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Warid International Roaming – A Step Ahead
Jun 30th
Travelling overseas no longer means that you need to be out of contact with your loved ones at home. In this fast growing world of telecommunication, International roaming has evolved so rapidly that staying connected to your folks at home is no longer a problem; making and receiving calls, sending and receiving texts or images [...]
US drone wounds top Islamists in Somalia
Jun 30th
WASHINGTON: A US drone fired on two senior commanders of Somalia”s Shebab Islamist insurgency after they were found to have ties to Al-Qaeda, the Washington Post reported late Wednesday, citing US officials.
The strike last week is believed to have w…
US drone wounds top militants in Somalia: Report
Jun 30th
Officials says militants were planning operations outside of Somalia.
Pakistan tells US military to leave ‘drone’ attack base
Jun 30th
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan told the United States to leave a remote desert air base reportedly used as a hub for covert CIA drone attacks, Defence Minister Ahmed Mukhtar was quoted by state media as saying Wednesday. His remarks are the latest indication of Pakistan attempting to limit US activities since a clandestine American military raid killed [...]
UAE wanted armed Predator drones: WikiLeaks
Jun 28th
KARACHI: The UAE was seeking armed Predator drones from the US in 2004, secret US diplomatic cables revealed. Although UAE officials claimed they needed them to control [the UAE`s] long land and maritime borders, it is not altogether clear from the…
27 dead in two drone strikes in SWA
Jun 28th
MIRANSHAH: The death toll in the second drone strike in South Waziristan has climbed to 21, bringing the total number of people killed in two attacks today to 27, Geo News reported Monday.
According to a correspondent of Geo News, a US drone fired tw…
US drone strikes kill 20 in South Waziristan
Jun 28th
WANA: Missile strikes from two US drones killed at least 20 people in South Waziristan on Monday, Pakistani officials said.
In the first strike, a missile hit a moving vehicle in Ghalmandi Panga village on the Afghan border, killing eight people. …
Four killed in S.Waziristan drone strike
Jun 27th
SHAWAL: Four people have been killed as a result of a drone attack in South Waziristan, Geo News reported.
According to sources, the target of the drone strike was a car in the Shawal area of South Waziristan. The drone fired two missiles at the car a…
Helicopter lost over Libya is new US drone
Jun 22nd
WASHINGTON: A drone helicopter that lost radar contact with NATO over Libya is a Fire Scout, an unmanned US chopper, defense officials said Tuesday, revealing the use of the new robotic aircraft in the war.
“We don”t know yet” why NATO”s command cen…
Three US missile strikes kill seven in Kurram
Jun 20th
PARACHINAR: Three continuous US missile strikes destroyed a vehicle in tribal district of Lower Kurram Agency on Monday, killing atleast seven militants near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border area, Geo News reported.
According to sources, drone strikes …
