital, while special teams have been tasked with maintaining round-the-clock patrols and monitoring, a senior police official said.
“We will never be intimidated, not coerced by rhetoric and will respond decisively to even a minor provocation without any qualms,” the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) said.
Khawaja Asif stressed that dialogue under threats is unacceptable. “If Afghanistan wants negotiations while threatening Pakistan at the same time, then they should act on their threats and we'll negotiate after,” Asif said.
Police have clashed with the party's supporters in Lahore since Friday, using tear gas and batons to disperse the crowds.
In a statement, the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan party, or TLP, claimed that two of its supporters had been killed and 50 others injured since Thursday.
Police said the attackers used heavy weapons and tried to force their way into the compound after a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden truck at the gate.
The minister said that there was a threat of armed confrontation and Pakistan was keeping its guard and watching the situation.
The port in the small, coastal fishing town of Pasni — about 70 miles from Gwadar and 100 miles from the Pakistan-Iran border — is being pitched as a terminal to ship Pakistan’s critical minerals.
Yousuf, who was originally from Chitral in northern Pakistan, had built a following by sharing videos promoting local music and traditional dress.
In a video that went viral on Thursday, JeM commander Ilyas Kashmiri also said that the Pakistan Army and the jihadis have become one after 25 years of his outfit's struggle.
Since August 23, about 4,000 villages across Punjab have been submerged, affecting more than 4.2 million people, displacing 2.1 million and killing at least 68.
The latest evacuations from Jalalpur Pirwala came two days after a rescue boat capsized in floodwaters on the city’s outskirts, killing five people.
Kathia said Sialkot and Gujrat are the worst-hit districts by floods, and added that more rainfall is forecast across various divisions of Punjab.
A day earlier, his brother Shahrez Khan was granted bail by the Anti-Terrorism Court in Lahore in the same case.
The attackers managed to flee after the attack, police said, adding that the victims have not yet been identified.
India has made it clear that it will only have a dialogue with Pakistan on the return of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and the issue of terrorism.
Corridor complex, including Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, has been submerged by high floodwater,” Saifullah Khokar, head of the Kartarpur Corridor Project Management Unit, told PTI.
The warning comes as the country reels from earlier monsoon spells from June 26 to August 20, that claimed over 788 lives and 1,018 injuries.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, in a statement on Thursday, claimed that Shahrez Khan was abducted from his home.
Khan's supporters resorted to vandalism and violence on May 9, 2023, after he was detained by law enforcement authorities in Islamabad.



