Rescue operation begins in flood-hit Balcohistan

QUETTA: Rescue operation has begun in flood-hit districts Kohlu, Barkhan and Sibbi of Balochistan.

Four helicopter of Pakistan Army reached Kohlu and Sibbi with relief goods, medicines and doctors whereas PDMA also dispatched relief goods to the affected areas.

According to ISPR, four helicopters of army reached Kohlu and Sibbi with relief goods, doctors and medicines and started rescue operation. The 600 personnel of Pakistan army southern command evacuating trapped people to safer places through boats and helicopters as relief camps have been established for flood victims.

Provincial Disaster Management Authority(PDMA_ has sent 12 trucks in flood stricken areas of district Barkhan, Kohlu and Sibbi.

Director PDMA Balochistan Dr. Siddique Aftab told Geo News that more relief goods will be send to affected areas.

Rehman Dakait Killed In Police Encounter In Karachi

KARACHI: The main character of the Lyari gang war — Rehman Baloch alias Rehman Dakait — and his three accomplices were killed in an encounter with the police in Steel Town here late on Sunday night, police said.

SP Investigations, East Zone, Chaudhry Aslam, had received a tip-off that Rehman Dakait, along with his three associates, was coming to Karachi from Hyderabad through the Link Road in Steel Town. The police took positions there and a shootout took place when the gangsters arrived. As a result, Rehman Dakait and his three associates – Nazir alias Palla, Aurangzaib alias Babu and Aqil – were injured. They were later shifted to the Jinnah Hospital where they succumbed to their injuries.

Three Kalashnikovs rifles and three hand grenades were recovered from the spot. Rehman Dakait was wanted by the police in over 300 cases of murder, kidnappings for ransom, diesel smuggling, etc. His name was included in the CID’s Red Book and he had a head money of Rs 5 million.

Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Waseem Ahmed said the man killed was Rehman Dakait, who had been shot dead in an encounter with the Bin Qasim police. The bodies of Rehman Dakait and others had been shifted to the Jinnah Post-Graduate Medical Centre, the CCPO said.

Besides, the police had set Rs 5 million bounty over his head, the senior policeman said. The CCPO said large contingents of police and rangers had been deployed in Lyari to avoid any untoward incident following the killing of Rehman Dakait.

The Sindh government had launched an operation against his gang, which came out virtually unscathed by the last operation in the area compared to its rival group. Over 250 families had to leave Lyari due to the gang war between the groups of Rehman Dakait and Arshad Pappu.

PM Gilani And COAS Reached Swat

SWAT: Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani and Army Chief Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani reached Swat.

Major General Ashfaq Nadeem, incharge of operation ‘ Rah-e-Raast ‘ briefed prime minister about Swat operation and IDPs return at Circuit House.

Chief minister NWFP Ameer Haider Hoti, Governor Owais Ahmad Ghani and other ministers also present in the briefing.

Plane Hijacked In Xingiang Region, China

BEIJING: China’s state news agency says a plane has been hijacked in the restive western region of Xinjiang, which was rocked by ethnic riots last month.

China’s official News Agency did not give any details about the hijacking in a brief report Sunday.

A man on duty at the government office in Urumqi, Xinjiang’s capital, said he had not heard about the hijacking.

The region saw the worst ethnic violence in China in decades last month when deadly rioting in Xinjiang’s capital of Urumqi killed 197people and injured more than 1,700, according to official count.

The government said the violence was the work of terrorists, separatists and foreign forces as part of a plot to carve up China.