Security forces killed 10 terrorists in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the South Waziristan tribal district, the military’s media affairs wing said on Tuesday. In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said security forces conducted the operation after receiving information that terrorists were present in a hideout in the area. During intense exchange of fire, 10 terrorists, including four commanders, were killed, it said. Moreover, weapons and a large quantity of ammunition were recovered,…
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MIRAMSHAH: Two soldiers were martyred and two others injured in a terrorist attack in North Waziristan tribal district on Friday. One terrorist was killed in the exchange of fire. Officials said that fighting between security forces and terrorists broke out near Miramshah, the headquarters of North Waziristan. The injured security personnel were taken to a paramilitary forces-run hospital in Miramshah. Earlier on Thursday, security forces had conducted search operations in Khair Kali and Khat Kali…
NORTH WAZIRISTAN: A security man was martyred and two others sustained injuries when terrorists attacked a check-post in North Waziristan tribal district late on Sunday night. Confirming the incident, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement that the terrorists had attacked the check-post in the Spinwam area. The troops initiated a prompt response and effectively engaged the terrorists’ location, it added. During the intense exchange of fire, Sepoy Saifullah, 25, a resident of…
NORTH WAZIRISTAN: An army soldier was wounded in a roadside bomb blast near a school in Spinwam tehsil of the North Waziristan tribal district on Sunday. Officials said a patrolling party of the security forces was in the area when an explosive device went off near a private school in Abakhel village. A soldier, namely Ramzan Khattak, sustained injuries in the blast. The injured was shifted to a local hospital. The security forces cordoned off…
WANA: Local activists and workers of Pakistan People’s Party, Jamaat-e-Islami and students of colleges and universities took out a rally against the closure of the internet and demanded restoration of 3G and 4G service in Wana, the headquarters of South Waziristan tribal district on Saturday. A large number of PPP and JI activists and students participated in the rally, who later also staged a sit-in in Rustam Adda in Wana. PPP’s Imran Mukhlis Wazir and…
SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: A militant stated to be affiliated with the Haqqani Network was gunned down by unidentified attackers travelling in a car near Wana, the headquarters of South Waziristan tribal district, on Friday. Witnesses said unknown armed men were apparently chasing the victim, Noor Zaman, who was going from Azam Warsak to Wana town on a motorcycle. The attackers opened fire on the moving motorcycle in Karez Kot area and escaped. Noor Zaman, 33, died…
NORTH WAZIRISTAN: Masked men slaughtered a man and gunned down another in separate incidents in North Waziristan tribal district here on Sunday. According to local residents and government officials, armed men covering their faces entered a local mosque in Barmand area of Datakhel tehsil during prayer time and took hostage all the worshipers at gunpoint. Later, they whisked away one Eid Mir Khan and slit his throat with a sharp weapon. Meanwhile, unknown miscreants shot…
NORTH WAZIRISTAN/PESHAWAR: A Pakistan Army soldier was martyred and another injured when a remote-controlled bomb went off in Garyum area of North Waziristan district on Tuesday night. Officials identified the martyred soldier as Sepoy Fahed and the injured Sepoy Tanveer. Security forces cordoned off the area and conducted a search operation. No one claimed responsibility for the explosion. Attacks on security forces in North Waziristan have witnessed surged since a local militant group declared ceasefire…
Poets, writers, academicians, research scholars, political workers and social activists held seminars, declamation contents, rallies, walks and book fairs across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday to mark International Mother Language Day. Speakers at one of such functions said that linguistic and cultural diversity would lead to national integration and ethnic cohesion because saving a dying language was tantamount to saving a generation and its death meant extinction of a culture. They said that mother tongue was…
ISLAMABAD (AFP) – The Afghan Taliban have launched an unprecedented winter surge that points to a desire for an upper hand in peace talks, analysts say, while some suggest rogue Pakistani elements may be bolstering the effort to derail overtures by Islamabad to India. Taliban fighting normally quiets down in winter months with the insurgents resting ahead of an annual spring offensive, but this year has seen a series of fierce attacks — many focused…
by Ansar Abbasi in The News, Apr 15, 2015 ISLAMABAD: In the backdrop of the arrest of Moazam Ali Khan, considered to be the most critical link in Dr Imran Farooq murder case, Pakistan and UK are discussing some extraordinary cooperation to get to the person who ordered the killing of the MQM leader. In a meeting held on Tuesday Interior minister Ch Nisar Ali Khan and the British high commissioner Philip Barton the non-existence…