Kurram: Nato choppers hit FC checkpoint; three killed
Despite severe protest and warnings by Pakistan, the Nato helicopters Thursday shelled a paramilitary checkpost and killed three soldiers in a cross border attack in Kurram Agency, security officials said.
The Nato choppers violated Pakistans airspace at 5:00am and pounded an FC checkpost at , killing three FC men and injuring as many at Mand-To-Kandao, Kurram Agency.
It was an unprovoked attack that took place early Thursday morning. Nato helicopters entered our airspace and targeted a paramilitary checkpost killing three soldiers and wounding three others, a senior security official told mediamen.
According to sources, this has been Natos third attack in Pakistani territory within a week. The Nato Spokesman in Afghanistan has not confirmed the attack.
Our Ally Functioning as Establishment’s Tool: Zulfiqar Mirza
KARACHI, Pakistan News: Sindh Home Minister Dr. Zulfiqar Mirza Thursday said that Chief Justice of Pakistan has been requested to take suo motto action on the NRO cases.
Addressing a press conference along with Sindh Chief Minister here, Dr. Mirza said, “Our ally is playing the role of a tool for the establishment.”
He said that Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) blocked roads in Karachi on May 12, 2007 on the occasion of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry’s visit to the city.
The Home Minister questioned as to what the MQM leader Dr. Farooq Sattar was doing in prisons during Musharraf regime. “Was he (Dr. Farooq Sattar) went to prison for distributing alms or employment?” he asked.
He said he intends to make the media and people aware of the facts in one week’s time.
Dr. Zulfiqar Mirza said a total of 3,500 criminal cases were cleared through fraud in Sindh.
“Sindh Government and the judiciary has been ridiculed in a big way,” he said.
Our Ally Functioning as Establishment’s Tool: Zulfiqar Mirza was first posted on November 26, 2009 at 8:13 pm.
Afghanistan Should Stop Arms Supply: Rehman Malik
Pakistan News: Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that Afghanistan should take steps to stop the cross border flow of arms. He ensured that militants in South Waziristan are on the run. The Federal Minister visited the Lady Reading hospital in Peshawar to condole the injured persons in the bomb blasts. Talking to media, he said that it is necessary to be united in these circumstances. Pak Army and countrymen foiled all the plans of terrorists. He said that the security forces are fighting against militants instead of any specific tribe. Rehman Malik said that Taliban are the enemies of Islam.
Afghanistan Should Stop Arms Supply: Rehman Malik was first posted on November 26, 2009 at 8:29 pm.
