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Forces retake control of Upper Dir areas
Jun 5th
UPPER DIR: Pakistani security forces have regained the control of two Upper Dir areas Brawal and Nusrat Darra after the militants from Afghanistan stormed the security check posts and took over the border areas.
In the pre-dawn raid last Wednesday in …
Pak-US ties to remain intact: Lee
Jun 5th
HOUSTON: Association of Pakistani American business community in USA Pakistan Chamber of Commerce held annual convention in Houston which was addressed by Pakistani caucus chairperson in US congress Sheila Jackson Lee.
Addressing the convention she ex…
Police leave Americans” car after checking their passports
Jun 5th
PESHAWAR: Police allowed a vehicle having four American nationals inside to leave after checking their passports in the wee hours of Sunday here, SP Cantt Shafiullah said.
According to the details, police stopped a suspicious grey coloured Land Cruise…
Bombers kill 24 at Iraq mosque, hospital
Jun 5th
TIKRIT: Bombers killed 24 people in attacks on a mosque in central Iraq frequented by provincial officials and later at a hospital where the victims were being treated, officials said on Saturday.
The attacks came a day after a spate of coordinated bo…
48 militants killed, 28 security men dead in Upper Dir
Jun 5th
DIR: Armed clashes between security forces and militants from Afghanistan continued for the fourth day in Upper Dir where so far 48 terrorists have been killed while 28 security men and 8 civilians have also lost their lives, Geo News reported Saturday…
No weapons in luggage of Kharotabad victims: Taxi driver
Jun 4th
QUETTA: The proceeding of inquiry tribunal, constituted for probe into Kharotabad incident, continued on Saturday and it recoded statements of taxi driver, who took the Chechens to Kachlak and other police officials, Geo News reported.
The proceeding …
PFUJ demands immediate release of radio journalist in police custody
Jun 4th
Karachi: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has demanded immediate release of radio journalist Saleem Rehman Afridi who is in the custody of the local police in Peshawar since Thursday night (June 2). Saleem Rehman, …
Karachi: 26 hurt in hand grenade attack
Jun 4th
KARACHI: At least twenty six people including three children were injured as some unidentified men attacked a hotel with hand grenade on Napier Road here in the wee hours of Saturday, police said.
According to the details, incident took place in Thoka…
Justice Javed ready to head Abbottabad Commission
Jun 3rd
ISLAMABAD: Justice Javed Iqbal, the senior most Judge of the Supreme Court, said on Friday that he had received the notification regarding setting up a commission to probe the Abbottabad incident and he would work as its head.
Talking to mediamen in t…
Five killed, scores hurt in fresh violence in Karachi
Jun 3rd
KARACHI: At least five people have been killed and scores injured including two policemen in the incidents of violence and riots linked to the call of strike against energy crisis by some political groups here …
