Children among 12 killed in Pakistan bombing
May 18th, 2010 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 18 (DPA) A bomb attack in north-western Pakistan killed 12 people including three children and three policemen Tuesday, officials said.
The explosion targeted a police vehicle on the outskirts of Dera ... Read more...
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Militants planning to target law enforcers in Pak Punjab
May 17th, 2010 - 5:31 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, May 17 (ANI): Intelligence agencies have forwarded a detailed report to concerned authorities in Punjab giving details of two identified terrorist outfits, who are planning to target law enforcers in ... Read more...
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Lashkar planning to target US shipment enroute to Afghanistan: warns Pak intelligence
May 15th, 2010 - 2:39 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, May 15 (ANI): The banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) may target a convoy of USmilitary shipment en route from Karachi to Afghanistan, Pakistan's intelligence authorities have warned.According to the intelligence input, the convoy, ... Read more...
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US to improve Pak radio signals in tribal areas bordering Afghanistan
May 7th, 2010 - 8:42 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, May 7 (ANI): Pakistan has signed eight million dollars agreement with the United States for providing two AM transmitters in order to enhance radio transmission coverage in Peshawar, Dera Ismail Khan ... Read more...
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Britain issues travel advisory to citizens against visiting ‘violent’ Pak
March 13th, 2010 - 2:14 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Mar.13 (ANI): Following the recent surge in bloodshed in Pakistan, Britain has issued a travel advisory to its citizens warning them against travelling to the troubled country.According to a statement issued ... Read more...
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Six killed in sectarian clashes in Pakistan
February 28th, 2010 - 7:30 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 28 (DPA) Pakistan authorities Sunday clamped curfew on a town following sectarian clashes between rival Sunni groups that left at least six people dead and 16 injured.
The clashes erupted Saturday ... Read more...
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Dera Ismail Khan sectarian violence toll rises to six
February 28th, 2010 - 5:21 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, Feb.28 (ANI): The death toll in sectarian violence in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province' (NWFP) Dera Ismail Khan region has reached six as four more people succumbed to their injuries in ... Read more...
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Pakistan deadliest place for press in South Asia: Report
December 30th, 2009 - 5:42 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Dec. 30 (ANI): Pakistan is the deadliest place for press in South Asia, with seven of 12 journalists having been killed here in the conflict zones in 2009, according to a ... Read more...
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Suicide blasts, Zardari’s future dominated Pakistan (Flashback 2009)
December 30th, 2009 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 30 (IANS) Unending suicide attacks that have claimed close to 1,000 lives and anti-Taliban military operations dominated Pakistan in 2009, a year that raised question marks over the future ... Read more...
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Zardari ready to surrender important powers: Gilani
November 18th, 2009 - 1:13 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Nov.18 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that President Asif Ali Zardari is ready to surrender the powers to appoint services chiefs and dissolve parliament.Talking to media ... Read more...
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Pak army kills 9 Taliban militants, loses 2 soldiers in Waziristan offensive
November 2nd, 2009 - 3:06 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Nov. 2 (ANI): Pakistani security forces killed nine terrorists and arrested two others, while two soldiers also lost their lives on Sunday in Waziristan, where an offensive against the Taliban ... Read more...
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200,000 flee South Waziristan as Pak Army steps up offensive
October 26th, 2009 - 8:31 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Oct. 26 (ANI): Around 200,000 people have reportedly abandoned their homes in South Waziristan as the Pakistan Army has stepped up its offensive in the region, an army spokesman said on ... Read more...
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Pakistani forces closing in on Taliban: Army chief
October 24th, 2009 - 2:13 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 24 (IANS) The security forces are closing in on the Taliban in the South Waziristan region along the border with Afghanistan, the Pakistani Army chief has said.
Briefing a high ... Read more...
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Worries not over for Pakistanis fleeing Waziristan assault
October 21st, 2009 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
By Nadeem Sarwar and Stefan Mentschel
Dera Ismail Khan (Pakistan), Oct 21 (DPA) Hazrat Gul dodged flying bullets, exploding rockets, landmines and most importantly thirst and hunger as he fled the military ... Read more...
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We have no concrete evidence of Indian hand in Waziristan: Pak
October 20th, 2009 - 4:58 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Oct. 20 (ANI): After repeatedly expressing suspicion over Indian role in the South Waziristan insurgency, Pakistan has finally admitted that it has found "no concrete evidence" to establish the Indian ... Read more...
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Pak double game: Army strikes deal with anti-US Taliban militants in Waziristan
October 20th, 2009 - 3:16 pm ICT by ANI
Dera Ismail Khan (Pakistan), Oct. 20 (ANI): The United States may have been very proactive about the Waziristan offensive, but the Pakistani military seems to be defying Washington by striking a ... Read more...
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Pakistanis angry over mobile companies using fake IDs to issue SIM cards
October 19th, 2009 - 2:17 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Oct 19 (ANI): Pakistani cell phone users have expressed resentment against telephone companies for issuing SIM cards to people who produced fake documents to get new connections.A host of people said ... Read more...
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Pak Army kick starts ‘mother of all battles’ against Taliban in South Waziristan
October 18th, 2009 - 1:11 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Oct.18 (ANI): The Pakistan Army has kick started, what is being seen as the 'mother of all battles', against the Taliban in South Warisitan, the region believed to be the ... Read more...
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Pakistan starts offensive against Taliban, Al Qaeda (Lead)
October 17th, 2009 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 17 (DPA) A senior Pakistani official said Saturday government forces had started a much-awaited ground offensive against Taliban and Al Qaeda insurgents in the lawless South Waziristan tribal region ... Read more...
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250,000 flee Waziristan ahead of freshly launched offensive: UNHCR
October 17th, 2009 - 4:36 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Oct. 16 (ANI): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has said over 250,000 people have fled South Waziristan in the wake of the military offensive against the Taliban, that ... Read more...
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Pakistan Taliban chief meets reporters to prove he is alive
October 5th, 2009 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 5 (DPA) The new Pakistani Taliban chief has met journalists in Pakistan's lawless tribal district of South Waziristan to refute claims by Pakistani and US officials that he might ... Read more...
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Pakistan religious party offers to mediate between govt and Taliban
October 5th, 2009 - 4:00 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, Oct. 5 (ANI): As the Pakistan military gears up to launch a ground offensive in South Waziristan, the leader of a religious political party, Maulana Fazl, has offered to 'mediate' ... Read more...
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DI Khan police arrests man for Swat girl’s flogging incident
October 4th, 2009 - 2:55 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Oct.4 (ANI): The Dera Ismail Khan police has arrested a man named Amin alias Chota Aftab, for playing a prominent role in the public flogging of a girl in Swat ... Read more...
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Thousands flee as Pakistan hits militant stronghold
September 24th, 2009 - 12:53 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 23 (DPA) Thousands of people have fled Pakistan's tribal region near the Afghan border, believing the recent surge in military strikes marks the launch of an expected offensive against ... Read more...
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Pakistan arrests pro-government militia leader
September 19th, 2009 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 19 (DPA) Pakistani forces Saturday arrested a pro-government militia leader amid allegations that false information provided by him led to the killing of nine civilians in the militancy-plagued North ... Read more...
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15 killed in Pakistan fighting
September 7th, 2009 - 10:17 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 7 (DPA) At least five soldiers and 10 Taliban militants were killed Monday in two separate incidents of violence in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region that borders Afghanistan, security officials ... Read more...
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Roadside bomb kills two soldiers in Pakistan
September 7th, 2009 - 2:05 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 7 (DPA) A roadside bomb struck a Pakistani military convoy close to the Afghan border Monday, killing at least two soldiers, a security official said.
The attack took place near ... Read more...
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Pak Taliban finally admits Baitullah killed in US strike
August 26th, 2009 - 9:10 pm ICT by ANI
Dera Ismail Khan, Aug 26 (ANI): The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan has acknowledged that its top leader Baitullah Mehsud was dead, ending weeks of claims and counter-claims over his fate following a US ... Read more...
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70 killed in clashes between Pak militant groups in Waziristan
August 12th, 2009 - 9:50 pm ICT by ANI
Dera Ismail Khan, Aug 12 (ANI): Two intelligence officials and a militant commander have said that clashes between rival militant groups in northwestern Pakistan have killed about 70 fighters.The officials say ... Read more...
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One killed, three others injured in Dera Ismail Khan car bomb blast
July 29th, 2009 - 2:21 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, July 29 (ANI): At least one person was killed and three others wounded in a car bomb blast in North West Frontier Frontier Province's Dera Ismail Khan on Wednesday.Officials said ... Read more...
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Blast outside Pakistani courthouse kills one
July 29th, 2009 - 1:21 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 29 (DPA) A bombing outside a courthouse in north-western Pakistan Wednesday killed at least one person and wounded three, police said.
The explosion took place in a parking lot adjacent ... Read more...
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One killed in Pakistan blast
July 1st, 2009 - 12:29 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 1 (IANS) One person was killed and another injured in a bomb attack targeting a police vehicle in Dera Ismail Khan in the North West Frontier Province.
The remote-controlled bomb targeted ... Read more...
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Taliban scraps peace deal, vows more attacks on Pakistani forces
June 30th, 2009 - 1:17 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 30 (IANS) The Taliban has declared an end to the peace deal it signed with the Pakistani government last year due to the ongoing military operation in northwest Pakistan.
The ... Read more...
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US drones kill over 50 Taliban in Pakistan (Lead)
June 24th, 2009 - 2:49 am ICT by IANS
Dera Ismail Khan (Pakistan), June 24 (DPA) Two suspected US drone strikes killed at least 52 militants in Pakistan's tribal district of South Waziristan, where the Pakistani military plans to launch ... Read more...
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Top militant opposing Pakistani Taliban chief killed (Lead)
June 23rd, 2009 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 23 (IANS) A top militant who had openly accused Pakistani Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud of pursuing a "foreign agenda" was shot dead Tuesday, police and eyewitnesses said.
Qari Zainuddin was ... Read more...
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