Musharraf should be tried in court, says PML-N leaderPESHAWAR - A leader of the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Thursday urged the government to try former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf in court for using excessive force in the Lal Masjid operation, a media report said. 2 bombs targeting police, government workers kill 2, wound more than 30 in PakistanRAWALPINDI, Pakistan — Bombs targeting police and employees of a Pakistani nuclear facility killed two people and wounded scores more Thursday — the latest attacks to hit Pakistan as it battles Taliban insurgents near the border with Afghanistan. 2 bombs targeting police, government workers kill 8, injure 30 in PakistanRAWALPINDI, Pakistan — Two bombs targeting police and government workers killed up to eight people and wounded scores more Thursday — latest attacks to hit Pakistan as it battles Taliban insurgents near the border with Afghanistan. Pak Army rules out offensive in North WaziristanPESHAWAR - The Pakistan Army has ruled out any possibility of a military offensive against the Taliban in North Waziristan. Police: Bomb kills 2 Pakistani police; tribesmen request army backup to battle TalibanPESHAWAR, Pakistan — A roadside bomb exploded in Pakistan’s northwest Thursday, killing two police officers in the latest attack on the country’s security forces as they try to eliminate Taliban insurgents nesting near the border with Afghanistan. FATA women break social stereotype to become radio journalistsPESHAWAR - With a minidisk recorder in her hand, Asma rushes around in a small Peshawar studio, trying to finish editing a radio news bulletin so that she can make it back to her home before dark. Gilani shrugs off Pak’s economic hardship, doubles MNA’s fundPESHAWAR - In the times when Pakistan is facing severe economic hardships, the country’s Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has given a whopping windfall to all the lower house members by doubling their annual development fund to 20 million rupees. Despite security concerns, Pak to hold festival at world’s highest polo groundPESHAWAR - Pakistan’s traditional Shandur Polo Festival will be held from 7th to 9th of July at world’s highest polo ground in Chitral. Over 3000 civilians killed so far in extremist violence in Pak’s tribal areas: ReportPESHAWAR - More than 3000 people have been killed in extremist violence in Pakistan’s tribal areas so far, a report released by the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) secretariat has revealed. Taliban may regroup, says NWFP chief ministerPESHAWAR - The Chief Minister of Pakistan’s North Western Frontier Province, Amir Haider Hoti, has said that the Taliban has not been eliminated from Swat and warned that they may try to re-group in the future. Swat refugees selling Pak Government rations to survivePESHAWAR - Pakistani people diaplaced due to ongoing offensive of the Army against the Taliban in the Swat Valley are selling relief goods to pay for their routine expenses. Swat Taliban deputy commander’s death ‘unconfirmed’: NWFP ministerPESHAWAR - The North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Information Minister Iftikhar Hussain has said that reports about the death of Taliban Swat chapter deputy leader, Shah Durran, had not been confirmed yet. Taliban bombs girls’ school in South WaziristanPESHAWAR - In what may be seen as a show of defiance against the military which has launched a major offensive against the Tehreek-e-Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud in the region, the Taliban has blown up a girls’ school in South Waziristan. Officials say Pakistani Taliban chief just missed suspected US missile that killed 80ISLAMABAD — The head of Pakistan’s Taliban had joined a funeral procession targeted in a suspected U.S. missile strike, but left before the attack that killed 80 people mourning those struck down by an earlier barrage on a militant training camp, intelligence officials said Wednesday. Missile death toll at 55 in Pakistan, reports dismissed that Taliban head had close callISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The head of Pakistan’s Taliban attended a funeral shortly before a suspected U.S. missile strike that killed about 55 people, two intelligence officials said Wednesday, but a top Taliban aide denied that the leader had a close call. Swat Taliban’s deputy commander seriously injuredPESHAWAR - Deputy commander of the Swat Taliban, Maulana Shah Dauran, has reportedly been injured as the Pakistan Army continued to pound militant hideouts in Swat and Malakand Divisions. Assassination of Taliban factional leader exposes rifts among militants in PakistanPESHAWAR, Pakistan — The assassination of the leader of a renegade Pakistani Taliban faction by one of his own men Tuesday underscores a growing rift in the ranks of the militant group as it braces for an impending army assault in the volatile northwest. US drone attack kills six in South WaziristanPESHAWAR - Six people were killed and several others injured in a US drone attack Tuesday in the South Waziristan agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) along the border with Afghanistan, a media report said. Mehsud, Fazalullah shift their base to North WaziristanPESHAWAR - As the Pakistan Army intensified its offensive against the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud in South Waziristan, some highly placed sources have revealed that the warlord along with his top commander, Maulana Fazalullah, has shifted base to Mirali region of North Waziristan. Amnesty International asks Zardari to commute all death sentencesPESHAWAR - The Amnesty International (AI) has asked Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari to overturn all the death sentences to life imprisonment to mark the birthday of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto which falls on June 21 (today). Pak Army intensifies operation in South Waziristan, kills 22 Taliban insurgentsPESHAWAR - At least 22 Taliban insurgents and other extremists have reportedly been killed, as the Pakistan Army intensified its operation against the Baitullah Mehsud-led Taliban in South Waziristan. Terrorist warchests growing with money from crime, businesses, drugs, corruptionPESHAWAR, Pakistan — He moved his finger slowly across his throat, to show that the Taliban kills truckers who don’t pay for safe passage through large swaths of territory near Afghanistan. Displaced Pakistanis to return home June 25PESHAWAR - The displaced Pakistanis will start returning to their homes from June 25 onwards, the Online news agency said Saturday. Mehsud rejects Mullah Omar’s appeal of stopping terror activities in PakPESHAWAR - In yet another incident which proves that fissures in the Taliban are getting wider, the Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud has rejected the calls of the Taliban’s supreme leader Mullah Muhammad Omar Akhund for halting terror strikes in Pakistan. Pak readying ‘exit policy’ for security forces stationed in NWFPPESHAWAR - The Pakistan government is preparing an’exit policy’ for the army currently stationed in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), and engaged in a gruesome battle against the Taliban and other extremists. Taliban used ‘physical and psychological’ warfare to establish writ in MingoraPESHAWAR - The Taliban not only used sophisticated arms and ammunitions to install their command on key installations in Mingora, but also resorted to ‘psychological warfare’ against the security forces, Subedar Fazal Hameed, who defended the Mingora electric grid station for 20 days continuously before getting help from the military, has said. Militants blow up schools in PakistanPESHAWAR - Taliban militants have blown up two schools in Bajaur tribal agency in northwest Pakistan, a media report said Friday. Wazir tribes negotiating with Pak military, Taliban to keep their areas offensive-safePESHAWAR - Caught between heavy shelling by the Pak air force against Baitullah Mehsud in South Waziristan and retaliatory efforts by the Taliban fighters, Ahmedzai Wazir tribes have begun negotiating with both the sides to keep their areas safe. Turning the tables: Pakistan to recruit Taliban’s victims as cops to keep out the militantsPESHAWAR, Pakistan — Civilians who lived under the Taliban’s harsh rule in Pakistan’s Swat Valley may soon be recruited to police the region — with preference going to those hit hardest during the militants’ two-year campaign of terror, a top official says. Pak military’s ‘Get Baitullah’ strategyPESHAWAR - Last week, when Pak Air Force decided to strike Makeen - a key trade centre of Mehsud tribe in South Waziristan - it was the result of a two-month long brainstorming in the military establishment on how to isolate Baitullah Mehsud within the Taliban. |
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