ISLAMABAD (December 18 2007): Security forces apprehended 17 militants as part of the ongoing operation in Swat, the army said on Monday. The arrests came a few days after the army claimed it had cleared of militants almost all of the valley, killing hundreds of them in recent weeks. According to government reports, around 330 […]
By Salis bin Perwaiz & Kamran Mansoor KARACHI: The death of Benazir Bhutto engulfed Karachi in unprecedented violence that claimed the ten lives and led to the torching of more than 150 vehicles, burning of banks, petrol pumps, a hospital, houses and factories. The police, who along with the Rangers were largely missing from most […]
KARACHI, Dec 27: Fear and chaos ruled the city as news spread about former prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s death in an apparent suicide attack in Rawalpindi, with the ensuing violence in Karachi claiming at least five lives while more than 150 vehicles, some petrol pumps and a hospital were set ablaze. The city descended into […]
PESHAWAR (APP): Security forces and police have arrested eighteen miscreants from different locations in Swat during last 24 hours in the current search operation, said a release of Media Information Centre Mingora, Swat. These miscreants were involved in serious terrorist activities, it said, adding the militants hide outs were also engaged in general area Piochar […]
* 40 complaints against DCOs, 20 against teachers’ transfers and 10 against district nazims * ECP secretary Kanwar Muhammad Dilshad says ECP looks into the matter LAHORE: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has received 183 complaints so far from across the Punjab against the election-2008 code of conduct violation, ECP officials told Daily Times. […]
QUETTA, Dec 26: Mastung and Khuzdar were rocked by powerful explosions on Wednesday. Police sources said that a device planted near a girls’ school in Mastung’s Hindu Mohalla exploded, causing damage to the main gate and a wall of the school, and shattering windows of several nearby houses. In Khuzdar, the blast took place near […]
BANNU, Dec 26: Militants are reported to have kidnapped 10 policemen after blowing up a checkpoint of the Haivad police station here on Wednesday evening. Officials and witnesses said that the militants first opened fire with Kalashnikovs on the Mazanga checkpoint and later blew it up with explosives. The kidnapped policemen included an ASI, a […]
BANNU: At least six persons were injured when a bomb planted by some unknown miscreants exploded and destroyed a police station. According to details, a bomb exploded in Mardan Police Station in Mirian locality which injured six people, namely Sheerin, Jehanzeb, Nasibur Rahman, Mohammad Hussain, Shakeelur Rahman and Ataur Rahman. Moreover, eight policeman of the […]
PESHAWAR: Unidentified terrorists blew up the offices of a cable network in Chanagha Colony here early Wednesday morning while another locally-made explosive went off besides the Arbab Niaz Stadium, a few hours before Benazir Bhutto addressed a large rally there. Police also arrested a 15-year-old suspect with explosive material when he was trying to enter […]
CHARSADDA, Dec 24: The Charsadda suicide bombing death toll rose to 57 as another person injured in the blast died in hospital on Monday. He was identified as Yousaf Khan, a domestic servant of former interior minister Aftab Ahmed Sherpao. Local people, however, put the number of dead at 65, saying a list of victims […]
The Planning Commission of Pakistan (PCP) has praised the vision and performance of City Nazim, Syed Mustafa Kamal, and offered all possible help to continue the journey of development. The Commission’s member Infrastructure, Dr Asad Ali Shah, while expressing his views in a meeting held at the office of the city Nazim on Monday said […]
KARACHI: Slow work on all four flyovers linked to the signal-free corridor II means that they are unlikely to open on Dec 31, a week away, as promised by the city nazim. Instead, some major changes are being made and the roads will take at least three months more before they open for traffic. The […]
PESHAWAR/MINGORA: After three days of unannounced ceasefire in the restive Swat district, security forces resumed targeting suspected hideouts of militants on Monday and took control of tourist resorts including Madyan, Bahrain and Kalam. Ten alleged militants were also held. Meanwhile, militants led by rebel cleric Maulana Fazlullah claimed responsibility for the Sunday’s suicide blast on […]
ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: The Supreme Court on Monday overturned Lahore High Court’s order restraining the setting up of the Islamabad High Court, and allowed the federal government to go ahead with its plan, envisaged under the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO). “The operation of the high court order is suspended,” a four-member Supreme Court bench comprising […]
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