Wana—Political Administration of South
Waziristan and tribes of Ahmadzai Wazir have
reached on a Peace Accord, sources reported on
Sunday. This was decided in a Jirga held between
Political Administration of Wana and Ahmadzai
Wazir tribes. The Jirga was attended by
Political agent of South Waziristan Syed Shahab
Ali Shah and elders of Wazir tribe.
Jeddah—The 10-year deal struck by former
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif with former
President Pervez Musharraf with the guarantee of
Saudi Arabia is a big hurdle in contesting of
elections of Nawaz Sharif, informed sources said
on Sunday.
Karachi—Four persons were shot dead,
including two policemen and a child, in
operation against criminal gangs in Lyari
Kalakot area of Karachi on Sunday. Police
captured large quantity of weapons during raid
at a godown in the locality.
Islamabad–The incumbent regime that has failed
to end the power deficit in December after
caving in to the ruthless complaint against the
rental power plants, is now all set to face the
forthcoming challenge of unprecedented gas
deficit of 850 million cubic feet gas per day in
the forthcoming winter season and to this effect
the top officials of Ministry of Petroleum and
Natural Resources are working to raise the gas
tariff to force the consumers to use the gas
rationally in the winter season.
Islamabad—Timely information by one of
Pakistan’s closest supporter has averted a
dangerous plot against a top national political
leader and possibly prevented a 2007 like
tragedy in the country.
Kabul—Militant
fighters streaming from an Afghan village and a
mosque attacked a pair of remote outposts near
the Pakistani border, killing eight U.S.
soldiers and as many as seven Afghan forces in
one of the fiercest battles of the eight-year
war.
