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Bomb blast in S.Waziristan kills two security personnels

By: Aqsa Ishtiaque, Uploaded: 22nd May 2013

Bomb blast in S.Waziristan kills two security personnels DI KHAN: A remote-controlled bomb exploded in the Dargai area of Wana, South Waziristan in which Two security personnel were killed and seven others, including a civilian, were injured on Tuesday According to an official of the political administration, unidentified men bombed the main electricity pylon supplying power to Wana around 11pm on Monday night....


Gunmen attack anti-polio team in Bajaur

By: AFP, Uploaded: 20th May 2013

Gunmen attack anti-polio team in Bajaur KHAR: Gunmen attacked a polio vaccination team in Bajaur district on Monday, killing a policeman who was providing security, officials said. The attackers opened fire as the team was going to administer polio drops in Kalam town in Bajaur district, one of the seven tribal areas along the Afghan border, local administration official Suhail Ahmed Khan...


Blast in North Waziristan kills 4, injures 13

By: Aqsa Ishtiaque, Uploaded: 10th May 2013

Blast in North Waziristan kills 4, injures 13 MIRAN SHAH:  A bomb exploded in Miran Shah area of North Waziristan which killed four persons and injured thirteen others, AAJ NEWS reported on Friday. The blast was targeted on a passenger car near Khuwaja Jan Chowk in Miran Shah market. According to the initial reports, injured persons were shifted to agency Headquarter hospital for...


Orakzai: JI candidate injures in roadside bomb

By: AFP, Uploaded: 4th May 2013

Orakzai: JI candidate injures in roadside bomb PESHAWAR: Raj Mohummad, a Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) candidate for NA-39 constituency in Orakzai Agency, was injured on Saturday as his vehicle hit a roadside bomb, officials said. Muhammad was on his election campaign in the lower Orakzai Agency area when his vehicle hit an Improvised Explosive Device (IED). “Muhammad and his driver were injured in the...


Terrorism spreads ahead of elections

By: AFP, Uploaded: 2nd May 2013

Terrorism spreads ahead of elections QUETTA/KARACHI/PESHAWAR – The terror spectre got further widened and became more intense as militants attacked the election campaigns of different parties across the country on Wednesday. At least fourteen people were wounded in rocket attacks and bomb blast in different towns of Balochistan. Eight people were injured in an attack on a Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl...


Imran Khan addresses rally in Karak

By: Alize Ahmed, Uploaded: 21st April 2013

Imran Khan addresses rally in Karak Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan on Sunday announced that PTI will bring about the creation of New Pakistan in just three weeks time. Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan on Sunday addressed thousand of his supporter at an election rally in karak twon of KPK. Imran Khan reiterated to establish peace in Pakhtoon areas . Imran is...


Political rally attacked in Wana

By: Aqsa Ishtiaque, Uploaded: 19th April 2013

Political rally attacked in Wana PESHAWAR: Political rally of an independent candidate for NA-41, Naseerullah Wazir was attacked by four rockets fires, one of which fell near the rally and wounded four people on Friday. Security forces have taken a quick action against the attackers. The rally was going on in Wana, the main town of South Waziristan, where the...


Drone attack in South Waziristan, kills 5

By: Aqsa Ishtiaque, Uploaded: 17th April 2013

Drone attack in South Waziristan, kills 5 US drone attacked in South Waziristan Agency on Wednesday morning which killed at least five people and injured around seven. According to the sources the U.S. drone striked two missiles at a house located in the Babar Ghar village in the Wana district of South Waziristan. As the result of strike the entire compound was destroyed and  killed five...


Grand jirga: Zardari persuades FATA people to vote

By: APP, Uploaded: 16th April 2013

Grand jirga: Zardari persuades FATA people to vote ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has urged people of tribal areas to enthusiastically participate in the general elections and elect representatives who can bring about a positive change in their lives. Addressing a grand jirga of elders from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) at the President House here on Monday, he said the country...


EU not to send election observers to Fata and Balochistan

By: Maliha, Uploaded: 9th April 2013

EU not to send election observers to Fata and Balochistan ISLAMABAD: The European Union Election Observation Mission that arrived in the capital on Sunday announced that they will not be sending observers to Fata  and Balochistan due to security concerns. Addressing a press conference Michael Gahler, the chief observer of the mission and a member of the European Parliament, said that the observers will be...


ECP commands interim governments to change top level secretaries

By: Aqsa Ishtiaque, Uploaded: 2nd April 2013

ECP commands interim governments to change top level secretaries ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) ordered the caretaker governments on Tuesday to change the federal and provincial secretaries in a bid to ensure that the upcoming elections are transparent, free and fair. A formal notification in this regards was not issued till the filing of this...


Fake degree dilemma: Ex-MPA sentenced to 3 years

By: Aqsa Ishtiaque, Uploaded: 2nd April 2013

Fake degree dilemma: Ex-MPA sentenced to 3 years DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Dera Ismail Khan’s Additional district and sessions judge Justice Hayat Khan sentenced a former Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA), Khalifa Abdul Qayyum, to three-year imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 5000 over fake degree on Tuesday. Qayyum was elected from PF-64 DEra city 1 in the 2008 elections as an independent...


Pakistani housewife becomes first woman to run for parliament

By: Alize Ahmed, Uploaded: 1st April 2013

Pakistani housewife becomes first woman to run for parliament PESHAWAR: A 40-year-old Pakistani housewife has made history by becoming the first woman to run for parliament from the country’s conservative northwest tribal region. Badam Zari told The Associated Press on Monday that she will participate in the May 11 election to give women in the region a greater voice and focus more attention on...


Pakistani women aim to take a charge

By: Monitoring Desk, Uploaded: 1st April 2013

Pakistani women aim to take a charge KHAR/TIMERGARA: Two women, one from Bajaur tribal agency and the other from Lower Dir district, made history on Sunday when they became the first tribal women to file nomination papers to contest elections for National Assembly. Election Commission stated that 40-year-old Badam Zari, wife of Sultan Khan, filed papers for NA-44, Bajaur, on Sunday. Bajaur...


Friday to be final day for voter’s registration

By: Aqsa Ishtiaque, Uploaded: 21st March 2013

Friday to be final day for voter’s registration ISLAMABAD: As per the announcement of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), Friday March 22 is the last date for voter registration, Geo News reported. Those people who have reached the age of 18 or above on January 01, 2013 can register their vote for polling in the upcoming elections, scheduled on May 11 this year....


Militants clash with rival group, burn down 10 houses in Tirah

By: Monitoring Desk, Uploaded: 13th March 2013

Militants clash with rival group, burn down 10 houses in Tirah PESHAWAR: Clashes between outlawed militant groups in the northwestern Pakistan escalated late Tuesday as Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants set ablaze houses of at least 10 civilians, accusing them of being supporters of the rival Ansarul Islam (AI) group. Locals and the eyewitnesses confirmed the burning of the houses in Khyber Agency’s restive Tirah Valley, while...


APC: Political leaders supports peace talks with Talibans

By: Javeria Nasir, Uploaded: 28th February 2013

APC: Political leaders supports peace talks with Talibans ISLAMABAD: In an effort to hold peace talks with Talibans, Maulana Fazlur Rehman of Jamiat Ulema-e -Islam-F lead an All Parties Conference (APC) in Islamabad with PMLN chief Nawaz Sharif and other prominent political leaders, reported Aaj news. Addressing the all Parties Conference (APC) convened by Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazal (JUI-F), President Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarian (PPPP) Makhdoom...


Militants destroy four schools in tribal region

By: AFP, Uploaded: 28th February 2013

Militants destroy four schools in tribal region PESHAWAR: Suspected Taliban militants bombed four boys’ schools in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal belt on Thursday, officials said, in the latest attack by militants on government educational institutions. No one was injured in the pre-dawn blasts in Mohmand tribal district, where officials said Taliban attacks have now destroyed more than 100 schools. “Militants from TTM (Tehrik-i-Taliban...


Orakzai explosion kills three

By: Maliha, Uploaded: 14th February 2013

Orakzai explosion kills three PESHAWAR: Around three people were killed Thursday in an explosion in the northwestern tribal region of Orakzai. Ten people were also wounded in the blast that took place in Lower Orakzai’s Hasanzai bazaar. The nature of the explosion had not yet been ascertained and the target of the attack was also unclear. Orakzai is one...


Polio victims under attack again

By: Alize Ahmed, Uploaded: 31st January 2013

Polio victims under attack again PARACHINAR: An explosion in Upper Kurram tribal region killed two anti-polio workers on Thursday. Government administrator Yousuf Rahim says the men were going to a village to vaccinate children when the bomb hit their motorcycle in Upper Kurram tribal region on Thursday. Although it’s unclear whether the workers were the actual target, it was the...


Militant groups clash in NW Pakistan, 40 killed

By: AP, Uploaded: 26th January 2013

Militant groups clash in NW Pakistan, 40 killed PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A Pakistani official says clashes between two Tehrik e Taliban (TTP) groups over control of a prized valley near the Afghan border have killed over 40 people. Arshad Khan of the Khyber tribal region said Saturday that the clashes started Friday when the main militant group Tehrik-e-Taliban captured a base of another...


Six killed, 36 injured in Swat blast

By: Alize Ahmed, Uploaded: 10th January 2013

Six killed, 36 injured in Swat blast SWAT: Atleast six people were killed and 36 injured when a powerful bomb went off near a preaching seminary in Takhta Band road in Mingora city, Swat. The nature of blast is not confirmed as yet. The injured and deceased were shifted to the Sedo Sharif hospital, meanwhile police have cordoned off the area. No...


Waziristan: Drone attacks kill 13 including Taliban commander Mullah Nazir

By: Maliha, Uploaded: 3rd January 2013

Waziristan: Drone attacks kill 13 including Taliban commander Mullah Nazir MIRANSHAH: Thirteen militants including Taliban commander Mullah Nazir were killed in a drone attack within Bairmal area of South Waziristan late on Wednesday. Three others were reported dead in an another drone strike within the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan early morning on Thursday. According to officials reports, the US drone attack targeted a...


11 of a family killed in Khyber Agency bombing

By: Javeria Nasir, Uploaded: 31st December 2012

11 of a family killed in Khyber Agency bombing PESHAWAR: Atleast 11 people of a family were killed in bombing on a house allegedly belonged to militants in Valley Tera in Khyber Agency, reported Aaj News Monday. The security forces quoted as saying that, the resident of the house were suspected in killing of levies forces in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In the early hours of...


Militant commander, two others dead in bomb explosion: Wana

By: Maliha, Uploaded: 21st December 2012

Militant commander, two others dead in bomb explosion: Wana PESHAWAR: A bomb blast in a vegetable market in Wana killed three individuals including militant commander Moulvi Abbas on Friday. According to sources, the blast occurred at the office of local Taliban commander Moulvi Abbas’s brother, killing Abbas and two others. The deceased also included a 9 year old boy who is reported to be...


Pakistan Ullema Council calls for protests against Polio worker killings

By: Fawad Khan, Uploaded: 20th December 2012

Pakistan Ullema Council calls for protests against Polio worker killings An alliance of Pakistani clerics will hold demonstrations across the country against the killings of polio eradication campaign workers, leaders said on Thursday, as the death toll from  attacks this week rose to nine. Tahir Ashrafi, who heads the moderate Pakistan Ulema Council, said that 24,000 mosques associated with his organization would preach against the...


 
 
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