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Peshawar: Three killed, 17 injured in a suicide attack
Written on 24 Aug, 2009 at 2:13 in Featured Stories, PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Sarhad | viewed times | 0 Comments
Two women and a child killed while 17 others injured as a suicide bomber blew himself up in Momin Town Peshawar, Dunya News reported Sunday. According to the eye witnesses, the suicide bomber first opened fire and then blew himself... (Continue reading)
Drone attack kills 11 in Miranshah
Written on 21 Aug, 2009 at 8:45 in Asia, Featured Stories, Islamabad, PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Sarhad, Waziristan | viewed times | 0 Comments
A suspected U.S. drone fired missiles into Miranshah, Pakistan’s North Waziristan region on the Afghan border, killing eleven people, Pakistani intelligence agency officials said. The extremists also attacked on Ameen check post, located close to North Waziristan just after this... (Continue reading)
Sugar to sell at inflated prices, hoarders to be set free: Watto
Written on 19 Aug, 2009 at 2:39 in Balochistan, Faisalabad, Featured Stories, Hyderabad, Islamabad, Lahore, Malakand/ Sawat, Multan, PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Pakistan Business Update, Punjab, Sakhar, Sargodha, Sarhad, Sindh, Toba Tek Singh | viewed times | 0 Comments
ISLAMABAD: With the consent of Sugar Millers, the government has set the one-kilogram ex mill sugar price at Rs48 to be sold across Balochistan province and Rs49.75 to be sold across NWFP province, Geo news reported on Tuesday. The Federal Minister... (Continue reading)
Pakistan needs ‘months’ for Waziristan push, says army
Written on 18 Aug, 2009 at 19:42 in Featured Stories, Malakand/ Sawat, PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Sarhad, Waziristan | viewed times | 0 Comments
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani troops will need months to prepare for a ground offensive against the Taliban in their South Waziristan stronghold on the Afghan border, an army commander said on Tuesday, citing equipment shortages. Visiting US envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard... (Continue reading)
Car bomb blast kills seven in Charsadda
Written on 18 Aug, 2009 at 19:24 in Featured Stories, PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Sarhad | viewed times | 0 Comments
CHARSADDA: Seven people were killed and eight others injured when a bomb placed in a vehicle exploded at a filling station in the Shabqadar area, about 25 kilometres northeast of Peshawar, on Monday. Police said the time-bomb went off when the... (Continue reading)
Maulvi Omar captured, says Baitullah is dead
Written on 18 Aug, 2009 at 19:20 in Featured Stories, Islamabad, PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Sarhad | viewed times | 0 Comments
ISLAMABAD: Security forces captured Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan’s top spokesman, and he acknowledged the death of the group’s leader in a recent US missile strike, officials said on Tuesday. ‘Everybody knows that Maulvi Omar has been arrested. He was a spokesman for the... (Continue reading)
Independence Day celebrations continue
Written on 14 Aug, 2009 at 16:25 in Asia, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Balochistan, Faisalabad, Featured Stories, Hyderabad, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Malakand/ Sawat, Multan, PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Punjab, QUETTA, Sakhar, Sargodha, Sarhad, Sindh, Toba Tek Singh | viewed times | 0 Comments
The nation is celebrating its 63rd Independence Day with great zeal and enthusiasm. In this regard, special ceremonies are being held across the country in which citizens are taking part with great passion. With the dawn of this day, celebrations... (Continue reading)
Intelligence reports confirm Baitullah dead: FM Qureshi
Written on 7 Aug, 2009 at 16:44 in Featured Stories, Islamabad, PESHAWAR, Pakistan | viewed times | 6 Comments
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said intelligences reports stated that Taliban leader Baitullah Mahsud has been killed in drone attack in Waziristan on Wednesday. “He has been taken out,” he told reporters after addressing youth parliament forum. He however said... (Continue reading)
Taliban chief Mehsud may be dead: US T.V, officials
Written on 7 Aug, 2009 at 6:20 in Islamabad, Malakand/ Sawat, PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Sarhad | viewed times | 0 Comments
Updated at: 0619 PST, Friday, August 07, 2009 WASHINGTON: The Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud may be dead after a reported drone strike, a US official said on Thursday. If confirmed, the death of Mehsud would be a... (Continue reading)
Baitullah’s wife killed in South Waziristan drone strike
Written on 5 Aug, 2009 at 16:34 in Asia, Featured Stories, PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Sarhad | viewed times | 0 Comments
PESHAWAR: The wife of Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud was one of three killed on Wednesday in a missile strike by a suspected US drone in South Waziristan region on the Afghan border, a relative said. ‘I confirm that the female... (Continue reading)