Four miscreants killed in Mardan

As many as four militant have been killed during an ongoing military operation in Mardan, Dunya News reported on Tuesday.
Security forces have nabbed over a dozen terrorists during an operation underway at the mountainous range of Buner and Swabi in Katlang since yesterday. Some four militants have been killed in fresh clashes.
The military resorted to heavy gunship besides Cobra choppers in the offensive.

30 militants killed in Orakzai offensive

PESHAWAR: Thirty militants including a key militant commander were killed during security forces operation in different areas of Orakzai Agency.

According to sources, security forces helicopters pounded militants positions in tehsil Ismailzai killing 30 militants including a key commander and injuring several others. Seven hideouts were also destroyed in the offensive in Ghaljo, Torkanray and adjoining areas. At least 1200 militants have been killed so far during operation against militants.

Troops kill 50 militants in Orakzai

ORAKZAI AGENCY: At least 50 militant were killed and dozens other wounded in fresh aerial strikes here on Sunday.

According to sources, helicopter gunships and jet planes pounded militant dens in Upper Orakzai areas of Khadizai and Mamozai, killing 50 fighters and injuring 20 others.

As a result of the shelling, a training facility and six hideouts being used by Taliban militants were destroyed.

So far more than 900 militants were killed in Orakzai operation started by security forces some two months back.

In addition, more than 100 hideouts used by militants were also destroyed in the offensive.

15 killed in Thai temple as curfew extends

BANGKOK: Thai authorities have confirmed killing of 15 people in clashes at a temple within a Thai anti-government protest zone in last three days whereas curfew has been imposed for three more days.

A curfew has been imposed for three more nights in Bangkok and 23 other provinces to quell conflict in the aftermath of an army offensive against anti-government protesters.

A meeting chaired by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva “agreed to impose the curfew to better secure the area and curtail their activities”, said Dithaporn Sasasmit, spokesman for the army-run Internal Security Operation Command.

A curfew was ordered in Bangkok and 23 provinces Wednesday night between 8pm and 6am to control looting and arson that broke out after the deadly campaign to close down the “Red Shirts” six-week occupation of central Bangkok. However, the new curfew would be shortened to between 9pm and 5am, Dithaporn said, “to lessen the effect on the public”.

Nine people died in road accident

As many as nine people died as a coach skidded off the road and fell in a gorge near Dir Bala on Thursday.
The passenger coach was bound for Chitral from Peshawar and carrying around 27 people including women and children. The driver lost control over the coach at Valenzai, Dir Bala and the vehicle fell in the abyss.
Resultantly, nine people died on the spot, while 13 others injured including two women and two kids.
The injured have been shifted to Peshawar hospital.

LHC seeks Malik’s remission notification

The Lahore High Court Thursday ordered the government to present presidential notification regarding condoning of Interior Minister Rehman Malik jail sentence awarded by an accountability court and upheld by a bench of the high court last week.
A petition was moved in the LHC on Wednesday challenging the presidential pardon granted to Malik against his conviction in two corruption references. Save Judiciary Committees media adviser Imtiaz Rashid Qureshi filed the petition in which Malik, the federation through the Interior Ministry secretary; the principal secretary to President Asif Ali Zardari and the chairman of NAB Islamabad have been named respondents.
The petitioners lawyer Barrister Farooq Hassan submitted that the remission of Maliks sentence by the president under Article 45 was illegal, saying such a pardon was legal if an accused had exhausted all legal remedies.
A single member bench of the apex court, comprising Justice Ejaz Ahmed Chaudhry, ordered the Deputy Attorney General of Pakistan to present the notification issued by the presidency before the court on May 28, the date set for next hearing, to ascertain its legality.
Hassan had said in his petition that if someone was convicted by a court, he had the right to file an appeal against the sentence in the Supreme Court, and if the petition was not heard by the apex court or the decision was upheld, he could file a mercy appeal with the president. The lawyer said the minister had not approached the Supreme Court in this connection, adding that there was no justification for the remission as Malik had not filed any mercy petition and the purported pardon was against the due process of law.

SC orders body for repatriation of Pakistanis kept abroad

Supreme Court ordered the government to form a 4-member committee comprising joint secretaries of foreign, interior, finance and law ministries for repatriation of Pakistanis illegally kept abroad on Thursday.
A bench, headed by Justice Javed Iqbal, heard the missing persons case.
During the hearing, Justice Javed said that the rights of the Pakistanis are being usurped and rubbished the financial hurdles in this regard as noted by the government, saying that the government could easily earmark funds in this regard. He further said that scores of people are kept in Afghanistan, but so far the foreign ministry has not taken up the issue with the Afghan government.
The SC put off the case till next month.

Blasphemous content: PTA blocks YouTube

Pakistan has blocked the popular video sharing website YouTube in a bid to contain blasphemous content on Thursday.
This comes in the backdrop of a PTA ban on the popular social networking website Facebook after a controversy surrounding the website hosting an event promoting caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
PTA blocked access to Facebook on a court order over a competition created by a Facebook user who set up a page called Draw Mohammed Day, inviting people to send in caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) on May 20. Protests have been taking place across the country against Facebooks failure to remove the offensive page off the social network.
Internet users across the country have also reported being unable to access the English section of popular internet encyclopedia website, Wikipedia. Pakistani bloggers on the micro-blogging website Twitter are in an uproar on what they claim to be a ban on Wikipedia, the popular internet encyclopedia website, and video hosting website YouTube. YouTube was also blocked in the country in 2007 for about a year for what it called un-Islamic videos.

Mother, toddler injured in accident

RAWALPINDI: A woman and her 18-month old baby sustained injuries after being hit by the vehicle of Supreme Court judge Justice Tasadduq Hussain Jilani, police said.

According to Rawalpindi police, the accident took place near the airport.

Following the incident, Justice Tasadduq Jilani took the injured to the Benazir Bhutto Hospital in his car, which was being drive by the driver at the time of accident.

The one and half year old baby, Ali, is said to be in critical state.

Meanwhile, Additional Registrar of the Supreme Court Qazi Sajid and other staff are in the hospital to look after the treatment of injured.

60 militants taken out, 25 held in Orakzai

PESHAWAR: Security forces offensive in Orakzai Agency eliminated sixty militants while 25 were apprehended with injuries, Geo News reported Sunday.

The security forces targeted militants positions in Khadezai, Ghaljo, Dabori and Koal, killing 60 militants while 25 militants were held with injuries during a clash with security forces in Koal area, sources said.

A vehicle full of explosives and a number of hideouts of militants were destroyed during the offensive.

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