Rawalpindi—The military said on Wednesday that
11 militants and four soldiers were killed
during the last 24 hours of an air and ground
offensive against the Taliban in Malakand. It is
impossible to confirm such tolls independently,
which add up to more than 750 dead militants
over the last 17 days in the northwest. But it
was the lowest single day toll announced by the
military since it launched an offensive in Swat
last week.
Islamabad—Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani
and the Afghan President Hamid Karzai expressed
the resolve to work collectively for the
development, prosperity and security of the
region.
Peshawar—The NWFP Information Minister, Mian
Iftikhar Hussain has said that the department of
the social welfare in collaboration with the
United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)
has registered over 746000 million internally
displaced persons (IDPs) in the province.
Islamabad—Members of the National Assembly have
urged the government to ensure that the military
operation in Swat is targeted and time-specific,
focusing on elimination of militants with clear
objective to avoid any negative effect while
ensuring elimination of militants.
Islamabad—Chief of the Army Staff has instructed
the Army to make precise strikes against the
militants in Swat and adjacent areas to avoid
collateral damage even at the expense of taking
risks.
United Nations—Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon
backed Pakistan’s fight against extremism and
expressed “confidence and trust” in President
Asif Ali Zardari at a meeting on Tuesday in
which the Pakistani leader appealed for global
aid to care for over one million civilians
displaced from the troubled Swat valley.
