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Fata Parliamentarians Call On PM

Onepakistannews — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:35:54 +0000

Islamabad , FATA Parliamentarians called on Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani at Prime Minister’s House Thursday and asked him to visit FATA to inaugurate the development projects in the area. The Prime Minister thanked the elected representatives for apprising him about the development projects adding that he would visit FATA to inaugurate the projects [...]

FATA parliamentary leader strongly condemns NATO air strike

Onepakistannews — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 19:57:27 +0000

Islamabad, Federal Minister for SAFRON Eng. Shaukat Ullah and FATA Parliamentary leader Haji Muneer Orakzai strongly condemned the NATO air strike on salar check post in Mohammad Agency on Saturday. They further stated that such strikes will not be tolerated in future and tribal people will fight side by side with Pak Army against such [...]

Muslims mark Eid al-Adha in shadow of unrest

AFP — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 07:20:15 +0000

MINA, Saudi Arabia – The world’s Muslims on Sunday marked the Eid al-Adha feast which caps the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, with the festival overshadowed by deadly attacks in Africa and Central Asia. This year the feast comes after the turmoil of the ‘Arab Spring,’ the pro-democracy protests that swept the Arab world and led [...]

Hina Khar admits terror safe havens exist in Pakistan border region

ANI — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:05:03 +0000

Islamabad, Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has acknowledged that terror safe havens exist on the Pakistani side of the border with Afghanistan, but steered clear of using the ‘H-word’ despite having been questioned about the Haqqani network a number of times. Also Read: US demands speedy Pakistan action on militants Speaking at a joint [...]

Militants kill anti-Taliban tribesmen in Pakistan

AFP — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:22:43 +0000

KHAR, Pakistan – Militants armed with rockets and hand grenades attacked the house of a prominent anti-Taliban elder in Pakistan’s tribal belt on Friday, killing three people, officials said. The attack came with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Pakistan for a fresh round of talks demanding that Islamabad dismantle Taliban safe havens in [...]

37 killed in Pakistan clash near Afghan border

AFP — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 07:32:51 +0000

PESHAWAR, Pakistan – At least three soldiers and up to 34 militants were killed on Thursday in a gunbattle in Pakistan’s restive tribal district of Khyber along the Afghan border, officials said. The death toll was announced shortly before US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was expected in Pakistan for crunch talks aimed at ramping [...]

Religious violence, abuse growing: world study

AFP — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 04:11:47 +0000

WASHINGTON – Religious-linked violence and abuse rose around the world between 2006 and 2009, with Christians and Muslims the most common targets, according to a private US study released Tuesday. “Over the three-year period studied, incidents of either government or social harassment were reported against Christians in 130 countries (66 percent) and against Muslims in [...]

The militancy across the Afghan border disturbs the law and order situation in FATA

Onepakistannews — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 04:10:36 +0000

LANDIKOTAL: APA Landikotal expressed his doubt saying the mortar shells may be fired from across the Afghan border that occasionally hit the innocent people. The long border from Upper Dir, and Bajaur to Waziristan has been disturbed by the increasing insurgency in the bordering areas of Afghanistan, Iqbal Khattak opined. We are alive to further [...]

‘Fifty killed’ in Pakistan tribal offensive

AFP — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 04:09:56 +0000

PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Pakistan officials said Friday that a four-day air and ground offensive against militants in a key tribal district had left 42 enemy fighters and eight soldiers dead on the Afghan border. There was no independent confirmation of the death toll because journalists and aid workers do not have free access to [...]

Load sheding irks people in Pk, FATA

Onepakistannews — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 04:09:07 +0000

Landikotal, Load shedding has irked people in urban and rural areas of Pakhtunkhwa (PK) and FATA. Unfair and excessive load shedding has crippled economic and social activities in the region. Government does not care for the resolution of the masses problems to overcome long-standing energy crisis in the country, Adil Khan a student of 7th [...]

FATA secretariat annoys Cricket Associations

Onepakistannews — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 04:08:45 +0000

Peshawar ,PCB FATA-Coordinator Nisar Khan demanded of the government to take notice of the dilapidated condition of sports in FATA. Talking to journalists here on Monday at a press conference he said that in order to give a boost to sports activities across FATA, it must be given an autonomous status and must be disassociated [...]

BHUs in all FATA degraded to CHCs

Onepakistannews — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 04:08:08 +0000

LANDIKOTAL, Doctors and LHVs removed from BHUs to civil and agency hospital, which would create problems for the poor tribal patients in all FATA. Tehreek -e- Insaf Khyber Agency senior vice president Abdur Raziq Shinwari while talking to PPI said that FATA secretariat had degraded Basic Health Units ( BHUs) into Community Health Centers (CHC) [...]

Ten militants killed in Bara clashes

Agencies — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 04:07:36 +0000

LANDI KOTAL: Security forces killed 10 militants in the Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency on Friday. The forces also arrested 87 suspected militants during a day-long search operation in Bara, sources said. Officials said the security forces retaliated when militants opened fire on them in the Shalobar locality of Bara during the search operation, which [...]