Peshawar/Islamabad—The security forces on
Wednesday claimed to have eventually got hold of
Sultanwas, the stronghold of insurgents in
restive Buner District killing as many as 80
militants as the Swat District remained
relatively calm where pitched battles at various
places left at least one soldier dead and many
injured.
Islamabad—Pakistan and Iran are most likely to
finalize the Gas sales purchase Agreement for
the gas to be imported under proposed $ 3
billion IP gas line during the Tehran talks
scheduled on May 22-23.
Quetta—Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Mohammad
Raisani has declared here Wednesday that the
Nazims under the devolution plan would cease to
function from June 30 as per decision of the
Provincial Assembly and the cabinet. He said the
recommendation has been forwarded to President
who has almost agreed to approve it.
Semnan—President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on
Wednesday that Iran has test-fired a new
medium-range surface to surface missile and
again insisted that there will be no climbdown
over Iran’s nuclear programme.
New York—Insurgents in Afghanistan, fighting
from some of the poorest and most remote regions
on earth, have managed for years to maintain an
intensive guerrilla war against materially
superior American and Afghan forces.
