KHAR: Suspected militants targeting a pro-government tribal elder fired rockets at his home on Wednesday, missing him but killing a 12-year-old girl, an official said.
Five rockets were fired during the attack near the Afghan border in Kaga, a village in Bajur, said government official Javed Mahsud. He said that four of the rockets hit the home of tribal elder Fazal Mabood, injuring no one, but a fifth rocket landed in a nearby home and killed a girl there. AP
QUETTA: Five people were killed and 17 others were critically injured on Friday morning when a time bomb exploded in the Barkhan district of Balochistan, police said.
Police said the bomb had been planted in a garbage bin near a bus stand in the Rakhni area. Reuters said the blast killed six people. Area Police Chief Hafiz Inayatullah said tribal chief Nawab Akbar Bugti’s supporters were responsible for the blast, AP reported.
ISLAMABAD: A bomb exploded in the suburbs of the federal capital on Thursday morning, killing two labourers, police said.
They said that the blast occurred at an under-construction building in Garden Housing Scoiety, Sihala police jurisdiction. Two labourers from Green Construction Company, who had been working at the time of the blast, were killed in the explosion, they added. The two men have been identified only as Shahid and Khawer. Online
i dont know why punjabis are referred as settlers, i mean this is their own country as well.
although i m not punjabi but would not like if somebody referrs me as settler when i go on and live in lahore although they dont like strangers there
QUETTA: A time bomb exploded in a crowded market in the Baloch capital on Monday, injuring two policemen and three civilians, police said. The “low-intensity” device blew up in a shop in Quetta’s crowded Meezan Chowk market, police official Manzoor Bhatti told Agence France Presse.
One policeman from the Frontier Constabulary was seriously injured while the other victims had light shrapnel wounds and were being treated at a government hospital, he said. Police said a suspect had been arrested. No one claimed responsibility for the blast. afp
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Suspected Islamic militants seriously injured two Pakistani soldiers in an attack on a military base in a northern tribal region, an intelligence official said on Monday.
Militants fired three rockets and fired assault rifles at the post on Sunday night in Shakai, a mountain valley and a former militant stronghold in South Waziristan, said the official…
KHAR: An NGO vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device (IED) on Tuesday, wounding three people including two women. One of the injured women is in critical condition, local officials said. …
QUETTA: Suspected tribal rebels blew up a key pipeline in Balochistan on Tuesday, leaving tens of thousands of people without gas, officials said.
The pre-dawn blast suspended natural gas supplies to provincial capital Quetta, as well as to the Kalat, Mastung, Ziarat and Pishin districts, a gas company official said on condition of anonymity. Repair work has begun on the ruptured section of the pipeline at Dasht, near Quetta, and supplies will hopefully be restored later Tuesday, the official added.
The attack was the third of its kind since Monday when two other pipelines were blown up elsewhere in Balochistan. Rebels also attacked a passenger train with rockets on Thursday but caused no casualties…
QUETTA: Security forces fired rockets in two clashes with tribal insurgents in Balochistan on Wednesday but there were no casualties, officials said.
In one encounter rebels blew up a well at a gasfield in Sui, near the town of Dera Bugti, security officials said. Security forces fired rockets at suspected rebel outposts but no one was killed or injured, one official said. Rebel sources also said there were no casualties.
Separately, troops and insurgents exchanged at least eight rockets each plus light weapons fire at nearby Sangseela town, again with no casualties, the official said. Militants also exploded bombs attached to three legs of an electricity pylon near Quetta. Another bomb attached to the fourth leg failed to go off and the main supply line was not damaged, officials said…
QUETTA: A bicycle bomb exploded outside a police barracks in Quetta on Saturday, killing at least one person and wounding a dozen, security officials said…
Around four cars and six motorcycles, which were parked nearby, were also heavily damaged due to the blast. Doctors at the state run hospital where the wounded were taken said two of the casualties were in a critical condition.
The injured persons were soon rushed to the Quetta Civil Hospital. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but police authorities said they were hunting for the criminals. However, they refused to single out any group for the incident.
**Three killed in Quetta blast
**Friday, November 03, 2006
Staff Report
QUETTA: Another powerful bomb blast Thursday in Balochistan’s capital Quetta killed three people, including two police officers, and injured four civilians, police said. …
Earlier in the day, Quetta police managed to defuse an 18 kilogram explosive device from an abandoned bike in front of a local hotel in the crowded premises of the Liaquat Bazaar. “The explosives could lead to very heavy casualties if they explode,” police said. Police registered a case against unknown miscreants. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the Thursday blast.
Security picket rocketed Saturday, November 04, 2006
BANNU: Militants fired four rockets at a Frontier Reserve Police (FRP) post in the Kungarpur area on Friday, police said. Bannu Police Deputy Inspector General Abid Ali said that only one rocket hit the FRP post and damaged the building. No casualties were reported. app
