Peshawar—Fierce bloody clashes between the
insurgents and the security forces were reported
in South Waziristan Agency (SWA) and volatile
Swat where dozens more miscreants were reported
killed while 4 more soldiers, injured in
militants ambush on a military convoy in NWA on
Sunday evening, succumbed to their injuries in
CMH taking the death toll to 16. Likewise at
least three civilians were reported dead and
seven others wounded seriously when a mortar
shell landed at Azam Warsak area in SWA on
Monday.
Lahore — Members from Opposition benches walked
out from the ongoing session of Punjab Assembly
on Monday following a dispute with Treasury
members. The members from both the benches
scuffled with each other and exchanged hot
words. Women MPAs from Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-e-Azam)
also threw the budget copies on the Treasury
benches.
Srinagar—In Occupied Kashmir, two youth were
martyred while several others injured, some of
them critically when Indian troops opened fire
at demonstrations in Baramulla town, on Monday.
Occupied Jammu— Firing from Pakistan’s side of
Kashmir killed an Indian army soldier at a
border post on Monday, a statement released by
Indian police claimed. Basanth Rath,
superintendent of police, said the incident
occurred in Poonch area, nearly 155 miles
northwest of Jammu.
Moscow—Russia on Monday began war games in its
North Caucasus region neighbouring Georgia, in a
warning to foes that the military remains on
standby for any new conflict in the area. Dubbed
“Caucasus 2009”, the week-long exercises are
just north of the border where Russia and
Georgia fought a brief war last August over two
breakaway pro-Moscow Georgian regions.
Srinagar—In Occupied Kashmir, two youth were
martyred while several others injured, some of
them critically when Indian troops opened fire
at demonstrations in Baramulla town, on Monday.
Islamabad—The Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza
Gilani has expressed the confidence that as a
consequence of the on-going military operation,
the country would soon get rid of the menace of
terrorism.