US launch first drone strike on Libya

At least 25 were killed and more than 100 were injured as heavy fighting continued in the rebel-held city of Misrata. Three people were also killed when NATO forces bombarded the near the residence of Muammar Gaddafi.

On the other hand, rebel leader Jamal Saleem said that the pro-Gaddafi forces failed to enter the city but they are still present on the outskirts. According to the hospital officials in Misrata, government forces are also among the people killed.

In a statement, the Pentagon said that after the approval from President Obama, the United States drone aircraft fired missiles on the base of pro-Gaddafi forces. The Pentagon said it was the first attack carried out in Libya by drone aircrafts but no details were issued.

Drone Attack At Waziristan

Latest Update:United States drone aircraft fired missiles into North Waziristan region on Tuesday, killing 10 people.

The attack targeted a militant compound in the Dawagar border area, about 40 km west of North Waziristan’s main town of Miranshah.
The strikes have also killed senior Taliban and al-Qaeda figures. Drone attacks have caused resentment in Pakistan, where anti-American feelings run high. The Pakistani government wants the Americans to provide them with drone technology so the country’s military can carry out its own strikes.

Three killed In N Waziristan Drone Attack

MIRAN SHAH: At least 10 persons were killed and several others injured in US drone attack at a training camp in North Waziristan tribal region.

A US spy aircraft fired missiles at a training camp at Mohammedkhel mountains in North Waziristan in which  at least 10 persons were killed and several injured, sources said. Most of the persons killed in the attack said to be foreign nationals.

Drone Attack in NWaziristan, 3 killed

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan News: At least three people were killed and two others wounded on Thursday in a US drones’ attack in North Waziristan agency.

According to preliminary reports, three U.S. drones after hours of aerial vigilance of Michi Khail village of tehsil Miranshah fired missiles on a house, killing three people and wounding two others.

Eyewitnesses say at least two missiles hit the house belong to a local tribesman identified as Karim Khan.

Identities of the deceased and injured are not yet known. The injured were said to be in critical conditions, the channel added.

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Drone Attack in NWaziristan, 3 killed was first posted on December 31, 2009 at 11:16 pm.

Gilgit-Baltistan ordinance signs by President of Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Asif Ali Zardari President of Pakistan signed the Gilgit-Baltistan Order 2009 aimed at introducing far-reaching administrative, political, financial and judicial reforms in the Northern Areas.

The President congratulated the people of Gilgit and Baltistan on the realization of yet another dream of emancipation. He recalled the reforms by the PPP in 1975 and again in 1994 and said he was pleased that the PPP government and reforms in Northern Areas were interlinked.

Explaining the salient features of the Order, signed today Spokesperson to the President former Senator Farhatullah Babar told the mediapersons that Gilgit-Baltistan will now have an elected Legislative Assembly which would elect the Chief Minister.

The Governor will be appointed by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister. Till the election of the Legislative Assembly, the Minister of Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas would be the Acting Governor, he said.

The Chief Minister elected by the Legislative Assembly would be assisted by six Ministers and two Advisors. The Legislative Assembly would have twenty four(24) members who would be elected directly besides six women and three technocrats’ seats. It would have powers to make laws on sixty one subjects, he said.

Farhatullah Babar said that there would be a Gilgit-Baltistan Consolidated Fund and the annual budget would be presented to the Assembly and voted upon as was being done by the other provinces. It will also have its own Public Service Commission, a Chief Election Commissioner and an Auditor General, he said.

The Northern Areas of Pakistan would be called Gilgit-Baltistan.

About the Judicial reforms contained in the Order, he said that the Chief Judge of the Supreme Appellate Court would be appointed by the Chairman of the Council on the advice of the Governor.

Other Judges shall be appointed by the Chairman on the advice of Governor after seeking views of the Chief Judge. The number of Judges would be increased from three to five.

It may be mentioned that the first major administrative, judicial and political reforms were introduced and feudal system was abolished in 1975 during the government of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

Further democratization of the area was effected during the government of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto through the Northern Areas Legal Framework Order 1994.

The third instalment of major reforms order was signed today by President Asif Ali Zardari, Farhatullah Babar said.

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Gilgit-Baltistan ordinance signs by President of Pakistan was first posted on September 7, 2009 at 8:55 pm.
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Drone strike in Waziristan, Pakistan

Waziristan, Pakistan :- Some three people were killed and dozens injured as a suspected US drone aircraft fired missiles in Muchi Khel area of the North Waziristan Agency, the tribal area bordering Afghanistan.

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Drone strike in Waziristan, Pakistan was first posted on September 7, 2009 at 9:17 pm.
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