Curfew Imposed in Bajaur After Clashes
KHAR, Pakistan News : Authorities on Tuesday imposed a curfew in Bajaur Agency after deadly clashes 
with the Taliban amid rising violence away from the battlefield of a major army assault, officials said.
Authorities imposed an indefinite curfew in Khar, the main town of the Bajaur Agency.
“The crossfire continued for three hours. Six militants were killed in retaliatory fire,” Adalat Khan, a local government official said.
“Two civilians were also killed and four, including two women, wounded when a mortar shell landed inside a house,” Khan added.
Armed with rockets and heavy weapons, Taliban militants also attacked the Bajaur headquarters of the local tribal police, he said.
“Some 50 Taliban launched the attack. Troops retaliated, killing six militants,” said a security official based in Khar, adding that two soldiers were wounded.
An intelligence official in the area confirmed the incident and said house to house searches had been launched after the clashes.
“Some electricity poles, a petrol pump and three shops were also damaged,” he added.
Khan said authorities were making an assessment of the losses and that markets, banks, schools and offices were closed.
Curfew Imposed in Bajaur After Clashes was first posted on November 24, 2009 at 1:27 pm.
NATO Oil Tankers Fire Doused
JAFARABAD, Pakistan News: At least four oil tankers carrying fuel for Nato forces in Afghanistan were destroyed and one driver killed near Quetta early on Tuesday.
The attack took place before dawn in Dera Allah Yar, a small town located near the border between the provinces of Balochistan and Sindh.
Up to eight gunmen fired at the vehicles on a main highway, triggering a blaze that engulfed four oil trucks.
One driver was reported killed and the movement of trucks transporting US and Nato supplies has been temporarily suspended.
NATO Oil Tankers Fire Doused was first posted on November 24, 2009 at 3:34 pm.
Karachi Factory Fire Doused
KARACHI, Pakistan: Karachi Factory Fire Doused, The fire erupted in a godown of old cloths in Landhi area 19 hours ago has brought under control on Saturday morning. However, cloths and other items of worth millions of rupees have been gutted in the incident.
The walls and roofs were also collapsed due to intensity of fire but luckily no causality was happened.
On Friday, a fire broke out in a godown of cloths ocated in Landhi Export Processing Zone in.
Fire Brigade officials said that this is a category 3 fire. The fire was getting out of control and therefore the department has dispatched all the fire tenders of the city including two snorkels and four bouzers to the site. The fire extinguished after 19 hours on Saturday morning.
Karachi Factory Fire Doused was first posted on November 7, 2009 at 12:03 pm.
