The blast, which ripped though the Madrasa Haqqania in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Nowshera, comes a day ahead of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar.

A bomb exploded at a pro-Taliban seminary mosque in northwestern Pakistan, killing five and injuring many ahead of Ramzan.

A suicide bomber attacked a seminary in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, killing Hamidul Haq and six worshippers. The blast injured 18 people, highlighting rising violence in the region. Hamidul Haq was a key figure in Jamiat Ulema Islam,

A destabilized Pakistan threatens regional security and weakens global democratic values, writes Imran Khan for TIME.

Officials say a nearly week-long closure of a key crossing on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border has disrupted bilateral trade and the movement of people.