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Post-Bin Laden: 153 killed in seven blasts in K-P so far
At least 153 people have been killed, while 200 others have been injured in the seven bomb blasts that occurred in different parts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa following al Qaeda Chief Osama bin Laden’s killing in Abbottabad The terrorist attacks took place in different parts of the province and targeted the government and public places. The first [...]
Continue reading...Five target killers arrested in Karachi
29. May 2011
The CID police arrested five terrorists on Sunday, who have confessed to the killing of at least 15 people belonging to the MQM and other parties in Karachi. SP CID Umar Shahid told the media in Karachi that the wanted men who have been arrested include Muntazir Zaidi, Jawad, Waqas, Ahsan and Aqil. He said [...]
Continue reading...Around the battlefield: A bus ride around PNS Mehran base
25. May 2011
KARACHI: After a 17-hour battle of nerves with six terrorists, the Pakistan Navy invited journalists to a tour of PNS Mehran base. At around 5 pm on Monday, a group of journalists boarded a bus that took them around all the places they had been reporting on since Sunday night. As the bureau chief for [...]
Continue reading...Navy says PNS base under control after attack
23. May 2011
KARACHI: A spokesman for Pakistan’s Navy said Monday that the PNS Mehran base in Karachi was back under control, 17 hours after militants attacked with guns, bombs and rockets. In an ongoing operation at one of Pakistan’s main military bases, security forces are engaged in a battle against militants who stormed the base late Sunday [...]
Continue reading...Bridge on Islamabad-Peshawar motorway blown up
23. May 2011
ISLAMABAD: The Kalpani bridge on Islamabad-Peshawar motorway near the Rashakai area in Nowshera was blown up on Monday by a bomb placed under the bridge. A bomb-disposal squad reached the spot and is investigating the pieces of the explosive material to discover the type of bomb used for the blast. Officials are speculating that it [...]
Continue reading...Drone strike kills 6 in North Waziristan
23. May 2011
PESHAWAR: Six people were killed when a US drone hit a vehicle in the Machikhel area of Mir Ali tehsil in North Waziristan on Monday. “A US drone fired two missiles which hit a vehicle,” one security official in Peshawar told AFP. An intelligence official in Miranshah confirmed the incident and toll and said the [...]
Continue reading...All terrorists killed in Navy base operation: Rehman Malik
23. May 2011
KARACHI: Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that 10 people have been martyred and four terrorists have been confirmed killed in the operation between militants and security forces at the PNS Mehran base. Talking to the media after a survey of the PNS Mehran base in Karachi, Malik said security forces launched a coordinated operation [...]
Continue reading...TTP claims responsibility for Charsadda blasts 80 killed
13. May 2011
Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Friday claimed their first major strike in revenge for Osama bin Laden’s death as at least 80 people were killed in a double suicide bombing on paramilitary police. More than 100 people were wounded in the deadliest attack this year. Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Khalid Shameem Wynne cancelled [...]
Continue reading...Minor explosion at Saudi consulate in Karachi
11. May 2011
Drive-by attackers lobbed two grenades at the Saudi consulate in Karachi on Wednesday, in the first possible violent reaction to the US killing of Osama bin Laden. Officials reported no damage and no casualties after two men on a motorcycle threw the explosives at the consulate. This was an attack on the Saudi consulate. Two [...]
Continue reading...2nd attack in 2 weeks: Mysterious hand grenade attack in Lyari
7. May 2011
At least three people were said to be killed and around 21 others injured in Lyari after unidentified men on a motorcycle hurled a hand grenade in Chakiwara late Friday night. There was confusion, however, with the chief of police Saud Mirza saying one death was confirmed. DIG Iqbal Mehmood had earlier put the number [...]
Continue reading...US drone strike kills at least 12 in North Waziristan
6. May 2011
A US drone aircraft fired missiles in North Waziristan on Friday, killing at least 12 people, local intelligence officials said. Drone had fired rockets on a hotel and vehicles in the Datakhel area of North Waziristan. Official sources confirmed that a hotel and vehicle were targeted in the drone strike, while local sources said that [...]
Continue reading...Drone attacks: Regular protests have been recorded with the US govt
5. May 2011
The Foreign Ministry on Wednesday filed a reply in the Lahore High Court (LHC) informing the court that the government has recorded regular protests with the US government against drone attacks in Pakistan. The reply was submitted in the court of Justice Chaudhry Iftikhar Hussain during the hearing of an application filed by Barrister Javed Iqbal [...]
Continue reading...Bomb hits navy bus in Karachi, third this week
28. April 2011
A roadside bomb hit a bus carrying Pakistani navy officials in the port city of Karachi on Thursday, killing five people and wounding at least seven, officials said, the third attack on the navy in less than a week. Pakistan navy spokesman Commander Salman Ali said two navy officials aboard the bus were killed and [...]
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29. May 2011
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