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Over 900 FC troops sacked for refusing operation in Peshawar: Sifwat Ghayyur

March 7th, 2010


Frontier Constabulary Commandant dismissed over 900 FC personnel on refusing to take part in operation in FR Peshawar, a private TV reported Sunday.
The FC Commandant Sifwat Ghayyur confirmed that the notification regarding the sacking of 903 personnel from 21 platoons, has been issued and the FC’s District Officers have…

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PPP, ANP agree on administrators’ appointments

March 7th, 2010


PESHAWAR – The ruling ANP-PPP alliance in the NWFP on Saturday overcame differences surfaced on the appointments of administrators, besides formally agreeing to constitute a committee for better utilisation of Local Government funds. To remove differences on administrators’ issue between the ANP and PPP, a committee of three members each…

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Govt confirms Fateh’s killing

March 7th, 2010


PESHAWAR (AFP) – Pakistan said Saturday that a key Taliban commander in the Swat Valley and at least 20 suspected militants had been killed in an airstrike. Fateh Mohammad and the suspected militants were killed in Mohmand Agency on Friday, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said.
Fateh was a senior commander…

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SC calls Advocate General in police violence case on March 11

March 5th, 2010


Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry has taken suo moto notice of public floggings of the accused by the police officers in Punjab and summoned Advocate General Punjab on March 11 in Supreme Court.
The Chief Justice during the suo moto hearing of the case in Peshawar remarked…

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War on terror no solution to extremism: Gilani

March 5th, 2010


PESHAWAR (APP) – Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday said the government believed in the politics of reconciliation and was taking along opposition and coalition partners in its endeavours for the country’s interest.
Addressing the members of PPP parliamentary party here on a day-long visit to the provincial…

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Suicide jacket supplier dies in gunbattle

March 4th, 2010


PESHAWAR (AFP) – Military said Wednesday that a supplier of suicide jackets and explosives who operated a key inter-city network had been killed during a gun battle with soldiers. “Two important terrorist commanders named Muhammad Tufail alias Abdullah and Muhammad Iqbal were killed by security forces in an exchange of…

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‘Spring Cleaning’ kills 38 militants

March 4th, 2010


PESHAWAR (AFP) – Paramilitary forces said Wednesday troops had killed 38 militants during a week-long operation against the Taliban under the codename “Spring Cleaning”.
The head of the paramilitary Frontier Constabulary, Sifwat Ghayoor, told reporters that troops seized control of the Taliban stronghold Pastawana near the garrison city of Kohat.<br…

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Boys’ school dynamited in Khyber

March 4th, 2010


PESHAWAR (AFP) – Taliban militants blew up a boys’ school in Khyber, officials said Wednesday.
The boys’ school attack took place overnight in the Spin Qabar area of Khyber, a lawless district that straddles the main supply line for NATO troops fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan. “All four rooms of…

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Troops kill suicide jacket supplier near Peshawar

March 3rd, 2010


The military said Wednesday that a supplier of suicide jackets and explosives who operated a key inter-city network had been killed during a gun battle with soldiers.
“Two important terrorist commanders named Mohammad Tufail alias Abdullah and Mohammad Iqbal were killed by security forces in an exchange of fire,” the…

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CJP gives 48-hour deadline to police

March 3rd, 2010


PESHAWAR (Online) – Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has given 48 hours deadline to police for recovery of a student who has gone missing since the last one and a half years from Mansehra.
While hearing a case of missing student Mazhar Hayat from Mansehra, in SC…

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10 injured in Hangu blast

March 3rd, 2010


PESHAWAR – At least 10 persons including three women and two children were injured in a powerful bomb blast in Aliabad area of Hangu district on Tuesday.
The intensity of the blast was so severe that it not only jolted the entire area but also damaged nearby houses and a…

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CJP urges for justice to all without discrimination

March 2nd, 2010


Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry in a hearing at Peshawar Registry of the Supreme Court said that the justice should be provided to all without discrimination. The Chief Justice of Pakistan during hearing of cases here also urged for early conclusion of the cases so as the people can get…

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CJP urges for justice to all without discrimination

March 2nd, 2010


Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry in a hearing at Peshawar Registry of the Supreme Court said that the justice should be provided to all without discrimination. The Chief Justice of Pakistan during hearing of cases here also urged for early conclusion of the cases so as the people can get…

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2 kidnapped Sikhs rescued in Khyber

March 2nd, 2010


PESHAWAR (AFP) – Two Sikhs kidnapped for ransom in Khyber were recovered alive Monday and are under the protection of soldiers, the military said.
In a statement it said that security forces had recovered the two between the Orakzai and Khyber districts, after they were abducted by “terrorists” in Khyber.<br…

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Militants blow up another NATO oil tanker near Peshawar : police

March 1st, 2010


Suspected militants armed with guns and rockets on Monday blew up a tanker carrying fuel through Pakistan for Nato troops based in neighbouring Afghanistan, police said.
Several armed men lobbed a rocket and then opened fire on the supply convoy on the outskirts of Peshawar, senior police officer Imtiaz Ahmed…

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Nato oil tanker destroyed in blast

February 26th, 2010


PESHAWAR – Another Nato oil container was blown up in a remote-controlled blast at Hazar Khawani Chowak area falls in the limit of the Yakatoot Police Station on Thursday.
Source said that the incident occurred in early hours of Thursday, when the bomb planted by unknown persons blew up…

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Militants blow up NATO tanker near Peshawar

February 25th, 2010


Suspected Islamist militants Thursday blew up a tanker in northwest Pakistan carrying fuel for NATO troops across the border in Afghanistan.
The driver escaped unhurt while his helper was wounded after a timed bomb planted on the tanker exploded outside Peshawar, police official Hazrat Ali told AFP, setting the vehicle…

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