Washington—Self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo
Bay detainees will be sent to New York to face
trial in a civilian federal court, an Obama
administration official said Friday.
Peshawar—Two powerful suicide explosions one at
the provincial headquarters of a sensitive
agency in Peshawar and other at a police station
in Bannu Friday morning left at least 17 people
dead and over eighty others wounded most of them
seriously. Those killed include a number of
security men as more than three dozens men in
uniform sustained injuries in the two blasts.
Islamabad—US National Security Advisor James
Jones called on President Asif Ali Zardari in
Presidency here on Friday. Matters relating to
Pakistan’s struggle against militancy,
rehabilitation of IDPs and early reimbursement
of the arrears in coalition support fund (CSF)
were discussed during the meeting, the channel
reported.
Washington—A ‘significant amount’ of frozen
water has been found on the moon, the US space
agency said Friday heralding a major leap
forward in space exploration and boosting hopes
of a permanent lunar base. Preliminary data from
a moon probe ‘indicates the mission successfully
uncovered water in a permanently shadowed lunar
crater,’ NASA said in a statement.
Rawalpindi—In the last 24 hours, 6 terrorists
have been killed while 12 soldiers embraced
shahadat and 2 soldiers were injured in South
Waziristan . According to ISPR Security forces
successfully secured important feature point
5376, 3 kms north of Ahmed Wam. Exchange of fire
took place between security forces and
terrorists at Ahmed Wam, resultantly 2 soldiers
embraced shahadat and 2 were injured, while 6
terrorists were killed.
Islamabad—Pakistan Muslim League-Q leader Amir
Muqam on Friday demanded that governor rule
should be imposed in NWFP as the provincial
government has completely failed to stop bomb
blasts. Speaking on a motion on Law and Order
situation in the country, he remarked that the
people are being killed in the NWFP but
compensation was not given to families, whose
dear ones had died in the blasts.
