Peshawar, Pakistan News

People fed up with lame govt assurances Tuesday, November 24, 2009 Syed Bukhar Shah PESHAWAR: Though the site of the November 19 blast is again scene of a bustle, the memories of the suicide attack continue to haunt the visitors of the Judicial Complex here.

Pakistani troops killed 18 militants in a fresh offensive Tuesday against insurgents blamed for a wave of recent bombings in the main northwestern city of Peshawar.

Holding there was possibility that Black Water was behind the Peshawar terror acts, the petition, filed by advocate Zafarullah, has asked that it be banned, Online news agency reported Friday.

Ministry of Pakistan Postal Services will open 100 "small and smart" express centres with modern facilities to ensure sustained growth in earning and profitability by catering the customers needs.

Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Saturday that the campaign against militants is achieving success and more troops will be dispatched to Waziristan tribal area.

Karachi News.Net Monday 23rd November, 2009 Pakistan is likely to launch another full-fledged military operation against militants in Pakistan's Khyber tribal agency with over 1,000 security personnel deployed in Bara area of the region, local media reports said Monday.

Pakistani forces have recaptured key highways and other land routes in the volatile South Waziristan region in the mountainous Taliban stronghold.

In Pakistan, the string of terror attack which began with the military offensive against the militants in South Waziristan on Oct.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 At least four people have been killed and another 26 wounded after a suspected suicide bomb attack near Peshawar , Pakistan killed four people today, according to police.

Nov 19 - Militants have struck again in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, close to the Afghan border.

PESHAWAR: NWFP Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti reiterated the involvement of foreign hands in the current wave of terrorism in the province and asked the federal government for the use of diplomatic channels in this regard.

The evidence regarding Indian involvement in Balochistan will be presented at 'a suitable time', Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Sunday adding that 'the country's nuclear assets are safe'. Speaking to reporters in Multan, Gilani said the issue had been taken up during his meeting with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the ...

Pakistan's interior minister has offered to quit if the presence of US security agency Blackwater in Pakistan is proved -- but he could be treading on thin ice for more than one reason.

NWFP Chief Minister, Ameer Haidar Khan Hoti comforts a relative of a policeman who was killed in a bomb blast in Peshawar.

Three suspected militants blew themselves up as police gave chase Saturday in the Pakistani part of disputed Kashmir, authorities said.

North West Frontier Province Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti has blamed foreign powers for the recent wave of terror attacks in the region.

At least 16 people were killed and several others wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the gate of a court building in the latest wave of militant attacks in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 Rahimullah Yusufzai Peshawar, or Pekhawar as it is called by Pakhtuns and Pishor by its old Hindko-speaking residents, has always been a city under attack.

A suicide bomber has killed 19 people by detonating explosives on his body outside a courthouse in northwestern Pakistan, officials said.

Islamabad, Nov 16 : Former Pakistan Army Chief Mirza Aslam Beg has claimed that ex-President Pervez Musharraf had given Blackwater the green signal to carry out its terrorist operations in the cities of Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Peshawar and Quetta.