Blast Near Private School in Charsadda, Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan News: A roadside bomb targeting a police officer exploded in the main northwestern city of Peshawar on Thursday, injuring four people including SHO.
The bomb was detonated by remote control as Riaz Ulislam, the head of a police station in Peshawar, was passing by in his vehicle in a residential area of Peshawar near a school, said Hakim Khan, a police officer at the scene of the attack.
The blast injured the SHO, his driver and a child who was passing by, Khan said. The explosion badly damaged the vehicle and a nearby electrical tower, he added.
Suspected militants have carried out a wave of deadly attacks in and around Peshawar since the army launched a major offensive in mid-October in the South Waziristan tribal area, where al-Qaida and Taliban leaders are believed to be hiding.
Last week, a suicide bomber killed 19 people outside a courthouse in Peshawar. In late October, a car bomb exploded in a crowded market in the city, killing at least 112 people, the deadliest attack in Pakistan for more than two years.
Blast Near Private School in Charsadda, Pakistan was first posted on November 26, 2009 at 10:29 am.
Anti-terrorism Court Indicts 7 Over Mumbai Attacks
Pakistan: Anti-terrorism court on Wednesday charged seven suspects in connection with the Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people a year ago.
The men were indicted at an anti-terrorism court in a high security prison in the city of Rawalpindi on the eve of the first anniversary of India’s worst militant attacks, which dramatically soured relations with rival Pakistan. All seven pleaded not guilty to the charges. Among the seven, who were arrested by Pakistan over the November 26-29 siege on India’s financial capital, are alleged mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, Hammad Amin, Mazhar Iqbal, Abdul Wajid, Shahid Jamil, Muhammad Jamil and Younus Anjum. ‘All seven of them have been indicted, including Lakhvi. The accused pleaded not guilty as the evidence does not support the charges,’ lawyer Shahbaz Rajput told a foreign news agency by telephone. ‘They have been indicted under the anti-terrorism act and the Pakistani penal code,’ said Rajput, without elaborating.
Court proceedings have taken place behind closed doors with journalists barred from the hearings and defence lawyers leaking only small details. The next hearing is December 5.
On the other hand, the United States has welcomed the indictment.
Educators Appointed on Purely Merit Basis: Shahbaz Sharif
LAHORE, Pakistan News: Chief Minister Punjab Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said the appointment of educators including senior and junior schoolteachers and lecturers at colleges and universities in order to secure the future of young generation.
Addressing a meeting here at CM House, CM Punjab said for the first time in the history of country as many as 4000 schools have been equipped with computer labs while adding the extracurricular activities for promotion of national tradition and culture will also be focused.
A committee headed by Ahsan Iqbal has been formed during meeting, which will compile the recommendations of various pre-formed education committees for the progress of education sector in province, sources said.
Educators Appointed on Purely Merit Basis: Shahbaz Sharif was first posted on November 26, 2009 at 12:31 pm.
7 Militants killed, 6 Hurt in SWA, Swat
WANA/SWAT,Pakistan News: Seven militants were killed and six wounded during clashes between militants and security forces in South Warziristan and Swat.
In South Waziristan, clashes took place in Asman Manza and Ladha areas in which four militants were killed and six injured. More then 600 militants have been killed so far and forces regained control of over 120 strongholds of militants during operation Rah-e-Nijat in South Waziristan.
On the other hand, three militants were killed in clashes in Nijigaram area of tehsil Bari Kot in Swat.
7 Militants killed, 6 Hurt in SWA, Swat was first posted on November 26, 2009 at 12:37 pm.
