Sunday 5th July, 2009
Pakistan Army names new commander for Swat operation
Pakistan News.NetThe Pakistan Army has named Maj. Gen. Ashfaq Nadeem to command the Swat operation against the Taliban, a media report said Saturday.
12 militants killed in Pakistan bombing
Pakistan News.NetIslamabad, (Xinhua) Twelve militants were killed Saturday after security forces bombed their hideouts in northwest Pakistan, TV reports said.
Crash of Pakistan military helicopter kills 27
Pakistan News.NetPakistan's military says a transport helicopter has crashed because of a technical failure, killing 26 security personnel on board.
26 soldiers killed in Pakistan chopper crash
Pakistan News.NetTwenty-six Pakistani soldiers were killed when a helicopter in which they were travelling crashed in the Orakzai tribal agency close to the Afghan border, a media report said Saturday.
Pakistan to share evidence of foreign elements behind terror
Pakistan News.NetPakistan will share with the international community the evidence of foreign elements supporting terrorists to destabilise the country, a foreign ministry official said Saturday.
Qadir to reveal irregularities in Pakistan cricket board
Pakistan News.NetFormer Pakistan chief selector Abdul Qadir is preparing ammunition for his meeting with a parliamentary committee and says he will candidly inform the Members of the National Assembly about the irregularities in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
Displaced Pakistanis live in appalling conditions, says rights group
Pakistan News.NetMore than two million Pakistanis who have been displaced by the ongoing war between security forces and militants, but who have not got admission into any relief camp, are in appalling condition as they have no access to government aid, the Amnesty International has said.
Military offensive not against tribals, says Pakistani minister
Pakistan News.NetThe military operation in northwest Pakistan is not against any tribal group but targets the Taliban led by Baitullah Mehsud, Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said, stressing that the government has not signed any peace deal with the militants.
JKNPP opposes court's verdict on legalising homosexual relations
Pakistan News.NetNew Delhi, : Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party workers on Saturday held a demonstration in front of the Parliament in New Delhi, to protest against Delhi High Court's verdict that legalises homosexuality.
British immigration officials pass Pak visas in just 11 minutes
Pakistan News.Net... minutes to scrutinize and pass a visa application in a country considered to be the hotbed of terrorism, the Telegraph has revealed.
'Top PCB officials have no knowledge about sports management'
Pakistan News.NetLahore, : Criticizing the Pakistan Cricket Board for its unprofessional way of handling cricket issues in the country, former Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) director general Zakir Hussain Syed has said PCB officials have no knowledge about sports management.
'Influential' Musharraf gives assurance to detained Pak family
Pakistan News.NetLahore, July 4 : Former Pakistan President General (r) Pervez Musharraf assured Pakistani family recently that he would use his influence with the Saudi Arabian government to get them released.
Shakespeare's 'King Lear' inspires theatre artists in Kashmir
Pakistan News.NetSrinagar, : Theatre experts and artistes in Jammu and Kashmir have lent a regional touch to William Shakespeare's famous play 'King Lear'.
J and K HC orders exhumation of Shopian rape victims bodies
Pakistan News.NetSrinagar : The Jammu and Kashmir High Court today directed state police to exhume the bodies of the victims of rape and murder in Shopian for fresh post mortem.
Gilani stresses on US-Mexico like fencing along Pak-Afghan border
Pakistan News.NetIslamabad, : Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has stressed on the need of fencing the country's border with Afghanistan on the lines of the US and Mexico border wall to stop terrorist infiltration and drug trafficking.
800 Pakistani pilgrims duped in travel scam, stranded in Saudi Arabia
Pakistan News.NetPakistani pilgrims in Saudi Arabia after their travel agents refunded their tickets in Pakistan.
Only 2 out of 30,000 NGOs working for "suffering" Pak refugees in Bangladesh
Pakistan News.NetKarachi, : Only two out of 30,000 Bangladeshi non-governmental organisations are working for the welfare of the Pakistani refugees living in 66 camps in that country, it has been claimed.
Orakzai chopper crash, a heavy blow to Pak Army before S.Waziristan offensive
Pakistan News.Net... security personel were killed in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas' Orakzai Agency, is being seen as a serious blow to the Pakistan Army ahead of the its planned all out offensive against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud in South Waziristan.
Taliban's 'disabled' teenage suicide bombers may target Chinese nationals in Pak
Pakistan News.NetLahore, : Pakistan intelligence agencies have warned that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan chief Baitullah Mehsud may target Chinese nationals in the country, as he has dispatched disabled teenage suicide bombers for the purpose.
46 Social Security Hospital employees sacked
The NewsSaeed Ahmed IslamabadThe situation in Social Security Hospital remained tense on Saturday following sacking of as many as 46 employees of Islamabad Medical and Dental...
MoU on Clinical Decision Support System signed
The NewsOur correspondent Islamabad: A collaborative tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that envisages provision of accumulated industrial expertise for the development of...
Judge comes down hard on two policewomen
The NewsKarachiadditional District and Sessions Judge (South) Nizar Ali Khawaja ordered the detention and the removal of the badges of two policewomen for...
Jinnay Lahore ni Vekhya depicts
The NewsSchezee Zaidi IslamabadThe portrayal of the most glorifying human emotion of compassion and love as the core element to fight extremism...
Terrorists are on the run, says Ahmad Mukhtar
The News InternationalLalamusa: Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar has said that the Army action against the terrorists was essential as they were killing innocent...
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