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Awaz Apni WANA: US missiles hit a house Tuesday in South Waziristan tribal region along the Afghan border where the army has been battling Taliban fighters, officials said. At least three people were killed. At least two missiles struck the house, which was near Wana, the main town in the South Waziristan tribal area. Authorities were trying to establish the identities of those killed, informed the officials to foreign news agency. The U.S. has relied heavily on its covert missile campaign to take out al-Qaida and Taliban targets in the tribal areas. The vast majority of the missile strikes have focused on North Waziristan, home to several militant networks bent on attacking inside Afghanistan.

CNews MIRANSHAH: At least seven people were killed in attack by US spy predator plane in North Waziristan Agency on Thursday.According to preliminary reports, the death toll is feared to rise.The US drone attacked Tappi village of North Waziristan Agency. It is being said the house of Maulvi Sahar Gul was attacked.According to a foreign news agency claim, the deceased include at least six foreigners.

CNews ISLAMABAD: President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari and Afghan President Hamid Karzai in a joint press conference here vowed to struggle jointly for peace and stability in the region.The two leaders while answering the questions of media men in a press conference here said the two countries would work jointly to face the challenges posed by the terrorism.Zardari and Karzai vowed to protest over attacks on the innocent people and unanimously said that the US strikes would not be helpful in the war against terrorists. Asif Ali Zardari further said that he has accepted the Presidency of Pakistan in the name of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto and in the name of the martyrs of democracy.He thanked the people of Pakistan for their trust in him.He assured Afghanistan and all neighbouring countries that Pakistan intends to work with them for peace and prosperity.He called the government to take steps for filling the gap between the demand and supply.Afghan President Hamid Karzai earlier in his rema...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas said that Wednesday's operation was an unprecedented violation of Pakistan’s geographical sovereignty and Pakistan reserves the right of retaliation with full force against any such action."In the past the other side, NATO ISAF, have been engaging the foreign militants present in the area and on this actionable intelligence they engage them through their Predators [drones]," he said. "But never before did a single incursion take place, which has serious consequences." The cross-border operation follows months of increased violence in eastern Afghanistan. U.S. commanders have blamed safe havens in Pakistani tribal areas for giving militants space to re-arm and plan attacks. But Major General Abbas said Wednesday's assault was especially worrying because there were no reports of militants in the area. He said such operations risked alienating local tribes whose support is vital for defeating Taliban ...

CNews PESHAWAR: NWFP Assembly has passed unanimous protest resolution against US air strike in Mohmand Agency and has demanded to Afghanistan and Pakistan to resolve all disputed issues through dialogue.Resolution was forwarded by PML-N’s Pir Sabir Shah, Opposition leader Akram Khan Durrani, Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain and PPP Sherpao’s Sikandar Sherpao in the budget session of Assembly today.Resolution said US attack is not only a clear violation of international laws but also a direct attack on Pakistan’s sovereignty and freedom. It further said Pakistan and Afghan should resolve all issues through dialogue and avoid issuing controversial and provocative statements against each other.

CNews HANGU: A ten-member peace jirga is arriving in Parachinar from Orakzai Agency and Hangu today (Thursday). The jirga will hold negotiations with the sides for peace in the region and opening the Hangu-Parachinar Road. Talking to Cnews News, Jirga Member Syed Hussain Ali Shah said the peace jirga consisting of ten veterans from Orakzai Agency and Hangu would arrive in Parachinar, where they will hold negotiations with the elders of the parties for lasting peace in the area. It should be mentioned the Peace Jirga played a very important role in ceasefire following inter-tribes clashes on November 16 in Kurram Agency. Peshawar-Kurram Agency Road is closed for one month in the wake of incidences of kidnappings and killings, whereas, the power supply to the village situated at Pak-Afghan border is suspended for three weeks owing to the collapse of power pylon.

CNews ISLAMABAD: The interior ministry confirmed that at least 37 people were killed in Parachinar suicide blast Saturday outside an election office of an independent candidate backed by PPP. "The death toll is now 37," interior ministry spokesman Brigadier Javed Cheema said after the attack in the northwestern tribal town of Parachinar, bordering Afghanistan.The ministry confirmed that the blast was suicide attack. "Twenty-one people died and 93 were injured. It's a very severe emergency, a lot of the wounded are in a critical condition," a doctor at the main hospital in Parachinar was quoted as saying earlier. A correspondent of an international news agency present at the hospital said he had counted at least 21 dead bodies. Talking to media, a security official earlier said that a suicide bomber attacked a Pakistan People's Party meeting outside the party office in Parachinar. "A man with long hair drove a car into the crowd and blew himself up,...

CNews PESHAWAR: Over 100 factories of Peshawar Industrial Estate have been closed here as The Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL) has stopped providing gas to CNG stations to ensure its supply to domestic consumers. The Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited took the said decision after the go-ahead sognal from the caretaker government. He said that under a plan of gradual suspension, the SNGPL stopped supply to a couple of CNG stations in Hayatabad on Thursday.

Journalists arrested from KPC released (Posted at 2205) KARACHI: All the journalists arrested from Karachi Press Club have been released after Governor Isharatul Ibad Khan ordered their release on Tuesday night.According to Press Secretary to Governor Sindh Dr Ishratul Ibad, the Sindh Governor issued orders for the release of journalists.Earlier today in the afternoon, police baton charged journalists protesting against ban on Geo Television Network and curbs on media outside the Karachi Press Club and arrested over 200 of them including five ladies journalists.According to reports the representatives of media were going to the Governor House to talk with the authorities when police stopped them. Thereupon, the journalists staged a sit-in protest, but the police starting to arrest them. Chasing the journalists’ policemen entered in Karachi Press Club premises and started baton charge over the newsmen in the club wounding several of them. Those arrested by the police included Geo News ...

CNews ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz informed on Monday tribal people of North Waziristan have given ultimatum to the foreigners to leave the area. He was talking to the executive committee of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS), led by Hameed A Haroon.He said the government wishes to resolve the North Waziristan issue through dialogue. He informed that the foreigners have been given ultimatum to leave the area. The Prime Minister said that the proposed security draft during the campaign for the general elections has been sent to the political parties for their views. “The interior ministry’s security draft has been sent to the political parties to get their comments after which it will be published,” Shaukat Aziz added. This plan, he said, will ensure that life and security of the rally participants is safe. The Prime Minister made it clear that all the ruling parties will be bound, including the ruling coalition, by the finalised plan. Replying to a question about the ...

CNews SWAT: Home secretary NWFP Badshah Gul Wazir said that the government has to take further steps to control the situation in Mattah, an area of Swat. Here in Kabal, the attack from armed persons on the police station was averted and the security forces have imposed an unannounced curfew in Kabal. Talking with CNews News in Peshawar, home secretary Badshah Gul Wazir said that in the areas of Swat – Mattah and Kabal – law and order situation has become worse and to overcome it the government would take further steps. He told that the security forces have averted the attack from militants at the police station in Kabal. However, according to independent sources, the militants attacked the police station after which flames were seen rising from the police station. Later, the security forces imposed an unannounced curfew in Kabal. Badshah Gul Wazir further told that the chief minister NWFP, Shamsul Malik has announced to give a cash prize of Rs.500,000 to the security officials obstruct...

CNews HANGU: Some unknown persons have kidnapped three policemen from the security forces check-post at the Hangu district. Sources told that some unknown persons attacking the Torpal check-post in Tal area of the district Hangu abducted the policemen and took them away to some unknown destination. Taj Mohammad, Sakhi Badshah and Munsif Ali were included among the abductees. Police said that the investigations into the incident have started.

CNews CHAMAN: Security forces have arrested 140 Afghan and Uzbek nationals during a search operation in Chaman area near Pak- Afghan border.DPO Chaman Naseebullah Khilji told CNews News that police on Wednesday arrested 20 Uzbek citizens during a raid at a house near Pak-Afghan border. Later ATF had cordoned off the border area and 120 more Uzbek and Afghan citizens were arrested in the search operation. DPO said that majority of arrested persons belonged to Afghanistan’s northern areas. Three agents who helped people in crossing the border were also arrested.The detainees were shifted to Saddar Police Station in Chaman. Police put on high alert and more raids are underway.

CNews SWAT: A blast tore through a security forces vehicle in restive northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing 30 people and wounding dozens more, a senior security official said. The attack in scenic Swat valley in the North West Frontier Province was the latest in a wave of violence targeting the military since government troops stormed the Al-Qaeda-linked Red Mosque in Islamabad in July. The blast comes just one day after Pakistan deployed more than 2,000 military troops to the area to bolster efforts to stem the rising violence, which is linked to pro-Taliban militants. The truck -- carrying paramilitary soldiers and packed with ammunition -- was travelling on a road outside the valley's main city of Mingora when the explosion occurred, the security official said. "Thirty people were killed in the explosion including 17 paramilitary soldiers. The damage was high because the truck was packed with ammunition," the official, who asked not to be named, said. Swat mayor Faz...

CNews PESHAWAR: More than 300 armed miscreants were present in Swat, provincial home secretary here said on Thursday. Home Secretary of NWFP Bacha Gul Wazir talking to Cnews News here said that no military operation will be launched in the area but action will be taken against those creating hurdles in the efforts for maintenance of peace and public order in the area. The security men have started patrolling at Kabal, Ayub Bridge and Kanju areas of Swat, he said, adding that between 300 to 400 miscreants and criminals were present in the area. He indicated probable presence of foreigners among the miscreants. These persons have been armed with automatic weapons and rocket launchers, which might be smuggled from Afghanistan, tribal areas and other places to here, home secretary said. Provincial home secretary said that the government was working to control the situation peacefully. All DCOs and DPOs have been directed to hold Jirgas in their areas, he said He said the government would e...

CNews DERA BUGTI: Seven persons were killed in an explosion in passenger wagon traveling to Sui from Dera Bugti on Saturday, officials said. The blast was occurred in a bus at Mail Bazaar area of Dera Bugti this morning, in which seven passengers were killed on the spot and six others were seriously wounded, officials said. They feared increase in death toll. Security forces cordoned off the area immediately after the incident. It was probably a remote-controlled device that was used for explosion in the bus, sources said.

CNews BAJAUR: An explosion in a girls’ school razed the building to ground in Bajaur tribal agency on Saturday.Miscreants had planted explosives at various spots in government girls’ middle school building in Tangi area of Sallarzai tehsil in Bajaur tribal region, sources said. The building crumbled to ground as explosives went off with loud blast that rocked the area.No loss of life reported in the incident, sources added.

CNews BANNU: Secretary Muttahida Majalis Amal (MMA) Maulana Fazlur Rahman has said President Musharraf is disqualified to hold presidential office and advised the military avoid to be a party in national politics. Addressing a public meeting in Bannu Sports Complex he said the pro US policies have driven Waziristan to a warlike situation and destroyed peace in the region. He demanded withdrawal of all check posts from North Waziristan and said that he didn’t refuse to cooperate for peace in the region.

CNews BANNU: Five FC officials, who were kidnapped in North Waziristan, have reached Bannu after being released.According to sources, the five FC officials were released unconditionally from North Waziristan. They reached Bannu where they met DG-FC Abdul Nawaz and later, they went to their homes.The names of the released FC soldiers are: Noor Khannan, Dost Ali, Muzaffar Khan, Waheed Bahadur and Risal Rehman.In all, 22 FC officials were kidnapped on October 2 from Arocha check-post in North Waziristan.

CNews MIRANSHAH: As many as four check posts will be made defunct tonight in North Waziristan in the wake of successful negotiations held among jirga, security forces and local Taliban.Besides, all the roads in Mir Ali are being re-opened by removing all obstructions on them and lifting the curfew from the area.According to Jirga sources, Jirga organized fruitful talks with the local Taliban, after which they held negotiations with the government office-bearers; after these dialogues, the decision regarding removing the four security check posts from North Waziristan tonight was taken.Two check posts among them are situated in Miranshah area of North Waziristan and the other two are located in Mir Ali.According to Jirga sources, the government gave its consent to ceasefire.