Peshawar/Rawalpindi—Continuing their hunt for
the miscreants, seriously disrupting peace in
the region, the security forces on Monday gunned
down yet another 18 militants during the ongoing
operation in Swat as well South Waziristan
Agency (SWA).
Islamabad —President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday
said the war against militancy is a total war
and each and every section of the society must
rise to the occasion to defeat the mindset that
creates and nurtures militancy.
Islamabad—Suspected militants Monday kidnapped
over 500 students of an army-run college in the
North Wazirisan tribal region, a government
advisor said.
Peshawar—A powerful bomb blast at a bus stand in
Kohat Monday afternoon left four people dead and
eight others seriously injured. The doctors at
Kohat hospital have described the condition of
majority of the wounded persons as critical.
Sao Paulo—A missing Air France jet carrying 228
people from Rio de Janeiro to Paris ran into a
towering wall of thunderstorms over the Atlantic
Ocean, officials said Monday, fearing that all
aboard were lost.
Washington—US missiles from unmanned drones have
eliminated about half of 20 ‘high-value’
Al-Qaeda and other extremist targets along
Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan, the
Washington Post reported Monday.
Islamabad—The Islamabad Police have arrested
Fidaullah alias Abdul Rehman, the mastermind of
the suicide bombings at FC Camp Margalla Road
and Sitara Market in the federal capital.
