Pakistani toll in Siachen avalanche rises to 128
Source: The Hindustan Times
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-19 04:51:38 -0700 | travel-news
The death toll in an avalanche in the Siachen glacier region last year has risen to 128, following the recovery of three more bodies, the Pakistani military said. The bodies of three soldiers were recovered from Gayari sector of Siachen...
Security forces defuse two bombs in Khyber region
Source: DAWN
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-19 04:24:11 -0700 | travel-news
Two bombs exploded near two separate mosques in Malakand Division's Bazdara area killing 15 persons. JUI-F announced that it would sit in the opposition benches of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's provincial assembly. Mufti Janan told Dawn.com that he was also suffered minor...
Two independents join PTI
Source: DAWN
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-19 04:04:30 -0700 | travel-news
Two newly-elected independent members of the provincial assembly have announced to join the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf. A press release issued by the PTI media cell on Saturday said that Farid Khan, MPA-elect from Hangu, and Shah Mohammad Khan from Bannu, met...
Two killed in Karak road accidents
Source: DAWN
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-18 21:26:08 -0700 | travel-news
Two persons were killed and five others injured in separate road accidents here on Saturday. In the first accident, two motorcycles collided head-on in Rehmatabad area of Karak tehsil. As a result one bike rider Shakirullah died on the spot...
Taliban kill two soldiers in Peshawar
Source: Pak Tribune
Peshawar :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-17 22:23:04 -0700 | travel-news
Taliban militants ambushed a military convoy late Thursday in Pakistan's troubled northwestern city of Peshawar, killing two soldiers, security officials said. The incident took place as the convoy passed through Matani village on the outskirts of Peshawar, the main town...
Shahzeb killing case hearing adjourned
Source: DAWN
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-17 19:39:35 -0700 | travel-news
An anti-terrorism court on Friday adjourned the hearing of the Shahzeb murder case till Saturday after a defence counsel partly made his final arguments. Mehmood Qureshi, the counsel for the accused, Nawab Siraj Ali Talpur, referred to contradictions in the...
Mosque Bombings in Pakistan Kill at Least 13
Source: Newyork Times
Peshawar :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-17 12:52:37 -0700 | travel-news
The twin bombings, triggered by remote-controlled devices, targeted two mosques in Baz Darra village in the Malakand region of the restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, said Abdullah Mashal, a senior government official. Both explosions took place in two mosques, barely 100 feet...
Blasts in Malakand kill 10
Source: DAWN
Peshawar :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-17 03:11:43 -0700 | travel-news
Two bombs exploded near two separate mosques after Friday prayers in Malakand Division's Bazdara area killing 10 persons and injuring at least 20 others. Deputy Commissioner Malakand Amjad Ali confirmed that 10 persons were killed and 20 others injured in...
Terrorism: honouring civilian victims
Source: DAWN
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-16 21:23:27 -0700 | travel-news
to honour the martyrs belonging to the armed forces. I am proud of our martyrs from the armed forces who sacrificed their lives while defending the country. What I find missing is a nation sensitive enough to honour our fellow...
Ex-premier?s son rescued
Source: Qatar English Daily
Multān :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-17 03:23:11 -0700 | travel-news
Ex-premier's son rescued Friday, 17 May 2013 Islamabad: Ali Haider Gilani, son of Pakistan's Former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, was rescued in an operation in Akora Khattak of Nowshera in Pakistan yesterday. Security forces launched the operation in...
Congress rethinks 9/11 law on military force; Pentagon officials say it 'serves its purpose'
Source: Star Tribune
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-16 13:37:41 -0700 | travel-news
Congress is rethinking the broad authority it gave the president to wage a war on terror after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in light of how President Barack Obama has used the power to target suspected terrorists with lethal...
Five soldiers killed in attack on convoy in Mattani
Source: DAWN
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-16 13:31:10 -0700 | travel-news
Five security personnel were killed and six inured in militants' attack on Engineer Battalions vehicle near Sara Khawara area in Mattani on the border of the restive Dara Adamkhel in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The militants also attacked a police Armored Personnel Carrier injuring...
Gunmen kill Nato truck driver in Jamrud: officials
Source: DAWN
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-16 06:50:13 -0700 | travel-news
Gunmen on Thursday killed the driver of a Nato supply truck driving through northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border, local officials said. The shooting took place in the Jamrud area of Khyber, one of seven districts that make up the...
Battles in Pakistan tribal area displace thousands
Source: The Boston Globe
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-15 05:42:50 -0700 | travel-news
Pakistan (AP) A Pakistani official says thousands of people have been displaced over the past week after the military launched an operation against militants in a tribal area in the country's northwest. Mujahid Hussain, chief of disaster management efforts in...
Afghan army takes fight to Taliban
Source: BBC
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-14 15:25:03 -0700 | travel-news
Afghanistan's largest ethnic group - making this a truly national army. Until recently it was difficult to persuade Pashtuns to join up. On the ground, in an assault on Taliban positions close to the frontier with Pakistan, most of the...
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