Islamabad, March 13 – The Pakistani government, which has steadfastly refused Indian demands for action against Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed, who New Delhi says masterminded the 26/11 attacks, has now sought the arrest of Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone gunman captured alive during the carnage and who is being tried in a Mumbai court.
The [...]
Islamabad, March 13 – Shaken by a rash of suicide bombings across Pakistan, the country’s security agencies have asked the federal and provincial governments to postpone the March 25-31 National Games at Peshawar. Adequate security cannot be ensured for the games, the agencies have said.
In a report to the federal and provincial governments, the security [...]
Islamabad, March 13 – A suicide bomber targeted a security checkpost in a crowded area in Pakistan’s Mingora town in the restive Swat Valley Saturday, killing at least 14 people and wounding 52, a day after twin blasts claimed 57 lives in Lahore.
Three security personnel were among those killed in the blast in Mingora, Swat’s [...]
Islamabad, March 13 – At least 14 people were killed and 52 wounded when a suicide bomber targeted a security checkpost in Pakistan’s Mingora town in restive Swat Valley, police said Saturday, a day after twin blasts claimed 57 lives in Lahore.
Three security personnel were among those killed in the blast in Mingora, Swat’s largest [...]
Islamabad, March 13 – Pakistan Air Force (PAF) will conduct its biggest exercise in the third week of this month. It will cover the entire country from Skardu in the north to Arabian Sea in the south and will last 45 days.
Quoting sources, Dawn reported that Exercise High Mark-2010 will ‘be different from all previous [...]
Islamabad, March 13 – At least 10 people were killed and 37 injured when a suicide bomber targeted a security forces’ check post in Pakistan’s northwestern Swat Valley Saturday, police said.
The suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into a check post in Swat’s biggest town of Mingora, killing 10 people on the spot and injuring 37, [...]
Lahore, March 13 – The toll in the twin suicide attacks here Friday has risen to 57, even as seven low-intensity blasts late at night kept police on their toes for over eight hours.
Nine security personnel were among those killed in the suicide bombings that wreaked havoc in the cantonment area, injuring 136 people.
According to [...]
Islamabad, March 13 – Pakistan’s oil mafia is alleged to have siphoned Rs.90 billion annually during former president Pervez Musharraf’s tenure by supplying substandard diesel at the rates of the high quality premium variety, a media report said Saturday.
Some key officials of Musharraf’s presidency, the petroleum ministry, the Central Board of Revenue, marketing agency Pakistan [...]
Islamabad, March 13 – At least five people were killed and more than a dozen injured Saturday in a suicide attack on a security check post in northwestern Pakistan’s Swat Valley, police said.
The bombing took place on a busy street in Mingora, the main town in the restive district where Pakistani security forces launched a [...]
Islamabad, March 13 – Five successive low-intensity blasts hit Pakistan’s eastern city Lahore Friday, less than 12 hours after massive twin blasts killed at least 48 people and injured 95 in the town.
The five back-to-back blasts took place in the span of 45 minutes within the distance of few hundred metres at the Moon Market [...]
