100 Indian fishermen in Pakistani jails to be freed soonGANDHINAGAR - Hundred of the over 600 Indian fishermen held in Pakistani jails will be released soon, a fishermen’s forum official said here Tuesday. Suicide bombing at Peshawar Press Club kills four (Third Lead)ISLAMABAD - At least four people were killed and 17 injured in the Pakistani frontier city of Peshawar Tuesday when a teenaged suicide bomber blew himself up outside the Press Club packed with journalists. Pakistan in terrible trouble: Farooq AbdullahBANGALORE - Pakistan was in “terrible trouble this time” due to unabated violence, terror attacks and suicide bombings, union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah said here Tuesday when three people were killed in a blast outside the Peshawar Press Club. BSF foils infiltration attempt near JammuJAMMU - The Border Security Force (BSF) had foiled an infiltration attempt by a group of militants who fired at Indian positions in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramgarh sector in an attempt to sneak in, a senior official said Tuesday. Heavy firing on India-Pakistan borderJAMMU - Indian and Pakistani border guards exchanged heavy firing at the international border between the two countries in Jammu and Kashmir Monday evening, an official said. Resignation reports rumours, says Pakistan defence ministerISLAMABAD - Pakistan Defence Minister Ahmed Mukhtar Monday denied he had offered to resign and termed such reports as “baseless rumours”. Mehbooba Mufti denied Pakistani visaJAMMU - Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti, who was to take part in an international conference in Islamabad December-end, has been denied a visa due to the security situation in the country. Three BSF men injured in Pakistani firingJAMMU - Three troopers of the Border Security Force (BSF) were injured Saturday when Pakistani troops fired at a forward Indian border post in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, an official said. Suicide bomber kills 12 at Pakistan police offices (Second Lead)ISLAMABAD - A suicide car bomber struck a police compound in Pakistan’s northwestern district of Lower Dir Friday, killing at least 12 people, including three policemen, officials said. Seven killed in Pakistan blastISLAMABAD - At least seven people were killed and over 20 wounded Friday in a massive blast near the police headquarters in Lower Dir district of Pakistan’s North-West Frontier Province, police said. Blast targets police office in PakistanISLAMABAD - A bomb exploded near the police headquarters in Pakistan’s northwestern district of Lower Dir Friday, media reports said. Mickey Mouse, dead drops and Headley’s terror tradecraft (Overall Lead)WASHINGTON - Pakistani-American David Coleman Headley, a key suspect in the Mumbai terror assault that left 166 people dead, used sophisticated tactics of terrorist tradecraft like code language and “electronic dead drops” and called a terror plot the Mickey Mouse Project. For Headley, a terror plot was a ‘Mickey Mouse Project’WASHINGTON - David Headley, the Pakistani American who is at the centre of an unravelling terror conspiracy, used sophisticated tactics of terrorist tradecraft like code language and “electronic dead drops” to disguise the true objective of his work, according to Stratfor that calls itself the world’s leading online publisher of geopolitical intelligence. For Headley, a terror plot was a ‘Mickey Mouse Project’WASHINGTON - David Headley, the Pakistani American who is at the centre of an unravelling terror conspiracy, used sophisticated tactics of terrorist tradecraft like code language and “electronic dead drops” to disguise the true objective of his work, according to Stratfor that calls itself the world’s leading online publisher of geopolitical intelligence. I am not working on Kashmir: HolbrookeWASHINGTON - Richard Holbrooke, US Special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan, says he is not working on the Kashmir issue even as he keeps India closely informed of his effort in the region where “India is hugely important factor.” Suicide bombing in Pakistan kills 27, injures 90 (Fourth Lead)ISLAMABAD - At least 27 people were killed and 90 injured Tuesday when a car bomb exploded near the residence of a minister in Pakistan’s eastern province of Punjab, officials said. Car bomb hits house of Pakistani politician, 20 killed (Third Lead)ISLAMABAD - At least 20 people were killed and more than 50 injured Tuesday when a car bomb exploded near the residence of a minister in Pakistan’s eastern province of Punjab, officials said. Car bomb hits house of Pakistani politician, 15 killed (Second Lead)ISLAMABAD - At least 15 people were killed and more than 30 injured Tuesday when a car bomb exploded near the residence of a minister in Pakistan’s eastern province of Punjab, officials said. Three killed in Pakistan blastISLAMABAD - At least three people were killed Tuesday when a powerful bomb exploded near the house of a provincial minister in Pakistan’s Dera Ghazi Khan region. Headley worked as US agency informant for a decadeWASHINGTON - Pakistani-American terror suspect David Coleman Headley, charged with scouting targets for Mumbai terror attacks, worked as a confidential informant with the Drug Enforcement Administration for more than a decade, according to a US media report. Pakistan rebuffs US on Taliban crackdown: NYTWASHINGTON - Demands by the US for Pakistan to crack down on the strongest Taliban warrior in Afghanistan Siraj Haqqani, whose fighters pose the biggest threat to American forces, have been rebuffed by the Pakistani military, according to the New York Times. 18 Indian fishermen held by Pakistani agencyAHEMDABAD - Four fishing boats from Gujarat with 18 fishermen on board were arrested by Pakistan Marine Agency, a fishermens’ association claimed Monday. Drone attacks may be expanded in Pakistan: reportWASHINGTON - Senior US officials are pushing to expand CIA drone strikes beyond Pakistan’s tribal region and into Quetta to pressurise Islamabad to pursue Taliban leaders based there, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday. Indian, Pakistani forces exchange fire on borderJAMMU - Indian and Pakistani border guards Sunday exchanged gunfire in Jammu and Kashmir after Pakistani forces tried to push Islamist militants into India, official sources said. Pakistan’s attitude unchanged, infiltration continuing: PillaiJAMMU - Union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai Friday said there was no change in Pakistan’s attitude as infiltration of terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir was continuing. ‘Arrested Americans had contacted jihadist groups in Pakistan’WASHINGTON - The five Americans arrested in Pakistan had contacted radical jihadist organisations, including two terrorist groups with links to the Al Qaeda, say US media reports citing Pakistani officials. Pak must take decisive action against LeT: Experts
Post-Headley charges, India asks Pakistan to unravel full conspiracyNEW DELHI - Bolstered by the filing of the chargesheet in a US court against US-Pakistani terror suspect David Coleman Headley, India Thursday asked Pakistan to unravel the full conspiracy behind the Mumbai terrorist attack and other terrorist plots which continue to emanate from its soil. Evidence links Pakistani major to Headley: IndiaNEW DELHI - There is “some evidence” to link a retired Pakistan major to David Coleman Headley, the Pakistani-American accused of conducting reconnaissance missions for the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, Home Secretary G.K. Pillai said here Thursday. Pakistan is the challenge, say US lawmakersWASHINGTON - Top US lawmakers agree that Pakistan constituted the principal challenge for US policymakers as all major terror groups, including perhaps Osama bin Laden, were based in that country. |
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