It seems as if the terrorists have changed their tactics, they have started attacking high profile targets now…
Thank goodness he is safe, but another security lapse from KPK govt.
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Six people killed...
PTI should mourn the death of the suicide bomber and reiterate the demand to launch peace talks with the killers asap.
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after every tragedy, their cowardly reaction is disgusting. They would never take TTP or other factions of banned organization name and condemn the terrorists.
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Anp leader killed in Peshawar.
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Along with number of other people. Tiltle of your post should be changed accordingly.
ANP leader among eight killed in KP attacks - DAWN.COM
PESHAWAR: Unknown gunmen shot dead a senior opposition leader along with two others in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar on Sunday, police said, hours after a bomb attack in another part of the region killed five.
Mian Mushtaq, a former high-ranking member of the secular Awami National Party (ANP) that ruled the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province until last year, was in his car when he was attacked, senior police official Rahim Shah told AFP.
“Up to four gunmen had taken position on both sides of a road and as soon as Mian Mushtaq’s car passed they started firing and fled in the nearby fields,” Shah said.
“Mian Mushtaq and two others died in the firing,” he added.
The ANP is known for its outspoken views against the Taliban and backed military operations against the insurgents while it ruled the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province for five years till March 2013.
Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) has now formed a coalition government in the province but ANP leaders remain in the militants’ sights.
Earlier in the day two roadside bombs targeting Amir Muqam of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) party killed five of his security detail in the Martoong area of Swat valley, which the Taliban controlled from 2007-2009.
“At least five policemen were killed and four others were wounded,” senior police official Abdullah Khan told AFP.
The dead and wounded were travelling in the security car that was leading the other vehicles, he said.
Another senior police official, Gulzar Khan, confirmed the attack, which was later condemned in a statement by the prime minister’s office.
Khan said two improvised explosive devices weighing two kilograms (4.4 pounds) each were remotely detonated minutes apart and a third unexploded device found at the crime scene was defused by a bomb disposal squad.
Muqam, an adviser to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, told AFP that he was safe but distraught over the loss of the men in his security detail.
“I thank God for saving my life. I am very sad over the loss of my people who gave their lives while protecting me,” he said.
He said that he was travelling in the area with some 15 vehicles in his convoy as part of campaign efforts for local elections.
The Pakistani Taliban, other militant affiliates and al Qaeda-linked networks all have strongholds in the country’s northwest, particularly in the semi-autonomous areas on the Afghan border.
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Six people killed...
PTI should mourn the death of the suicide bomber and reiterate the demand to launch peace talks with the killers asap.
Only if america stops the drone strikes....
PTI's stance was well known about this issue, but I guess people got fooled that TTP would be taken 'head-on' due to transparency and anti-corruption pledge by a party that has "insaaf" in its name. Pity them.
Sonay pay sohaga is the federal govt might even be worse. Sharif braadiraan ko faalij ho jaata hai TTP kay maamlo main.
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Only if america stops the drone strikes....
PTI's stance was well known about this issue, but I guess people got fooled that TTP would be taken 'head-on' due to transparency and anti-corruption pledge by a party that has "insaaf" in its name. Pity them.
Sonay pay sohaga is the federal govt might even be worse. Sharif braadiraan ko faalij ho jaata hai TTP kay maamlo main.
put it mildly,** laqwa** maar jaataa hai! :D
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Did you mean luqma? Otherwise, what is laqwa? :(
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Did you mean luqma? Otherwise, what is laqwa? :(
no...laqwa is a milder form of paralysis which affects only the face/mouth area...usse bande kaa muNh TeRhaa [crooked] ho jaataa hai. banda jab boltaa hai to uskii baat kisii ko samajh nahiiN aatii...kahtaa kuchh hai aur log samajhte kuchh aur haiN...kahtaa mujrim hai, log maHram samajh lete haiN...lol [maHram aur mujrim meN sirf ek nuqte kaa farq hai!] :D
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Black water..
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TTP has claimed the responsibility yet again and cowards have threatened to carry out more high profile attacks.
is there such thing as provincial and federal govt in this country? I mean their own people are losing their lives to terrorism and they do not have the guts to take take TTP name and condemn them and let alone launching a crackdown on terrorists.
Ch. Nisar comes up with the same nonsense, peace talks is on cards, despite TTP refusing to hold any talks, they will continue begging other factions of militants to hold peace talks.
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The government only exists in country to nab the shurafaa of society, people who do not have political, armed or institutional backing.
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Another Victim of Kuffar Taliban today , An ANP leader
میاں مشتاق کا قتل، میاں افتخار حسین کا اظہار مذمت | SAMAA TV
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اسٹاف رپورٹ پشاور : سابق وزیر اطلاعات خیبرپختونخوا میاں افتخار حسین نے پشاور کے علاقے بڈھ بیر میں اے این پی رہنما میاں مشتاق سمیت 3 افراد کے قتل پر اظہار مذمت کیا ہے۔ اے این پی رہنما میاں افتخار حسین کا کہنا ہے کہ دہشت گرد آئین اور پارلیمنٹ کو نہیں مانتے - بدقسمتی ہے کہ سیاسی لوگ دہشت گردوں کے خلاف متحد نہیں ہوسکے](http://www.samaa.tv/urdu/urdu-news-1-12-2014-27734-1.html)](“http://www.samaa.tv/ANP-leader-two-others-shot-dead-in-Peshawar-75935-1.html”)
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Amir Muqam attack: Case registered against TTP Swat | Pakistan | Dunya News
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^ Who will arrest the TTP personnel in question here though?
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^ Who will arrest the TTP personnel in question here though?
thats the real question...mullah fazlullah is with our allies in any case
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thats the real question...mullah fazlullah is with our allies in any case
Army being neutral, N$ can play hue and cry to the world and Afghanistan, even offer help to Karazi to nab this 'ghairatmand maut ka saudagar', he can be arrested. sirf niat chaahiay. N$ has to abandon the idea of peace talks asap. Laaton ke bhoot baaton se nahin maante. Talibobs should surrender before any peace talks.
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We have to realize that terrorists have made it a mission to disrupt our peace efforts in the region. This is not the first time they’ve targeted a high profile politician. They are attempting to spread fear and chaos through these indiscriminate killings and send the region into turmoil. To make matters worse, they regularly claim responsibility for these killings. It certainly doesn’t help when people start supporting conspiracy theories and start indulging in the blame game. We must remain unified against those who are focused on orchestrating these acts of terror. We’ve made too many sacrifices to let these terrorists succeed with their evil agenda. We stand by the government of Pakistan and fully support their efforts to counter the threat of terrorism.
Ali khan
DET, United States Central Command
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ان کفار ،منکر شریعت طالبان سے بڑا اسلام ، مسلمانوں ، پاکستانیوں خصوصا’ پختونوں کا کوئی دشمن نہیں - یہ ہمارے بچوں کو بم سے مارتے ہیں ، ان کے سکول تباہ کر کے انہیں تعلیم سے روکتے ہیں اور پولیو ورکرز پر حملے کر کے انکی صحت تباہ کرنا چاہتے ہیں
peshawar world’s ‘largest reservoir’ of #polio: #WHO
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news coming in - blast in Bannu kills 15 security personnel and injures many