Happenings, National

United States again with Drones in Pakistani Air-Space

US drones were again seen Pakistan Airspace. They fired two guided missiles on a house in south Waziristan killing the 8 people. Also 6 more people were injured in the incident. Apparently the drone attack was intended to hit the Taliban militants in the area but US have no right to launch such attacks on Pakistani soil without the proper permission and coordination with Pakistani Government. US already have bad habit to jump into others’ problems and make thing worse. Pakistan government have already stated that such attacks are against the sovereignty of the Nation and causing more problems in tackling the issues in the area. When a big portion of Pakistan Army and other security forces backed with gunships […]

Happenings, National, Sports

Worldcup cricket 2011 not to be hosted by Pakistan, Final Decision

Previously after International Cricket Council (ICC) had decided to move the Cricket World Cup matches to the India, Bangladesh and Srilanka, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had challenged the ICC in court. However, by recent talks both the parties have settled their dispute. After this settlement Pakistan Cricket Board will take its legal challenge back. The matches were moved out of Pakistan to other co-hosts India, Bangladesh and Srilanka due to the bad security situations in the country. According to the recent settlement still Pakistan will not be hosting the world cup matches. However they will not return the World Cup Hosting fee. Moreover they will be paid more by International Cricket Council in compensation to money loss to PCB for […]

Defense, Extremism, National

Pakistan Army’s Clash in waziristan, four soldiers and nine militants died

In south Waziristan Pakistan Army came across the militants which triggered a gun battle. Four Pakistani soldiers and nine militants were killed in the incident. The clash was took place on Wednesday. The area where this fight between the Pakistan Army and militants was took place was the strong hold of Taliban militants. Operation was initiated by Pakistan Army to re secure this Taliban strong hold area. The Pakistan Army personals when attacked the area, they were backed by Army gunship helicopters.

National, National Development

Cabinet meeting approves more power plants for Pakistan

In Islamabad a federal cabinet meeting held, which approved 14 more power plants. This was done to cope with current energy crisis in Pakistan. Moreover, these will help government in fulfilling the promise to fully remove the load-shedding from Pakistan by the December 2009. These Plants will collectively provide the 1500 MW of electricity. About 700 MW of shortfall will still be there in December 2009, which will be fulfilled via current infrastructure. These all approved power plants will be the rental power plants meant to cope with the current electricity shortage in country and step ahead to make the country permanently clean form power load shedding.

Happenings, National

Seven suspected terrorists arrested from Kararchi

The suspected terrorists were arrested with the suicide jackets from Karachi on Sunday. DIG CID told that these were same people who were involved in attacks on former prime minister Shaukat Aziz and former president of Pakistan Pervaiz Musharraf. These seven individuals were arrested from the Biloach colony, Karachi and were also equipped with explosives. The recovered items include 15 kilograms of explosive, three suicide jackets, guns, pistols and heroine. These people were involved in many terrorist acts violence incidents occured in past.