Peshawar, Pakistan News

Pakistanis wait for food from a distribution point for the World Food Program at the Jalozai camp in Peshawar, Pakistan, in May.

Agencies Peshawar, July 9: Even before it could recover from Wednesday's suicide attack, Peshawar was on Thursday rocked by two more bomb blasts killing five persons and injuring some others.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party leaders and workers observed a 'Black Day' on July 5 across Pakistan, marking 32 years since General Ziaul Haq took over in a military coup.

A bomb hidden in a mango cart killed one man and wounded five others yesterday in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, a senior police official said.

Wednesday, July 08, 2009 By Rashid Faraz Khattak PESHAWAR: His eyes glistened with a glimmer of hope when he was submitting examination fee on Monday, just two days after his release from the captivity of the militants in North Waziristan where he languished for about eight months since he was kidnapped along with a Canadian lady.

Police say a suicide bomber has blown himself up close to a police station in the northwestern Pakistan city of Peshawar.

PESHAWAR/KHAR: Continuing the operation against militants in the war-ravaged Swat district, security forces on Tuesday claimed that a brother of top Taliban leader Ibne Amin was among three commanders killed in the valley.

South East Asia News.Net Tuesday 7th July, 2009 Peshawar, July 7 : The Pakistan Army has claimed that it has killed 14 militants during an operation in Swat on Monday, while four soldiers got wounded.

SWAT: The repatriation of internally displaced persons , after the go ahead signaled by security forces in connection with the clearance of the areas from militants, has commenced in Swat, Buner and Dir areas on Monday, sources said.

South East Asia News.Net Tuesday 7th July, 2009 Lahore, July 7 : At least 25 explosive laden vehicles have reportedly sneaked into major cities of Pakistan, following which intelligence agencies have launched a massive search operation.

South East Asia News.Net Thursday 2nd July, 2009 Peshawar, July 2 : The Pakistan Army has ruled out any possibility of a military offensive against the Taliban in North Waziristan.

PESHAWAR: The NWFP government in collaboration with donor agencies will establish a Women Industrial Area in Swat, said Awami National Party Working Committee Member Gul Mina Bilal Ahmed in a press statement on Sunday.

AFP, Peshawar Pakistani security forces said Thursday that troops had killed more than 50 militants while ground and air forces battled against Islamist insurgents in parts of the northwest.

Peshawar, June 29 : Pakistani people diaplaced due to ongoing offensive of the Army against the Taliban in the Swat Valley are selling relief goods to pay for their routine expenses.

Peshawar, June 30 : In the times when Pakistan is facing severe economic hardships, the country's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has given a whopping windfall to all the lower house members by doubling their annual development fund to 20 million rupees.

Pakistani helicopter gunships attacked Taliban militants today in a northwestern region where a military helicopter crashed the previous day killing 26 soldiers on board, a government official said.

Islamabad, July 4 : Twenty-six Pakistani soldiers were killed when a helicopter in which they were travelling crashed in the Orakzai tribal agency close to the Afghan border, a media report said Saturday.

Staff Report PESHAWAR: Militancy in the Tribal Areas has cost Pakistan around $2,146 million while the fighting has so far killed over 3,000 civilians, a government report said on Wednesday.

A military helicopter crashed in Orakzai Agency near the Afghan border on Friday, killing 26 security personnel.

By Shakeel Anjum RAWALPINDI: Thirty-six persons were injured, some critically, when a lone suicide bomber rammed his motorcycle into a bus carrying employees of the Army-run Heavy Mechanical Complex at the Peshawar Road near Chur Chowk, Rawalpindi, here on Thursday at around 4.15 pm, police said.