Police arrest 14 wanted terrorists in Karachi

Staff Report

KARACHI: Law enforcement personnel arrested on Tuesday, 14 wanted terrorists, including a Taliban leader in an operation in Gulshan-e-Boneer near Quaidabad.

SSP Nasir told the media about the arrests of these wanted terrorists. “The Taliban leader hails from Mehsud group,” he added. Trend Pk

Khairpur Nathan Shah being evacuated

KARACHI: Ongoing flood devastations in Sindh province is underway as tehsil Khairpur Nathan Shah is being seen on rapid evacuation as fast roaring deluges are heading to wreak anticipated devastation in the area, Geo News reported Thursday.

Meanwhile, flood tides have inundated Jati city of Thatta district.

According to member provincial assembly Imran Laghari, emergency has been declared in Khairpur Nathan Shah tehsil of Dadu district owing to flood anticipation, asking people to evacuate houses in the earliest.

Meanwhile, raging flood torrents, unleashed from two breaches in MS protective embankment, have entered Jati city of Thatta District after wreaking havoc in Sujawal.

Another roaring floodtide, surging from Hadad Kot, is heading to hit Khairpur Nathan Shah while the city’s 70 percent population has relocated themselves to safer places for fear of flood devastation.

A massive floodtide is 1km away from Kharipur Nathan Shah whereas; another flood torrent through breaches of MNV Drain is raging fast towards Khanpur and Indus Highway.

Several villages have been deluged by floodwater in Jati city.

Many cracks have started to appear in Dhamra Canal, allowing floodwater to flow through them.

Judicial body formed to probe bund breaches

LAHORE: A judicial commission has been formed with Justice Mansoor Ali Shah of Lahore High Court (LHC) among other judges as its members, to determine the causes behind the disintegration of protective embankments and dykes for being shoddy or they were breached by the influential personages, Geo News reported Thursday.

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif taking strict notice of the complaints regarding breakdown of dykes and willfully breaching them, announced to set up a judicial commission to probe the issue.

Subsequently, the LHC instituted a commission with Justice Mansoor Ali Shah as its member.

Justice Mansoor, visiting the spots, will inspect protective embankments and bunds and pen down evidences. And later on, this investigative report would be dispatched to the government determining the responsibility.

US charges Pakistani Taliban chief over CIA killings

WASHINGTON: The US slapped Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud with terrorism charges on Wednesday for his alleged role in the murder of seven USAians at a CIA base in Afghanistan.

The Justice Dept move came as the State Dept added the Tehreek-e-Taliban to a blacklist of foreign terrorist organizations, which means members face asset freezes and travel bans. The State Dept also offered rewards of up to $5m each for information leading to Mehsud’s location and the location of Wali ur-Rehman, who is reportedly Mehsud’s current second-in-command.

The Justice Dept said in a statement said: Hakimullah Mehsud, the self-proclaimed emir of the Pakistani Taliban, has been charged by criminal complaint for his alleged involvement in the murder of seven US citizens on Dec 30 2009 at a US military base in Afghanistan.

In a two-count complaint filed in US District Court in Washington, Mehsud was charged with conspiracy to murder US citizens abroad and conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction against US citizens abroad. Justice Dept spokesman Benjamin said improvised explosive devices, often made up of fertilizer and diesel fuel, fall into the category of weapons of mass destruction.

Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, a Jordanian of Palestinian origin who is said to have been a triple agent, blew himself up at the base in Khost, near the Pakistani border in the deadliest attack against the CIA since 1983. In addition to the agents, Balawi also killed his Jordanian handler, a top intelligence officer and member of the royal family. In addition to the Khost bombing, the US has linked the Tehreek-e-Taliban to a botched car bomb plot in New York’s Times Square in May and a deadly attack at the US consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan in April.

US Sec State Clinton designated the TTP as a foreign terrorist organization on Aug 12, and it was formally added to the list when it was published Wednesday in the Federal Register. Formal designation as a foreign terrorist organization triggers sanctions including an asset freeze, a ban on members traveling to the US, and makes it a crime to provide material support to the group. Benjamin told reporters:

Today’s actions put the TTP and its sympathizers on notice that the US will not tolerate support to this organization, which has inflicted great harm to US and Pakistani interests. TTP’s destabilizing effect in Pakistan’s tribal areas has resulted in innumerable civilian deaths and considerable property losses. It has greatly, indeed unacceptably, complicated the efforts to counter the threat posed by al-Qaeda.

State Dept spokesman Crowley said in a statement: The TTP and Al-Qaeda have a symbiotic relationship. TTP draws ideological guidance from Al-Qaeda, while Al-Qaeda relies on TTP for safe haven in the Pashtun areas along the Afghan-Pakistani border.

Faisal Shahzad, a Pakistani-born US national, has pleaded guilty to the failed attack in New York and warned of more strikes on the US until it leaves Muslim lands. Shahzad told the judge he had undergone five days of bomb-making training during a 40-day stay with the Pakistani Taliban in Pakistan, between Dec 9-Jan 25. In Apr 2010, the State Dept said, Mehsud’s operatives used an explosives-laden truck, machine guns, and rocket launchers in an attack on the US consulate in Peshawar that killed six Pakistanis and wounded 20 others. Blacklisted along with the TTP are Lashkar-e-Taiba, Hamas, Hezbollah, the IRA and the Tamil Tigers.

US charges Mehsud over CIA killings

WASHINGTON : The United States slapped Taliban chief, Hakimullah Mehsud, with terrorism charges for his alleged role in the murder of seven Americans at a CIA base in Afghanistan.

The Justice Department move came as the State Department added the Tehreek-e-Taliban to a blacklist of foreign terrorist organizations, which means members face asset freezes and travel bans.

The State Department also offered rewards of up to five million dollars each for information leading to Mehsud’s location and the location of Wali ur-Rehman, who is reportedly Mehsud’s current second-in-command.

“Hakimullah Mehsud, the self-proclaimed emir of the Pakistani Taliban, has been charged by criminal complaint for his alleged involvement in the murder of seven American citizens on December 30, 2009 at a US military base in Afghanistan,” the Justice Department said in a

US places TTP on terror outfit list

WASHINGTON: The United States slapped Pakistani Taliban chief, Hakimullah Mehsud, with terrorism charges on Wednesday for his alleged role in the murder of seven Americans at a CIA base in Afghanistan.

The Justice Department move came as the State Department added the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to a blacklist of foreign terrorist organizations, which means members face asset freezes and travel bans.

The State Department also offered rewards of up to five million dollars each for information leading to Mehsud”s location and the location of Wali ur-Rehman, who is reportedly Mehsud”s current second-in-command.

“Hakimullah Mehsud, the self-proclaimed emir of the TTP, has been charged by criminal complaint for his alleged involvement in the murder of seven American citizens on December 30, 2009 at a US military base in Afghanistan,” the Justice Department said in a statement.

In a two-count complaint filed in US District Court in Washington, Mehsud was charged with conspiracy to murder Americans abroad and conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction against US citizens abroad.

Daniel Benjamin, the ambassador at large for counter-terrorism, said Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), often made up of fertilizer and diesel fuel, fall into the category of weapons of mass destruction.

Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, a Jordanian of Palestinian origin who is said to have been a triple agent, blew himself up at the base in Khost, near the Pakistani border in the deadliest attack against the CIA since 1983.

In addition to the agents, Balawi also killed his Jordanian handler — a top intelligence officer and member of the royal family.

In addition to the Khost bombing, the United States has linked the Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) to a botched car bomb plot in New York”s Times Square in May and a deadly attack at the US consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan in April.

Pakistan “Credible Information” That Mehsud Dead

TrendPK.com Pakistan “Credible Information” That Mehsud Dead:ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan said on Wednesday it had information suggesting that Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud had died of wounds inflicted in a U.S. drone aircraft attack in January.
“I have credible information that he’s dead but I don’t have any [...]

Barley Futures Rises

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Taliban Chief Hakeemullah Mehsud killed

Pakistan News: Official sources have confirmed the death reports of TTP Chief Hakeemullah Mehsud at Orakzai Agency today.
According to sources, Hakeemullah was killed in a drone attack and buried at Tehsil Mamozai.

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US Drone Strike killed Top Leader But Pakistan Taliban Deny

TrendPK.com US Drone Strike killed Top Leader But Pakistan Taliban Deny
:At least 10 suspected militants died when missiles were fired at a target in the North Waziristan region near the Afghan border, Pakistani officials say.
A Taliban spokesman said Mehsud had been in the area but left before the alleged training camp [...]

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