Pakistan Timeline - 2010

Date

Incidents

January 1

At least 90 persons were killed when a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden pickup truck in the middle of a volleyball game in the Shah Hasan Khel village of Lakki Marwat District in the Bannu Division of the North West Frontier Province NWFP. More than 60 persons were injured.

Six persons, including an anti-Taliban tribal elder, were killed when a remote-controlled bomb exploded in the Mandal area of Salarzai tehsil (revenue unit) in the Bajaur Agency of FATA.

Five Taliban militants were killed and another seven injured in different parts of Orakzai Agency of FATA.

Three US drones fired two missiles at a car in North Waziristan Agency in FATA, killing three Taliban militants and injuring another three persons.

Two suicide bombers were killed when explosives in their jackets went off accidentally due to a malfunction in the Zargari area of the Hangu District in NWFP.

The TTP claimed that they used a turncoat CIA operative to carry out a suicide bombing that killed seven American CIA employees in Afghanistan as revenge for a top militant leader's death in a US missile strike.

January 2

Eight Taliban militants were killed when fighter jets destroyed four of their hideouts in the Orakzai Agency of FATA.

At least five Taliban militants were killed in an encounter with the SFs in Kullachi tehsil (revenue unit) of Dera Ismail Khan District in NWFP.

Four Taliban militants were killed in the ongoing Operation Rah-e-Nijat (path to salvation) in South Waziristan in FATA.

Three volunteers of a local lashkar (tribal militia) were also killed in a clash with militants in Sturikhel area of the Orakzai Agency in FATA.

Two militants were killed and two others were arrested during an encounter with SFs near Jani Khel of Jandola sector in South Waziristan in FATA.

Two Taliban militants were killed and another two injured as they attacked a checkpost near Shuza Algad in South Waziristan in FATA.

A trooper was killed and another five were injured at Metari Narai when militants fired rockets at a SF checkpost.

January 3

The SFs killed seven Taliban militants during operation in South Waziristan Agency of FATA.

The missiles fired by a suspected US drone killed five militants in Mosakki village, about 25 kilometres east of Miranshah in FATA.

A roadside bomb killed at least four people in Hangu District, including former NWFP Irrigation Minister Ghaniur Rehman.

SFs killed three militants during an encounter carried out in Shuza Algad near Sararogha in FATA.

Two tribal elders were killed and another four injured when a remote controlled bomb exploded in Salarzai tehsil of Bajaur Agency in FATA.

Two persons, including a policeman, were killed and another sustained serious injuries in a hand grenade blast in a shop near Al-Muslim Masjid in Muslim Town of Rawalpindi in Punajb.

SFs killed two suspected Taliban militants during Operation Rah-e-Rast at Qadir Banda Post near Gwalerai of NWFP.

A patrolling party moving from Shagai to Piochar in NWFP shot dead two suspected militants.

An IED killed a trooper and injured five others in Jandola Sector of South Waziristan Agency in FATA while they were moving from Jandola to Top Sar.

Another trooper was killed when unidentified militants fired three rockets followed by intermittent firing at the Pash Ziarat checkpost in Razmak Sector of in North Waziristan Agency in FATA.

Extremists squeezed out of Pakistan and Afghanistan will emerge in struggling states like Yemen and Somalia, said British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

January 4

SFs neutralised two militant hideouts, killing seven Taliban militants and arresting two others in Operation Sherdil (Lion Heart) in the Bajaur Agency of FATA.

January 5

The SFs killed three Taliban militants in the continuing Operation Rah-e-Nijat (Path to Salvation) when they tried to attack SFs at the Pungai checkpost in South Waziristan of FATA.

The SFs killed three Taliban militants in the continuing Operation Rah-e-Nijat at Mora Kandao in Swat District of NWFP.

Two volunteers of peace committee were killed and as many sustained injuries during a clash with militants in Baizai sub-division in Mohmand Agency in FATA.

An Ahmadi leader Muhammad Yousaf (70) was shot dead allegedly for seeking Police protection against sectarian zealots in Ferozewala Police Station area of Karachi.

One person, identified as Sajid (25), who had sustained injuries in the Ashura procession on M.A. Jinnah Road in Karachi on December 28, 2009, passed away at the hospital. This brings the death toll of blast victims to 45.

SFs said they flushed out most of the militants from the Mohmand tribal region of Mohmand Agency in FATA. "Mohmand is a big agency and up till now 80 per cent of the area has been cleared," commander of the Mohmand Operation, Colonel Saifullah, said.

January 6

13 persons were killed when three US drones targeted a house in Sumzalai, 50 kilometers west of Miranshah, in the Dattakhel tehsil of North Waziristan in FATA.

SFs killed seven militants in separate encounters in Kabal of Swat District of NWFP.

Three SF personnel killed in a suicide bomb blast at an Army training school in Tararkheil town of Sudhanoti District in PoK.

A trooper was killed and two others sustained injuries in a rocket attack in the Tabi Sar area of Razmak in South Waziristan Agency in FATA where Operation Rah-e-Nijat is being carried out.

Around 350 militants were killed by the SFs in operations while 104 pro-Government elders and volunteers of a peace committee as well as 65 SFs personnel were killed in the Mohmand Agency of FATA in the year 2009, said Mohmand Agency Additional Political Agent (APA) Ahmed Jan.

The News quoting its Government survey reports that up to 8,000 houses were damaged in the Swat District of NWFP during militancy spanning over two years and the subsequent military operations.

January 7

At least 10 Taliban militants were killed and several were injured as gunship helicopters bombed militant's hideouts in Orakzai Agency of FATA.

Five militants were killed when the vehicle they were travelling in, exploded in the Darr village of Kurram Agency in FATA.

Four Taliban militants were killed and four others arrested by SFs from different parts of Swat and Malakand in NWFP during Operation Rah-e-Rast.

A trooper was killed while two others sustained injuries following a rocket attack by militants in Tabi Sar area of Razmak sector in South Waziristan in FATA where operation Rah-e-Nijat is being carried out.

The FC personnel Noor Sher, who was severely injured in an attack by militants, succumbed to his injuries at the Combined Military Hospital in Peshawar in NWFP.

Police arrested an important 'leader' of the TTP, Israr Amin, from Islamabad in Punjab.

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani unveiled a relief package for militancy-affected areas of NWFP and FATA, announcing tax concessions, rebates in duties and relief in utility bills - in addition to allocating an additional 1 percent share to the province from the federal divisible pool.

January 8

Eight persons were killed and 11 others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the gate of the headquarters of the militant outfit Ansar-ul-Islam in Tirah area of Khyber Agency in FATA. The bomber was reportdely a member of rival militant outfit Lashkar-e-Islam.

Six persons, including one civilian were killed in an explosion in a house near Babri mosque in Baldia town locality of Karachi.

Six militants were killed and three others injured in air strikes on suspected militant hideouts in upper Orakzai Agency of FATA.

Four Taliban militants were killed and two injured when drones fired two missiles, one at a car and the other at a house, in Palali village in North Waziristan Agency in FATA.

Two militants were killed and three others injured in a clash with the SFs in Nawagai tehsil of Bajaur Agency in FATA.

One trooper was killed as the Taliban militants fired at the SFs near Mazakai, Ghundi Gar, Pungai, Gani Khel and Sinetiza area of South Waziristan in FATA during operations Rah-e-Nijat.

A suspected militant 'commander', identified as Irfan, blew himself up during a Police raid in the Adezai village in Matni on the outskirts of Peshawar in NWFP.

Operation Commander Major General Ashfaq Nadeem said that a large number of Taliban militants in Swat of NWFP have fled to Karachi and South Waziristan to escape the Army operation Sherdil (lion heart) in Malakand division.

January 9

A US drone strike killed at least four terrorists in North Waziristan of FATA,.

Seven Policemen were injured when an alleged suicide bomber blew himself up in a house in Adezai village in Mattani area of Peshawar in NWFP.

January 10

Unidentified militants shot dead two tribal elders in the Pandyalai sub-division of Mohmand Agency in FATA.

The National Crisis Management Cell of the Interior Ministry of Pakistan warned that TTP has decided to attack newspaper offices and renowned journalists across the country.

Eight Taliban militants and one trooper were killed during a clash between Taliban militants and SFs in the ongoing operation Rah-e-Nijat in South Waziristan Agency of FATA.

The Taliban militants fired on a checkpost at Pash Zairat in Razmak sector of South Waziristan Agency in FATA, killing a trooper and injuring three others.

A Jordanian Taliban 'commander', who moved to Afghanistan in 1999 and stayed on to fight US-led forces, was killed in a US drone attack in Waziristan.

Police arrested a key TTP 'commander', Hayatullah alias Humayun, from a house in Baloch Goth in Orangi Town area of Karachi.

Four Taliban militants and a soldier were killed in a gunbattle when dozens of Taliban militants attacked a checkpost in Mohmand Agency of FATA.

At least three Taliban militants were killed while nine others were arrested by SFs during the ongoing Operation Rah-e-Rast in Swat of NWFP.

Two unidentified passers-by were killed in an exchange of fire between SFs and militants in Qambarkhel area of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency in FATA.

A teenager, Muhammad Shoaib, was killed and six other boys were injured when an explosive device exploded at a playground in the Civil Lines area of Tank, the headquarters of Tank District.

A headless body of a man was recovered by the Police in the Peepal Kalay area in Hangu District in NWFP.

Law enforcement agencies have so far arrested 2,200 suspected terrorists from across the country, including 80 suspects from Islamabad, federal capital, Interior Minister Rehman Malik told the Senate.

Interior Minister Rehman Malik categorically said that India was interfering in Balochistan while missing Baloch were forcibly taken to training camps in Afghanistan.

A US drone targeted TTP chief Hakeemullah Mehsud in South Waziristan Agency in FATA and security agencies area waiting for confirmation if Hakeemullah is among the 10 militants killed in the strike. TTP has denied media reports that the group's chief, Hakeemullah Mehsud, has been killed in a US drone strike.

The Chief of the pro-government Khwazai Peace Committee, Muhammad Akbar, and one of its member, Gulistan, were killed and seven others persons sustained serious injuries in a roadside blast at Dorbakhel area of Halimzai sub-division in Mohmand Agency of FATA.

The JuD, front organisation of the Lashkar-e-Toiba has declared suicide bombings un-Islamic and said those involved in killing of Muslims were playing in the hands of the US, India and Israel.

Two US drone strikes killed at least 11 Taliban militants in North Waziristan Agency of FATA.

Ibrahim Kukikhel, the tribal malik (leader) and head of the Kukikhel Qaumi Jirga, was shot dead while his wife and a son were injured in Wazirdand area of Jamrud tehsil in Khyber Agency in FATA.

A US drone strike killed one of FBI's most-wanted terrorists, a Palestinian suspected in a 1986 plane hijacking with a USD five million bounty on his head, said three Pakistani intelligence officials. The intelligence officials said a January 9 missile strike in North Waziristan killed Jamal Saeed Abdul Rahim.

TTP warned the Government against continued drone attacks in the Tribal Areas amid reports that TTP chief Hakeemullah Mehsud is "under treatment" for "serious injuries" sustained in a drone strike on January 14.

The bullet-riddled dead bodies of seven Taliban militants were recovered while an anti-Taliban leader was also killed in different areas of NWFP.

Two dead bodies, including that of Taliban 'commander' of Khawazakhela area Mohammad Rehman, were recovered from Khawazakhela in Swat in NWF.

Security has been tightened at the Farooqabad Police Training School after intelligence reports revealed that the school was on the hit list of militants.

Five militants were killed in clashes with Security Forces in Spin Qabar area of Bara of Khyber Agency in FATA.

Four non-Baloch persons were killed in different parts of Balochistan in an apparent backlash of January 15' killings of two Baloch nationalists. Three of the killings have been confirmed as target killings. Meerak Baloch, a spokesman for the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) called the offices of various newspapers and accepted responsibility for killing the three Punjabi settlers

A suicide bomber attacked an Army vehicle near the town of Rawalakot in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK), injuring two troopers.

Asmatullah Muaviya, one of the main 'commanders' of the TTP Punjab chapter, was among the 10 persons killed in a US drone strike in South Waziristan of FATA. The drone had targeted a militant's compound at Shaktoi village on January 14. Earlier, a local news agency also reported the death of Qari Hussain and Muhammad Mehsud in the Shaktoi strike. Qari Hussain, who had a 50 million head money, was believed to be a "master trainer" of suicide bombers.

A US drone strike killed at least 20 Taliban militants, including foreign terrorists (Uzbeks), in a South Waziristan Agency area in the FATA.

Two tribesmen, including a prominent tribal elder and agency councillor, were killed in two separate incidents in FATA.

Two militants were killed in a clash with the SFs in the Mulla Said area of Salarzai tehsil in FATA.

Two militants were killed by the SFs in the in Malakand area of NWFP.

On Shakai Sector in FATA, the SFs conducted search and clearance operation in the Zawar Darman Khel, Shankai - Dargai and killed at least one militant.

The Taliban released another audio message purportedly containing the voice of their chief Hakeemullah Mehsud. Hakeemullah said that he was releasing the message on January 16 and the missile attack had been carried out in Shaktoi on January 14.

SFs killed 10 Taliban militants and arrested five others in a clash in North Waziristan in FATA.

Taliban militants attacked lashkar personnel in Mohmand Agency in FATA, resulting in the death of one tribesman and three militants.

Three militants were killed as a bomb exploded near central Kurram Agency in FATA.

SFs during a search operation exchanged fire with the Taliban near Kunar Sar area in Admi Kot area of South Waziristan in FATA. 10 Taliban militants were killed and five others arrested during the operation.

Five Taliban militants, including 'local commander' Hamad, were killed when militants opened fire at members of a peace committee in Baizai tehsil in the Mohmand Agency in FATA. Two committee members were also killed and two others injured in the clash.

Six Taliban militants were killed when a US drone fired two missiles at a compound in Degan village of North Waziristan's Dattakhel tehsil in the FATA.

In Jandola Sector in FATA, two soldiers were killed in a bomb blast near Janata, where the SFs defused three roadside bombs.

Eight terrorists shot dead two Awami National Party activists in Pir Baba area of Buner District in NWFP.

Five Taliban militants, including Ghulam alias Adil, a key 'commander', were killed and two others injured in a raid conducted by members of the peace committee at Khewzai area of Mohmand Agency in FATA.

A notorious criminal with suspected terrorist links identified as Akhtar Ali Joiya alias Akhtari, carrying head money of PNR two million and his accomplice carrying head money of PNR 200,000 were killed in an encounter at Khudian area in Kasur District of Punjab.

Several militants were believed to be killed and their hideouts destroyed when gunship helicopters attacked various areas of Safi and Baizai subdivisions in the Mohmand Agency in FATA.

A jirga (council) of Mehsud tribe agreed to hand over 378 men, including Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan chief Hakeemullah Mehsud, to the Government and announced to fully support Islamabad in maintaining peace in South Waziristan.

An alleged 'commander' of TTP was granted bail against a solvent surety of PNR 50,000 in an illicit arms case by Judicial Magistrate, Malir, Aslam Sheikh in Karachi.

Clashes between the SFs and terrorists left at least nine terrorists dead in Mohmand Agency in FATA.

A roadside bomb killed two tribal elders and a woman travelling on a bus in Salarzai District of Bajaur Agency in FATA. 20 other passengers were injured in the explosion.

Five militants, including a 'commander', were killed in a clash with SF in Madyan area of Swat District in NWFP.

One soldier was killed while eight others sustained injuries in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast during the ongoing operation Rah-e-Nijat in near Janata in Jandola Sector of South Waziristan Agency in FATA.

Pakistani Intelligence officials said that a Filipino militant, identified as Abdul Basit Usman, wanted by the US, is believed to have been killed in a drone strike in the Tribal Areas close to the Afghanistan border on January 14.

The Hyderabad Police claimed to have arrested three militants of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) outfit by foiling a robbery bid in a house in the limits of the Cantonment Police Station.

SFs attacked the stronghold of local and foreign Taliban militants killing 15 of them and arresting 25 others in Machis camp near Miranshah in North Wazristan in FATA.

Two militants and a soldier were killed in a clash at Bilandkhel area in Orakzai Agency in FATA.

Bodies of two tribal elders were found dumped under a bridge on Tank-Wana Road near Pattar village in NWFP.

One Taliban militant was killed and five others injured in a gunbattle between the SFs and the militants at the Ghutti Sar check post in FATA.

Unidentified men had planted an IED on the roadside in Talai village in Salarzai in Bajaur Agency in FATA. A woman was killed and 23 passengers injured when a vehicle hit the device.

29 officials in the NWFP Education Department were sacked for their alleged links with militants.

One of the two dacoits, from whose custody two abducted persons were rescued, belonged to al-Qaeda. They were abducted from Larkana IN Punjab a few days ago and were rescued from the jurisdiction of Fatehpur Police Station of Dokri.

The Special Investigation Group (SIG) of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has traced the names and addresses of nine terrorists who were involved in a suicide attack on former President General Pervez Musharraf.

14 Taliban militants and three SF personnel were killed while 12 other Taliban militants were injured in clashes in Orakzai Agency in FATA.

At least four persons including a trooper were killed in a suicide car bombing near a Police Station at Gomal, about 25 kilometres south of Tank District in NWFP.

At least two Army personnel were killed and two others were injured after unidentified motorcyclists opened fire on a group of soldiers in a market in Khuzdar of Balochistan.

Taliban militants killed seven persons on suspicion of spying for the US in North Waziristan Agency of FATA.

One trooper was killed and another injured in an IED blast in Khyber Agency. Subsequently, in a search operation, SFs killed three militants and arrested 12 others. The slain militants included senior 'commander' Gul Hakim.

A close aide of TTP chief of Swat Division was killed in clashes with SFs at Imam Dheri in Swat of NWFP.

Taliban militants claimed to have shot down a US drone in Hamzoni village near Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan. Government and Military officials confirmed the plane crash but were not sure about the cause of the incident.

SFs backed by fighter jets and helicopter gunship targeted Taliban strongholds across the FATA, killing 25 militants in the Kurram and Bajaur Agencies. Air strikes by the jet fighters continued for more than two hours killing 10 terrorists in Khar in Bajaur. At least 15 suspected militants were killed when SFs, backed by helicopter gunship and artillery, pounded their positions in Kurram Agency.

One FC trooper was killed and 10 others were injured in a bomb blast in a crowded market of the Pakistan-Iran border town of Panjgur in Balochistan.

Three militants were killed and several others sustained injuries when gunship helicopters fired at suspected hideouts of insurgents in Mamond and Salarzai tehsils in Bajaur Agency in FATA.

Militants killed one person and freed two out of the four abducted tribesmen in Salarzai in FATA.

A Taliban 'commander' was killed by SFs in Swat District in NWFP.

Taliban militants in North Waziristan claimed to have shot down another US drone in Boya village of Dattakhel tehsil near the border with Afghanistan but failed to provide any proof in this regard.

Appreciating the role played by FATA parliamentarians in the fight against militancy, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani asked them to closely follow various phases of the development process in their respective areas.

NWFP government has sacked 55 employees for having links with the Taliban militants

As many as 2,072 persons have been killed in 1,780 incidents of terrorism across the country since April 2009, the National Assembly (NA) in Islamabad was informed. Speaking during the question hour in the NA, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said the people killed included 565 individuals from various law enforcement agencies. He added that 6,253 persons had been injured in these attacks, including 1,590 Security Force personnel.

12 Taliban militants were killed and three others injured in clashes between Salarzai laskhar (pro government Tribal militia) and militants in Chinnar village of Bajaur Agency in FATA. One trooper was killed in the attack.

Three children were killed in a bomb explosion in Nanger Khani village of Dir District.

Pakistani investigators that there is "sufficient incriminating evidence against" the seven arrested terrorists for their involvement in the Mumbai (India) terrorist strikes on November 26, 2008.

SFs killed nine militants and injured five others in a clash in Salarzai tehsil of Bajaur Agency in FATA.

SFs killed four Taliban militants in Operation Rah-e-Nijat (Path to Salvation) in South Waziristan Agency.

SFs killed 24 Taliban militants in air strikes and clashes in Bajaur Agency FATA. In one incident, the fighting erupted when militants attacked a check post manned by the Frontier Corps and members of an anti-Taliban militia in the Chinar town. Troops retaliated and killed 14 militants. A paramilitary soldier was also killed and three others were wounded in the clash.

Fighter jets bombarded a Taliban hideout in the town of Sewai in the Mamoond tehsil killing 10 terrorists and injuring 15 others.

Five suspected militants were killed and four others sustained injuries in a drone attack in Dattakhel area of North Waziristan.

Unidentified assailants opened fire on pilgrims, killing three Shias and injuring seven others, in a sectarian attack in Quetta in Balochistan.

A suicide bomber killed 16 people, including 14 civilians and two Police officers, and wounded 20 others at a police check point in the Bajaur Agency of FATA.

Suspected US missiles killed nine alleged militants. Three US missiles hit a compound and a bunker in the Mohammad Khel area of North Waziristan Agency, part of a surge of the drone-fired strikes. Two missiles attack hit the compound being used by the militants, killing seven of them. The third killed two more insurgents in the bunker.

Nine Taliban militants were killed when fighter jets bombed Taliban hideouts in Swoi and Damadola areas of Mamoond tehsil in Bajaur Agency of FATA.

The state-owned PTV channel reported that TTP chief Hakeemullah Mehsud died a few days ago, while some private channels also claimed that he was buried in Orakzai Agency of FATA three days back. Meanwhile, Interior Minister Rehman Malik told a private television channel that the Government was trying to verify the report. Further, the Army said it was investigating reports of Hakeemullah's death.

TTP Orakzai Agency chief Malik Noor Jamal said that the reports of Hakeemullah Mehsud's death and his subsequent burial in Mamuzai in Orakzai Agency are baseless.

The SFs killed at least 20 Taliban militants in different clashes during operation Sherdil (Lion heart) in Bajaur Agency of FATA where a solider was also killed and 11 others injured.

Six Taliban militants were killed during clashes with SFs in Chinagai, Shinkot and Kharki areas of Bajaur Agency.

An ATC in Lahore awarded eight times death sentence along with PNR 200,000 fine each and total 30 years of rigorous imprisonment to the four convicts involved in the killing of Punjab Additional Advocate General (AAG) Muhammad Arif Bhindar and seven others.

The SFs killed 20 Taliban militants while two soldiers were killed and another injured in various clashes in Bajaur Agency of FATA. Two Taliban militants were also reportedly injured in the attacks. SFs consolidated territorial gains by regaining control of Damdola area.

At least 16 Taliban militants were killed after US drones fired 18 missiles at Datta Khel village in North Waziristan of FATA.

Three militants were killed and eight persons injured in a clash with SFs in Malikabad, a mountainous area in Gadoon Amazai, of Swabi District in NWFP.

The TTP chief Hakimullah Mehsud's close aide Qari Hussain, the top trainer of suicide bombers and one of his potential successors, was killed in the same United States drone attack that fatally injured him, sources said. The sources said Qari Hussain died in the attack in North Waziristan on January 14, 2008.

Taliban spokesman Azam Tariq said that there is no need to release proof that TTP leader Hakeemullah Mehsud is alive, just to refute reports that he succumbed to his injuries sustained in a US drone strike in January.

Chairman of US Joint Chiefs Staff Admiral Mike Mullen at a Congressional hearing reports that Pakistan has reversed the Taliban territorial gains through a series of military operations and also advocated Washington's help towards resolving the India-Pakistan tensions for South Asian stability.

Five American nationals accused by Pakistan of having contacts with al Qaeda-linked groups pleaded their innocence, saying they were being 'set up' and tortured by the FBI and the Pakistani Police.

Al-Qaida can be expected to attempt an attack on the US in the next three to six months, senior US intelligence officials told Congress.

12 Taliban militants were killed in various areas of Mamoond tehsil (revenue unit) in Bajaur Agency of FATA when fighter jets and helicopter gunships bombed Taliban hideouts.

Three US troopers and four female students were among nine persons killed when a blast targeted a military-led convoy in Lower Dir of NWFP. At least 115 persons, including 95 schoolgirls, were also injured in the attack. The TTP claimed responsibility for the bomb attack that killed three US troopers, a spokesman for the network claimed in a telephone call.

The death toll in the February 2 attack by eight US drones at Datta Khel village in North Waziristan of FATA rose to 31 as 14 more dead bodies were retrieved from the houses destroyed in the missile strikes.

The COAS General Ashfaq Kayani has strongly rejected allegations that Pakistan's premier intelligence agency, ISI, is pursuing double standards in the war on terror, reported a private TV channel. General Kayani said that the Indian "Cold Start Strategy" is an aggressive strategy and Pakistan cannot close its eyes towards it.

Pakistan's nuclear arsenal is safe since the country's military knows there would be "catastrophic consequences, primarily for Pakistan", if any of its nuclear bombs fell into the wrong hands, the US National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair said.

SFs killed 12 Taliban militants, including four foreigners, while 16 militants were arrested from different areas of Bajaur Agency in the FATA.

An anti-India jihadi rally to express Yakjehti-e-Kashmir (Solidarity with Kashmir) was organized in Muzaffarabad of PoK by the JuD, frontal organization of the LeT and Hizb-ul-Mujaheedin (HM).

The NWFP CM Ameer Haider Hoti approved to establish an institutional framework for the victims of terrorism.

At least 25 persons were killed and over 100 others, including women and children, wounded in twin blasts in Karachi as the city marked Hazrat Imam Hussain's chehlum (40^th Day after death) ceremony.

SFs bombed Taliban hideouts in various areas of Mamoond Tehsil (revenue unit) in the Bajaur Agency of FATA, killing five Taliban militants.

The JuD, front organisation of the LeT, held a public meeting in Islamabad, vowing to seize Kashmir by force and threatening "rivers of blood" in India. In Lahore too, the JuD organised a public rally, led by its chief Hafiz Saeed, alleged by India to have masterminded the Mumbai attacks. The rally went from the JuD headquarters in Chauburji to the University Grounds, where Hafiz Saeed led the participants in Friday prayers. It proceeded to the famous Masjid-e-Shohada on Mall road, where the second tier leadership of the group made anti-India speeches.

The Lok Virsa (Museum situated in Islamabad) in collaboration with the Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Ministry organised a festival in Islamabad to show solidarity with Kashmiris struggling for their right of self-determination.

SFs killed seven Taliban militants and injured five others in Mamond tehsil (revenue unit) of Bajaur Agency in the FATA. SFs took over the Taliban stronghold of Damadola after nine years, local sources said.

Death toll in the February 5 Karachi twin blasts raised to 33 as six more persons succumbed to injuries.

Karachi Anti-Terrorism Court's Administrative Judge Justice Amir Hani Muslim 6 remanded two accused, stated to be activists of the banned outfit Jundullah, to judicial custody until February 13 in the Karachi Ashura bomb blast of December 28, 2009.

The investigators probing into the two recent suicide bombings in Shahi Koto area of Lower Dir in NWFP said that militants fleeing from Bajaur Agency of FATA as a result of the military operation are behind the terrorist attacks in Lower Dir on February 3 that killed nine persons including three United States troopers. Meanwhile, the fugitive chief of Taliban in Lower Dir, 'Commander' Hafizullah claimed that February 3's suicide attack in Shahi Koto area was aimed at the US military personnel, regretting the killing of schoolgirls and harm to journalists.

At least 12 troopers were killed and two others were injured in a clash with militants during the ongoing operation Rah-e-Nijat (path to salvation) in Ahmed Wam area of South Waziristan Agency in FATA.

A minor girl was killed and four others including a woman sustained serious injuries when militants fired four rockets at the Army garrison and a surrounding village in Khugakhel area of Landikotal in the Khyber Agency

A powerful explosion completely destroyed container carrying supplies for United States-led NATO forces in Afghanistan near the Torkham pass along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

Police arrested six suspected militants, including a would-be suicide bomber who was allegedly plotting to attack a five-star hotel and kill US nationals, from Grand Trunk Road in Shahdara area of Lahore.

Daily Times quoting intelligence reports said that TTP had sent eight female suicide bombers to attack high-value targets in Punjab.

The TTP Lakki Marwat chapter threatened local politicians of attack for their alleged involvement in protecting feudal lords and creating law and order problem in the Lakki Marwat District of NWFP.

Blackwater is not operating in the country and NSA is protecting the Prime Minister and the President, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said. "No Blackwater or foreign security agency is providing security cover to the President or the Prime Minister. Our Police and security agencies are fully capable of providing them security,"

The Pakistani SFs have captured several members of the Jundallah militant group and handed them over to Iranian authorities, National Assembly Speaker Fehmida Mirza said, according to Iran's Press TV channel.

A civilian was killed in a militant attack on SFs and 12 suspected militants were arrested in search operations in different parts of the Khyber Agency in FATA.

Five militants were arrested while the houses of six others were destroyed during search operation in Banda area in Salarzai and Mamond sub-divisions of Bajaur Agency, official sources said.

SFs arrested a militant 'commander' who also happens to be the nephew of LI 'leader' Mangal Bagh during a search operation in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency.

SFs sources claimed to have killed 74 militants and injured 54 others and wrested the strategically important hilltops and areas from the insurgents during the weeklong military operation in the Mamond subdivision of Bajaur Agency.

At least four persons including two children were injured in a bomb explosion in Gahi Khan Chowk area of Quetta, capital of Balochistan.

The bomb disposal squad defused a seven-kilogramme explosive device planted close to NWFP Minister Ayub Khan Asharai's house in Matta tehsil of Swat District.

The Taliban claimed to have developed a new bomb nicknamed 'Omar' after their leader, which they say is impossible for Western mine sweepers to detect.

The Interior Minister Rehman Malik indicated that militants who had fled military operations in Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Swat are active in Karachi.

Calling Pakistan's anti-militancy efforts over 2009 "terrific", Unite States Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Pakistanis are in the driver's seat in combating Taliban on their soil.

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said asked militants to lay down their weapons and adopt the right path or face death.

A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden car into a khasadar patrol vehicle, killing 17 persons, including 11 khasadar personnel in Wazir Dhand area of Jamrud tehsil in Khyber Agency of FATA.

Four Taliban militants and two women were killed in bombings in various areas of Mamoond tehsil in Bajaur Agency.

A brigadier was killed while a colonel and lieutenant were injured after suspected Taliban militants attacked a rescue team sent after a crashed Cobra helicopter in Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency.

SFs along with the Mamoond Qaumi Lashkar (tribal militia) burnt the houses of six militants in the Taliban stronghold of Damadola and destroyed underground bunkers and training centres.

At least two persons were injured in a bomb blast in a CD shop in the main bazaar of Hangu in NWFP.

Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that he had credible reports regarding the death of TTP 'chief' Hakeemullah Mehsud in a drone attack in North Waziristan in mid-January.

TTP lashed out at the Government for referring to "credible reports" that their leader Hakeemullah Mehsud had died after a US drone attack in mid-January.

Pakistan has always preferred dialogue to war with India, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said and praised New Delhi's "intention" to resume dialogue with Islamabad.

Indian Indus Water Commissioner G. Aranga Nathan said that India and Pakistan will not go into war with each other over the water issue because the Indus Water Treaty is intact and being respected.

The Pakistan military commanders discussed India's offer to Pakistan for talks among other issues at a meeting of the top brass held at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi.

Pakistan will keep Kashmir the first item on the agenda for negotiations with India at any level, Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said.

At least 15 persons were killed and 24 others injured in a twin bomb blast in Bannu of NWFP.

Four persons, including an arms dealer, were injured when their double-cabin pickup truck was blown up in a bomb blast near Miramshah Bazaar in North Waziristan Agency of FATA.

The death toll in February 10 suicide attack in Jamrud of Khyber Agency reached 19, when a Levies official, Lance Naik Abdul Mannan, succumbed to injuries at the Hayatabad Medical Complex in Peshawar.

US Vice-President Joe Biden said that his greatest concern was not Afghanistan, not Iraq, nor the Iranian nuclear crisis, but Pakistan.

The US military is planning to set up new training centres inside Pakistan where American special operations trainers would work with Pakistani forces close to the Afghanistan border battle zone, a senior defence official said.

The US National Security Adviser General James Jones and his delegation visited Swat of NWFP.

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said that while composite dialogue is the only way forward for the resolution of all outstanding issues and India has offered Pakistan talks, New Delhi "does not want to talk on Kashmir."

The Foreign Office said that Pakistan wants to resume peace talks with India, but they should be wide-ranging and cover all outstanding issues, including the Kashmir dispute.

Syed Salahuddin, 'chief' of the HM, said that talks between Pakistan and India will fail if they do not focus on the "core issue" of Kashmir. Talks would be "a futile exercise" if they did not address the dispute over the Himalayan region.

Four militants were killed and several others sustained injuries during a clash with SFs at Charmang in Nawagai tehsil of Bajaur Agency in FATA.

The militants handed over dead bodies of two slain pilots unconditionally to the political administration through the efforts of the Federal Minister Hamidullah Jan Afridi in Jamrud tehsil of the restive Khyber Agency.

Two militants were killed and a soldier injured during a clash between SFs and militants in a border area of Swat and Buner in NWFP.

The Anti-Extremism Cell of the Sindh Police's CID arrested a 'commander' of the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen Al-alami and recovered weapons and Jihad (holy war) literature from his possession.

A student of Iqra University Karachi was killed, while another was injured in an ambush on the RCD Highway near Mangochar in Kalat of Balochistan.

The Taliban militants blew up a boys' high school in the village of Qamardin at Safi area of the Mohmand tribal District in FATA along the Pakistan- Afghanistan border.

SFs continued their search operation and arrested 16 suspected militants from different areas of FATA and NWFP during the past 24 hours.

A US drone killed seven Taliban militants at a training compound in the Mir Ali town of North Waziristan Agency in the FATA.

The SFs killed three Taliban militants in the Charmang area of Bajaur Agency, while a would-be suicide bomber and three other Taliban militants were killed in a blast.

Unidentified militants shot dead three persons, including two pro-Government tribesmen, in separate attacks in Khyber Agency.

SFs arrested 11 militants, including a 'local commander', during a search operation in Khyber Agency.

Three persons were killed and 16 others injured in bomb blast on the Cinema Chowk in the main town of Dadu District.

Two bomb blasts occurred on a railway track in the Sariab area of Quetta in Balochistan.

Four militants were arrested after an encounter with the SFs in the Darsamand area of Hangu District in NWFP.

The Police during a search operation arrested 18 suspected persons, including Afghanistan prayer leaders and defused a rocket in the Tugh Lalma area of Kohat District.

The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, while condemning the recent terrorist events in Karachi, said that al Qaeda had killed more than 2,000 people in Pakistan within few months.

US Vice-President Joe Biden said that American forces have killed al Qaeda militants under ground - 12 top leaders and 100 of their associates.

Pakistan's Ambassador to the US, Hussain Haqqani, said, that "Pakistan doesn't want America to interfere in its affairs nor does the US want to do so".

A US drone attack killed at least three Taliban militants in the North Waziristan Agency of FATA, security officials said.

SFs arrested four wanted militants during a raid on a madrassa (seminary) in the Bisham area of Shangla District in the NWFP.

The SFs arrested a local doctor in a raid in the Sholabar area of Bara, as the doctor was involved in the treatment of LI militants.

The Ahmedzai Wazir tribes in South Waziristan Agency of FATA demanded a separate administrative status for areas under their control during a jirga (council) also attended by Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Kayani, tribal elders said.

The key objectives of the military operation Rah-e-Nijat in South Waziristan Agency in FATA have been achieved and most of the high profile terrorists have been wiped out from the area, a private TV channel quoted Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Kayani as saying.

Top terrorist 'commander' Ilyas Kashmiri, whose '313 Brigade' is an operational arm of the al Qaeda, has vowed to continue attacks across India until the Indian Army leaves Indian-held Kashmir and gives the Kashmiris their right to self-determination.

SFs backed by jet fighters and gunship helicopters pounded Taliban hideouts and killed 10 Taliban militants in the Bajaur Agency of FATA.

Two women were killed when an artillery shell hit their house in Bandai area of Mamoond tehsil. Eight other persons were also injured in the same incident.

Unidentified militants blew up a school in Lakaro village of Safi tehsil in Mohmand Agency in the late night.

A powerful bomb blast destroyed a house situated along Rehman Kewal Road in Quetta.

Daily Times quoting New York Times reported that the US and Pakistani intelligence services arrested the top military 'commander' of Taliban, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, in Karachi.

An Afghan Taliban spokesman, Yousuf Ahmadi, denied a US report that the group's military commander had been arrested by US and Pakistani forces in a secret operation in Pakistan.

The Interior Minister Rehman Malik branded as "propaganda" reports that the top Taliban military 'commander' had been arrested in a joint Pakistani-US spy operation.

Unidentified assailants killed six militants allegedly to be associates of Taliban 'commander' Noor Jamal alias Maulana Toofan by ambushing their vehicle in central Kurram Agency of FATA.

A US drone strike killed at least three suspected Taliban militants at a compound close to the Afghanistan border in North Waziristan.

SFs arrested nine suspected militants from the Khyber Agency and cleared five caves used by militants in the Bajaur Agency, according to a FC statement.

SFs arrested five militants, identified as Ghulam Ullah, Gulab, Abdul Ghaffar, Khan and Jaipur, from in Mamoond tehsil (revenue unit) of Bajaur Agency.

Unidentified militants shot dead a journalist, identified as Hameed Marwat, at the Sariab Road in Quetta.

Ashfaq Mangi, a reporter of a private television channel was shot dead by unidentified militants in front of the Gambat Post Office in Khairpur.

Three civilians and a policeman sustained injuries when a suspected militant opened fire on Police in Marghazar Town of the Bunrh area in the outskirts of Mingora in the NWFP.

SFs arrested a senior 'commander' of the Swat Taliban, Abdul Rashid, from Nowshera.

The CID arrested a 'Taliban commander', Abdullah alias Abu Waqas, who was about to train 270 teenage girls as suicide bombers.

An ATC in Sargodha in Punjab rejected the bail applications of five Americans, accused of having links with militants.

Interior Minister Rehman Malik confirmed the arrest of a senior Taliban leader Mulla Abdul Ghani Baradar from Karachi.

The Pakistani Army confirmed that the Afghan Taliban's top military commander, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, has been arrested.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praised "valuable" US-Pakistan cooperation in fighting extremism, saying the Pakistani leadership "recognises that standing firm against the threat is important to the country's future".

President Asif Ali Zardari announced a plan for the upgradation and strengthening of paramilitary Levies Force in tribal areas to improve the Levies Force's capability.

At least 30 persons, including a LI 'commander', were killed and 110 others injured in a suicide attack near a mosque in Akakhel area of Tirah valley in Khyber Agency of FATA.

AFP quoted an intelligence official as saying, "There is a possibility that the rival outfit, AI, attacked the LI base."

Four Taliban militants, including a Taliban 'commander' Jalaluddin Haqqani's son Muhammad Haqqani, were killed when US drones fired two missiles in Danday Darpakhel village near Jalaluddin Haqqani's madrassa (seminary), four kilometres north of Miranshah, the headquarters of North Waziristan in FATA.

A remote-controlled bomb exploded near a tanker in Baghbana area of Khuzdar District in Balochistan.

A Policeman was killed and a passer-by injured when armed militants opened fire at a Police patrol party in the Mingora city of NWFP.

The SFs arrested two militants during a search operation and neutralised the ex-plosive-laden car recovered near Chunai area in Abakhel village in Lakki Marwat District in the night.

Two senior Taliban militants were arrested in recent days in Pakistan after their military 'commander' Mulla Abdul Ghani Baradar was arrested by the US intelligence agencies and their Pakistani counterparts only days earlier.

Five Taliban militants were killed in Banda and Ghundo areas of Nawagai tehsil (revenue unit) in Bajaur Agency of FATA when fighter jets and helicopter gunships bombarded Taliban hideouts.

SFs claimed to have recovered Indian-made IED from South Waziristan. Security officials recovered five sacks, each containing 20 kilograms of polypropylene with the text "Reliance Industries Ltd, Jamnagar, Gujrat, India" printed on them.

SFs shot dead two militants in an encounter in Faisalabad who were involved in the GHQ attack in Rawalpindi on October 10, 2009.

Four officials of Mercy Corps (MC), an international NGO, were abducted by unidentified militants from Shankai area of Qillah Saifullah District in Balochistan.

The Police arrested six 'most-wanted' Taliban militants and recovered 11 kilogrammes of explosive powder along with dynamite from a cave during search operations in the mountainous region of Sawaldher, Rama, Katlang and Choora in Mardan District of NWFP.

Police arrested a person allegedly involved in terror activities from Jamal Ghari village under Jabar Police Station.

The South Korean Police claimed to have arrested a Pakistani national, who was allegedly a member of the Taliban, on charges of using a fake passport.

The SFs arrested one Sipah-e-Mohammad Pakistan militant, Syed Hammad Riaz, from Karachi allegedly involved in the assassination of the SSP, Ameer (Chief) Maulana Azam Tariq.

Pakistan will not turn over the Afghanistan Taliban's 'second-in-command' and two other terrorists captured in the month of February to the US, but may deport them to Afghanistan, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said.

Pakistan's direct and indirect cost in the war on terror has been around USD 35 billion over the last three years, Minister of State for Economic Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar said.

SFs killed at least 36 Taliban militants during operations in the various regions of FATA. The SFs killed at least 30 Taliban militants during operation Rah-e-Nijat (path to salvation) in various areas of Shawal mountains in South Waziristan Agency.

Six Taliban militants, including a 'commander', were killed in clashes with the SFs at Chapri Ferozkhel, the border area between Khyber and Orakzai Agencies.

Two suicide bombers attacked Police Stations in Balakot and Mansehra areas of NWFP, killing a SHO and wounding several others. According to Police sources, Khalilur Rehman, SHO of Balakot Police Station, was killed and several others injured in the attacks at the police stations.

Four Taliban militants were killed in a clash with the Security Forces in Ogda Takhta Band area in the outskirts of Mingora in Swat.

The dead body of a person abducted by the Taliban militants a year ago was found. He was identified as Ziadullah, a businessman from Landaki area of Swat.

Eight unidentified militants were killed and two troopers sustained injuries in a clash during a search operation in Darra Adamkhel of NWFP. The sources said SFs carried out a search operation in Turk Ismailkhel, Jawakai and Shindhand areas where the militants opened fire on SFs.

The militants launched a rocket attack on the flour mills of NWFP Minister for Housing, Amjid Afridi, near Gumbat in Kohat. However, no casualty was reported.

Police arrested Maulvi Kabir, one of the top 10 most-wanted Taliban leaders and a former Governor of Nangahar province of Afghanistan, from Nowshera.

Three militants surrendered to SFs in Charbagh Tehsil of Swat District during a search operation.

The headless dead body of two abducted Sikh persons recovered in Khyber Agency of FATA. However, Daily Times reports that one Chopal Singh's dead body was recovered.

The Taliban militants blew up two boys' schools in Mohmand Agency. However, there was no casualty.

SFs hoisted the Pakistani flag in the Damangi area for the first time after clearing it of the Taliban.

SFs arrested at least 74 suspects during a search operation in Wazir Dhand area of Jamrud tehsil in Khyber Agency.

A cadre of the TTP was arrested by SFs from the outskirts of Lahore. A suicide jacket, hand grenades and explosives were recovered from his possession.

13 persons, including three Security personnel and four women, were killed and 41 others injured when a suicide bomber hit a SFs convoy at the Nishat Chowk in Mingora city of NWFP.

A prominent member of the Shia community was shot dead while his friend sustained injuries when unidentified attackers opened fire on them in Yakatoot area of Peshawar in NWFP.

SFs arrested 34 suspected militants during a joint operation by Police and FC in Thall, Doaba, Kahi, Darsamand and Naryab areas of Hangu along the region bordering Orakzai Agency.

Militants fired several rockets and mortar shells at the Fort Salop in Bara sub-division of Khyber Agency in FATA.

43 militants, including four commanders, surrendered before SFs in Mamond sub-division of Bajaur Agency.

Five Taliban militants were killed and four others were injured when the explosives that they were planting around their hideout detonated accidentally in Ali Sherzai Dar village of Kurram Agency in FATA.

The militant outfit LI organised the public execution of a tribesman in the Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency, after pronouncing him guilty of double murder at a self-styled Islamic court, tribesmen said.

SFs destroyed four hideouts of TTP in Ali Baz Kalay of Darra Adam Khel while arresting six militants.

The Taliban militants attacked a vehicle owned by a local lashkar (army) chief in Adezai village on the outskirts of the provincial capital of NWFP, Peshawar.

The CENTCOM chief General David Petraeus and British General David Richard arrived in Mingora. Sources said that Pakistani military officials held a briefing for the two generals at the Circuit House in Mingora.

Pakistan has made some 'real progress' in the war against terrorism and it is committed in securing its long border with Afghanistan, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said.

Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that "Pakistan would welcome any role (to bridge the gap between India and Pakistan) given to China because of the trust and confidence we enjoy among each other".

South Korean Police said that they were investigating whether a Pakistani Muslim cleric, who was arrested for travelling on a fake passport, was also involved in militant activities.

A Taliban 'commander', Mohammed Qari Zafar, wanted in connection with the 2006 bombing of the US consulate in Karachi, was among 13 persons killed in a suspected missile strike in the Dargah Mandi area of North Waziristan of FATA near the border with Afghanistan.

A rocket fired from an unknown direction hit the house of Haji Awal Khan in Kohi Sher Haider area of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency and injured his two daughters.

Nine Taliban militants were killed when a US drone fired missiles into a Taliban compound in the Dandey Darpa Khel area of North Waziristan in the FATA.

The Taliban militants beheaded three men, including two Afghans, in North Waziristan, accusing them of spying for the US.

A soldier was killed in a roadside bomb explosion in Salarzai sub-division of Bajaur Agency.

The SFs demolished the house of a militant 'commander', Maulvi Abdullah, during search operation in the Banda area of the same Agency.

Unidentified militants fired several rockets on Lagharai village In Mamond subdivision. However, the rockets missed the target and landed in the fields.

16 Taliban militants including two 'commanders' surrendered to SFs in Mamond sub-division.

Three passengers were killed and three others sustained injuries when unidentified militants opened fired at a railway coach in the Tor Ghar area of Thall Tehsil in Hangu District of NWFP.

One alleged TTP militant, Omer Abdul Rehman alias Sailaab, was arrested in a joint raid by Security Force personnel from the Lasbela District.

A militant of the Jalaluddin Haqqani Network, identified as Amanullah Mehsud, was arrested by the Security Force personnel from the Clifton area of Karachi.

Unidentified militants blew up a primary school in Saafi tehsil (revenue unit) of Mohmand Agency.

25 suspected militants were arrested during a search operation in Akakhel, Kohi Sher Haider and Sipah areas of Bara tehsil.

Four militants were killed during an encounter between SFs and militants in the Charsadda District of NWFP.

Suspected militants blew up a tanker carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan in Bhanamari Police Station area of Peshawar.

A senior Taliban 'commander', Musa Khan, was arrested along with his two accomplices in Damghar area of Kabal tehsil (revenue unit) of Swat District.

Police arrested three militants during a raid at Hajiabad in Charsadda District.

The CID of the Sindh Police arrested one Abdul Aziz, a close aide of Qari Hussain Mashood, a mastermind of suicide bombing squad of the banned militant group TTP from the Sohrab Goth area in Karachi.

An ATC in Karachi awarded death sentence to two persons, identified as Kamran and Farhan, for killing two Policemen on October 12, 2006, in the limits of the Shah Latif Town Police Station.

President Asif Ali Zardari urged the aggrieved Baloch leaders not to resort to violence as the Government acknowledged their rights and was doing all within its means to help them.

At least 17 Taliban militants were killed in an operation in the Pastawana area of Kohat in NWFP.

The SFs and Intelligence Agencies arrested a nephew of TTP Swat chapter 'head' Maulana Fazlullah from Pirsabak village in Nowshera District.

The CID of the Sindh Police arrested three militants belonging to the LeJ outfit from a hideout near Jamshed Road in Karachi.

The Lahore High Court temporarily restrained Federal and Punjab Governments from handing over Mullah Baradar and four other Afghan Taliban militants to America or any other country and added that the detainees would not be moved out of Pakistan without its prior permission.

Taliban have blown up 16 schools in the tribal regions of Mohmand Agency, Bajaur Agency, Khyber Agency and Orakzai Agency of FATA during the month of February, NWFP Education Minister Sardar Hussain Babak said.

A suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a Police Station in Karak District, killing four persons including two Policemen and wounding 23 others.

Unidentified gunmen opened fire on a religious procession in the Dhaki More neighbourhood of Dera Ismail Khan District of NWFP, killing a person and wounding several others.

The personnel of Intelligence Agencies arrested two militants from Saeedabad in Karachi.

SFs killed 25 militants in frontier region of Peshawar in NWFP in the first four days of Operation Spring Cleaning, according to officials.

12 persons were injured when a remote-controlled explosive went off in Thari Mirwah town in Khairpur in Sindh.

Seven people were killed and 44 others injured in sectarian violence in Dera Ismail Khan area of NWFP.

SFs recovered the dead bodies of a senior Taliban 'commander' and five of his accomplices from the Madyan area of Swat. Sources said that dead bodies of former Taliban 'commander' in Buner, Muhammad Alam, Matta tehsil 'commander' Shamsul Haq, and their accomplices Abdullah, Muhammad Musafir and Sher Zaman were found at a roadside in Madyan area.

Suspected Taliban militants blew up a tanker carrying fuel for NATO troops based in Afghanistan near Jamil Chowk on Ring Road of Peshawar, the capital of NWFP.

An al Qaeda-linked militant who had called for attacks on China over its treatment of Muslims was killed in a US missile strike in North Waziristan of FATA.

Two of the three Sikhs who were abducted for extortion escaped from Taliban captivity and reached the Jamrud of Khyber Agency.

SFs set the houses of 15 militant commanders on fire in the Charmang valley of Nawagai tehsil (revenue unit) in Bajaur Agency.

The Taliban issued 'threatening pamphlets', claiming responsibility for the suicide attack on the Khasadar (tribal Police) personnel in Jamrud tehsil of Khyber Agency on February 10, 2010.

Interior Minister Rehman Malik urged Ulema ( Muslim religious leaders) belonging to different schools of thought to foil the conspiracy aimed at fanning sectarian strife in the country and play an effective role in thwarting terrorism.

Seven militants, including a 'commander', were killed in a clash between two factions of militants in the Dogar area of Kurram Agency in FATA. The sources said the factions of militants headed by Mulla Toofan and Mulla Rafique clashed in Dogar area using heavy weapons and ammunition.

At least two persons were killed and five others injured in a bomb blast in a cultural function on the premises of a local Engineering University in Khuzdar of Balochistan.

Two important Taliban 'commanders', identified as Muhammad Tufail alias Abdullah and Muhammad Iqbal, were killed by SFs in an exchange of fire during the ongoing Operation Spring Cleaning in Frontier Region of Peshawar, the capital of NWFP.

Taliban militants detonated explosives planted around the house of a pro-Government tribal elder, Malik Zaliman Shah, in Aliabad area of Hangu District, injuring 10 members of the family.

The Police submitted a charge sheet against five American national detained in 2009 in an ATC in Sargodha on charges of plotting terrorism.

ATC in Rawalpindi has acquitted seven persons accused of a suicide attack on a Government bus because of lack of evidence.

The Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that the SSP and TTP were involved in terrorist activities in the country and warned of strict action against them. Referring to the SSP, the interior minister said it had close links to al-Qaeda and Taliban.

SFs killed a local Taliban 'commander', identified as Sultan Azeem, during an encounter in the Malakand Agency of NWFP. Sultan Azeem's body was found lying by the roadside in Palai area.

The SFs killed a supplier of suicide jackets and explosives, Mohammad Iqbal, who operated a key inter-city network during an encounter in the north-western part of Peshawar.

The Education Department terminated the services of five teachers in Lower Dir for having alleged links with the Taliban. Education Department officials said that education officers in Lower Dir had carried out investigations and discovered proof of the five terminated teachers' links with the Taliban.

One person was killed and two others injured in a landmine explosion that took place in the outskirts of Dera Bugti District.

Protesters blocked the Quetta-Karachi Highway, ransacked a state-run utility store and set a post office on fire following the blast in a cultural function at the Balochistan University of Engineering and Technology in Khuzdar on March 2.

A private TV channel reported that the recently arrested Iranian militant Abdul Malik Reigi, leader of the banned Jundullah outfit, was among the 25,000 foreign recipients of Computerised National Identity Cards (CNICs) issued by National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA).

One trooper died and four others injured in the overnight gun battle after an early morning attack on an Army check post in Chamarkand area of the Momand region of FATA.

The death toll in factional clash of the Taliban militants in the Kurram Agency of FATA rise to 10.

The Taliban militants blew up a boys' school in the Spin Qabar area of Khyber Agency in the midnight. However, there was no loss of life and property was reported.

Six militants surrendered to the SFs in the Malangi area of Bajaur Agency. Tribal sources said the local elders persuaded the militants to lay down arms and surrender to the SFs.

Paramilitary Forces claimed to have killed 38 Taliban militants during the weeklong Operation Spring Cleaning.

US Special Representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke said that the February 26 terrorist attack in Kabul did not target the Indians specifically and cautioned against jumping to conclusions without any solid proof. "In regard to this attack, I do not accept the fact that this was an attack on an Indian facility like the embassy. They were foreigners, non-Indian foreigners hurt. It was a soft target," he told reporters at a State Department briefing.

The militant training camps for those fighting in Jammu and Kashmir (India) are once again being established in 'AJK' and recruitment is also on the rise in Punjab, the BBC said.

Motasim Agha Jan, son-in-law of Taliban 'supreme' leader Mullah Omar was arrested by Intelligence Officials from a house in Ahsanabad area in Karachi.

The CID of Sindh Police arrested a TTP 'commander', identified as Alam Mehsud, from Surjani town in Karachi. Alam was a close aide of the slain TTP 'chief' Baitullah Mehsud.

The British High Commission in Islamabad received a call from an unidentified person threatening to "blow them up" if the BHC did not close down its offices in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Nine more Taliban militants were killed in the on going factional clash between followers of Noor Jamal alias Mullah Toofan and Rafiq Mengal in the Neka Ziarat area of Kurram Agency.

The SFs arrested three persons, including an Afghan national and recovered arm and explosives from an Afghanistan-bound passenger vehicle at Michni check post in Khyber Agency in the night.

An unidentified person, suspected to be a suicide bomber, was killed in a blast at a grocery shop, about seven kilometres from the Sarwar Chowk of Shaheed town of Muzaffargarh.

An IED planted at the Ganj Bakhsh market in the Mardan area of NWFP went off, destroying five shops.

SFs arrested 25 suspected militants, including three militant 'commanders', in separate raids in Ziarat Kaka Sahib and Badrashi areas of Nowshera District.

Twelve persons, including four women, were killed and 33 others injured when a suicide bomber targeted a Parachinar-bound civilian convoy carrying Shia passengers in Tull area of Hangu in NWFP.

Five militants were killed in clashes with SFs in Charbagh and Matta tehsils in Swat Valley of NWFP.

SFs killed a militant, identified as Abdullah, in Qalagai area in Matta tehsil. SFs also set ablaze the house of militant 'commander' Shah Wazir Khan in Barikot tehsil.

SFs killed a militant in Narai Sar, in the outskirts of Mingora, and arrested seven others.

Police arrested three militants from the Ellam Mountain in Buner District. Sources said the militants were identified as Noorul Alam, Shaukat Ali and Gul Qadar.

At least 30 Taliban militants were killed when SFs retaliated against a predawn attack on Marjhana security post in the Chamarkand area of Safi tehsil, some 45 kilometres northeast of Ghallanai, in Mohmand Agency of FATA.

The Army officials said there were strong indications that senior TTP 'commanders', including Maulvi Faqir Mohammad, Maulvi Abdul Wali, Qari Ziaur Rahman and Omar Rahman alias Fateh, were killed or injured in heavy bombing by the Army gunship helicopters in Pindyali tehsil in Mohmand Agency of FATA.

Two Taliban 'commanders' Latifullah and Najeebullah along with their 35 aides surrendered before the SFs in the Bajaur Agency. Latifullah and Najeebullah left the defunct Tehreek-e-Taliban (Latif faction), a militant outfit, and announced complete support to the SFs and the political administration for maintaining peace in the area.

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said, "We have dealt severe blows to terrorists and the day is not far when we will rid the country of them".

Yousaf Raza Gilani vowed to restore the 1973 constitution to its original form. He said his Government would complete its constitutional term after which it would appear before the nation once again to be held accountable.

At least eight militants were killed and two injured as fighter jets pounded Taliban hideouts in Hamdana area of Sararogha tehsil (revenue unit) in South Waziristan of FATA at around 2pm (PST).

The unidentified militants abducted and beheaded a pro-Government tribal elder, Malik Taj Mohammad, in Orakzai Agency.

Unidentified gunmen killed a local Taliban 'commander', identified as Maulvi Noor Muhammad, on the outskirts of Miranshah in North Waziristan.

The SFs blew up the house of a militant 'commander', Ali Rehman, and arrested his father and bother in Erab area of Mamond subdivision.

Six insurgents were arrested during raid on a seminary in Kas area of Bajaur Agency.

Three Bugti tribesmen were injured in a bomb explosion at Achanak Chowk in Dera Bugti.

Daily Times quoting a Government official source reports that Adam Gadahn, the American-born spokesman for al-Qaeda, was recently arrested by the Pakistani intelligence personnel in Karachi.

13 persons were killed and 80 others injured in a suicide bomb blast in front of the Special Intelligence Agency's (SIA) office in the Model Town area of Lahore. 13 persons included a woman, a five-year-old girl and security personnel.

A spokesman for the TTP claimed responsibility for attack on the SIA's office in Model Town. "The attack was to avenge (US) drone attacks and (Pakistani) military operations in the Tribal Areas," said Taliban spokesman Azam Tariq. "We have 2,800 to 3,000 more suicide bombers ... We will target all Government places, buildings and offices," he added.

Three missiles fired by a US drone killed five Taliban militants in the Miranshah area of North Waziristan in FATA.

Two pro-Government tribal leaders were killed while another was injured when some unidentified Taliban militants blew up their car in Shakai area of South Waziristan.

Two persons including brother of a commander of Ansarul Islam outfit was killed in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency.

A minor girl was killed and her mother and sister sustained serious injuries when a stray mortar shell hit their house in Alingar area in Safi tehsil of Mohmand Agency.

A Salarzai lashkar (tribal militia) set ablaze 130 Taliban houses in Bajaur Agency. One Taliban militant was killed and nine others arrested in a joint operation of the political administration and an armed lashkar of the Salarzai tribe.

The SFs arrested four suspected militants from the Akakhel area of Bara tehsil in the night.

SFs arrested a potential Afghan suicide bomber while planting a landmine on a roadside in the Koz Chamarkand area in Safi tehsil and also recovered a suicide vest from his possession.

A gunman, identified as Noorul Haq, was shot dead by the Police in the Kashmirabad area near Sariab Road in Quetta.

Hafiz Saeed, the founder and 'chief' of Lashkar-e-Toiba (also known as Jama'at-ud-Da'awa) and the alleged mastermind of the Mumbai terror attacks, accused India of waging water wars on Pakistan while addressing a public rally in Lahore.

An activist of the MQM, Zulfiqar-ul-Hasan alias Papu, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in the Saeedabad Police Station area of Karachi.

A letter send by an anonymous sender to Sindh Police IG Sultan Salahuddin Babar Khattak and Sukkur Regional Police Officer reports that as many as 66 militants belonging to the banned TTP have arrived at Sindh including Karachi to carry out terror attacks.

The death toll in the Lahore bomb blast of March 8 rose to 15 as rescuers recovered a dead body from the debris and shifted it to morgue while another injured person succumbed to his injuries at the Jinnah Hospital.

The CIA arrested four Tehreek-e-Taliban Afghanistan militants from Lahore. The arrestees were identified as Muhammad Yasin, Muhammad Kamran of Sahiwal, Abubakar and Khurshid Ali.

SFs and a local tribal lashkar set ablaze 14 houses of the Taliban militants in the Mamoond tehsil of Bajaur Agency in FATA.

SFs arrested three suspected Taliban militants in Barokhel area of Halimzai tehsil and demolished the house of a wanted militant in Safi tehsil.

The CIA Director Leon Panetta said counter terrorism operations have placed al Qaeda's top leaders under extreme pressure and many are "on the run" but recent thwarted terror plots in the US indicate the terror network is changing its tactics.

At least 14 Taliban militants were killed in a US drone attack in the North Waziristan Agency of FATA in the night. Sources based in Miranshah said that in the first attack, a US drone fired four missiles on a vehicle in Macha Madakhel at Dada Khel tehsil, killing six militants.

Six persons, including two women, were killed and seven others were injured when over a dozen militants armed with Kalashnikov rifles, pistols and hand-grenades attacked the office of World Vision International, a US-based Christian aid agency, in Oghi village in Mansehra of NWFP.

At least 60 militants, including two would-be suicide bombers, were arrested during a week-long search operation in Hangu, security officials said.

At least four civilians were killed and 20 others injured when a suicide bomber, who was supposed to target a paramilitary convoy, prematurely detonated explosives at Old Bara area near Khyber Agency on the border between Khyber and Peshawar of FATA.

Three persons, including a soldier, were killed in clashes between the Mamond Lashkar backed SFs and militants in Mulla Killay, Lagharai and adjoining areas of Mamond subdivision in Bajaur Agency.

Three more militants, including one senior Taliban 'commander' Qari Mohammad Ayub, were shot dead by unidentified assailants at Naurak village near Mirali subdivision of North Waziristan Agency.

The noted religious leader and chief of the Aalmi Majlis-e-Tahafuza-e-Khatam-e-Naboowat (AMTKN), Mufti Saeed Jalalpuri, was shot dead along with three associates in Karachi.

An attempt was also made on Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Nadeem, a leader of the SSP, in which he was injured, while his son lost his life.

The Swat Taliban 'chief' Mullah Fazlullah overcame the security siege in the region to flee the valley to avoid siege, Lieutenant General Masood Alam of Peshawar corps commander said.

Authorities declared red alert at sensitive installations after the reported entrance of an explosive-laden car in the Lahore.

The law enforcement agencies warned the authorities concerned that 19 militants were deputed in 12 cities of the province will most likely target National Accountability Bureau offices and anti-terrorism courts.

The law enforcement agencies have discovered that the suicide attack on the SIA office in Model Town on March 8, 2010, had been planned in Lahore.

Pakistan's relationship with Afghanistan is close to the core of Islamabad's National Security interests and Pakistan must be a partner in finding solutions to Afghanistan's problems, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said.

At least 57 persons, including eight soldiers, were killed and more than 90 persons were injured as twin suicide blasts, moments apart from each other, ripped through the Lahore's RA Bazaar in the cantonment area.

Five persons were injured when seven low-intensity explosions, six in Allama Iqbal town Police Station area and one in the Samanabad area of Lahore, were carried out in the late night.

Intelligence sources warned that four bombers were still present in the city awaiting instructions to hit their targets.

Four persons were killed and 25 others injured when a powerful bomb exploded near the Bara Qadeem checkpost close to a market on the Bara Road in Peshawar.

Four persons were injured during an explosion in Sariab Road area of Quetta in Balochistan.

"Pakistan's military is likely paying compensation to the families of the terrorists killed in the Mumbai attacks", says chairman of US House Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia Gary Ackerman on March 11 and blamed Islamabad for allegedly continuing to support LeT.

A Pakistani-American expert, Shuja Nawaz, said that the LeT was "a Frankenstein's monster", which assumed a broader regional role.

Shuja Nawaz said that "Resolving the Kashmir problem by itself is not going to remove this threat because the aim of these groups is to leverage themselves into a position of power inside Pakistan and to take control."

A resolution of Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan would no longer satisfy LeT and it would continue to pose a serious threat to both India and the western world in particular the United States, top experts have told American lawmakers.

The Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that there is solid evidence of the Indian involvement in acts of terror in Balochistan and that the Pakistani Government was taking up the matter diplomatically with the Indian Government.

At least 17 persons including two Policemen and an army trooper were killed in a suicide attack at a checkpoint manned by Police and military personnel at Mingora town of Swat District in NWFP.

A civilian, Ikramullah, was killed in a landmine explosion in the Gara Akhunzada area of Dera Ismail Khan in NWFP.

The bomb disposal squad defused a five kilograms of explosive device found near the venue of a public meeting of former Chief Minister Mohammad Akram Durrani in the Cantonment Police jurisdiction of Bannu.

The SFs recovered one kilogramme explosive, five rockets, 10 shells, hand grenades, six Kalashnikovs and 2,000 cartridges from a militant during a search operation in the jurisdiction of the Kaki Police Station.

Unidentified assailants killed the commander of a local lashkar (tribal militia) and his two bodyguards in Mohmand Agency of FATA. However, in Mohmand Agency, about seven anti-Taliban lashkar are operating, while locals said the Taliban had warned their heads and volunteers of dire consequences through media and other sources.

The SFs and volunteers of local lashkar (militia) arrested the wife and brother-in-law of TTP spokesman Maulvi Omar, who is already in detention in the Bajaur Agency since August 2009.

The Khasadar (local tribal force) Force defused an explosive device planted in an oil tanker near Jamrud in the Khyber Agency.

At least 18 Taliban militants were killed when fighter PAF jets bombed their hideouts in Orajzai Agency of FATA.

Two persons, including the brother of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bara chapter 'president', were killed in firing incidents in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency.

Two unidentified assailants shot dead Muhammad Amin, son of Nawab Khan, a resident of Malik Dinkhel, besides two passers-by identified as Tasleem, son of Jalil and Akhtar Sher, son of Hazrat Sher, sustained injuries in the firing.

The Police arrested a suspected militant, Fida Hussain, involved in planting explosive devices at the house of a journalist, Misri Khan Orakzai, and at a Police post in Hangu.

The BDS defused another explosive device planted near the Police post in Mamoo Banda area of Thall tehsil on the main Thall-Hangu Road.

A suspected cadre of the TTP, identified as Hidayatullah Barki (32), was shot dead and one of his associates, Usman Khan (22), got injured during foiled bid to abduct a property dealer in Manghopir Police station area of Karachi.

Unidentified assailants tried to blow up a SF vehicle, carrying Law Enforcement Agency personnel, at the Hazarganji Road in Quetta.

An oil tanker carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan was blown up in Chaman, injuring a passer-by.

The FC personnel defused a bomb planted at a grid station located along the Airport Road in Khuzdar.

A truck loaded with explosives was seized in Haji Shah area of Attock District. However, the three culprits managed to escape.

Around 279 suspects were arrested from Rawalpindi and Islamabad during search operations in the wake of militant activities in Lahore.

SFs claimed that the mastermind of March 13's suicide attack on SFs check post in Mingora of NWFP, which left 17 persons dead, was killed in an encounter at Shamak area of Khawazakhela.

Two persons were killed and two others injured in an exchange of fire between militants of banned militant outfit LI and local residents in Sangu area of Peshawar District.

Two unidentified assailants shot dead one Muhamadullah, belonging to Malik Din Khel sub-section of Afridi tribe, after picking him from his shop near his house in Nala area of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency of FATA.

Police recovered 1,500 kilograms of explosive materials during a search operation in Allama Iqbal Town of Lahore.

Police recovered around 70 kilograms of explosive material from a Toyota Hiace (LXK-1618) during checking near Toll Plaza on I. J. Principal Road under Sabzi Mandi Police Station in Islamabad.

A TTP spokesman said that the outfit would stop targeting public and Government places in Punjab if the Provincial Government gave an assurance that the Taliban would be spared from any action.

At least 13 persons, including 10 TTP militants and three tribesmen, were killed in a clash between a local lashkar and Taliban militants in central Kurram Agency of FATA.

10 Taliban militants were killed when US drones fired four missiles at a house in Manzarkhel village located in Dattakhel tehsil, 40 kilometres west of the North Waziristan Agency headquarters, Miranshah around 12:45 pm (PST).

38 Taliban militants including a senior Taliban 'commander' surrendered before the Government in Khar of Bajaur Agency. SFs recovered a cache of arms and ammunitions.

Two NATO tankers were attacked by unidentified militants in Kalat town and Dhadar area in Balochistan, leaving three persons injured.

One person got injured when unidentified assailants opened fire on a NATO tanker in the Dhadar area of Bolan District.

Police recovered 3,000 kilogrammes of ammonium nitrate and potassium, which can be used for a lethal explosion, and four machine guns from a shop in the Sabzi Mandi area of Lahore.

The unassembled parts of three submachine guns and one light machine gun were also found from the shop in Mehran Block Iqbal Town.

A Bajaur-based militant 'commander', identified as Mohammad Rehan, was arrested during an operation in Wakho Pul on Kohat Road under Bhanamari Police Station area of Peshawar.

Police arrested one, Salman Mehsud, a TTP 'commander', who was wanted for abduction and various other charges from Karachi.

Six Taliban militants were killed during encounter with SFs in Darra Adam Khel of NWFP late in the night.

The SFs shot dead five Taliban militants, including two Taliban 'commanders', who were wanted over an uprising in Swat, in an encounter at Pattan town in Abbottabad District.

The NWFP Information Minister Iftikhar Hussain ruled out the possibility that the Taliban would reorganise in Swat as the SFs have dismantled their network in the valley.

At least six Taliban militants were killed and five others arrested in a clash with a lashkar at Dagar area in Kurram Agency of FATA.

At least five Security personnel were killed in a militant attack on a check post in Sheen Darand area of Akakhel under Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency. SFs retaliated but no militant casualties can be confirmed.

A NATO oil tanker blew up at the Wali Khel area of Landikotal in the Khyber Agency. According to official sources, the tanker was carrying 44,000 litres of oil to NATO troops in Afghanistan.

Unidentified militants blew up a Government-run girls' primary school in Malkana of Nawagai sub-division in Bajaur Agency.

A senior US official said that an al-Qaeda leader who is believed to have played a key role in the bombing of a CIA post in Afghanistan in December 31, 2009, was apparently killed in a missile strike last week (unspecified date).

Four officials of the Balochistan FC were injured in a hand grenade blast followed by firing on their vehicle at, while one of the militants was also killed.

One person was killed in an explosion in a house in the Chalobawri area of Quetta.

Police arrested two suspected militants during a search operation at Faruukhabad area of Shahdara in Lahore.

The Ministry of Interior said that the Taliban have planned to launch fresh attacks on the SFs in all major cities of the country, a private news channel reported.

Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that a decisive operation will be launched against banned sectarian outfits if they do not refrain from carrying out terrorist attacks in the country.

The Law enforcement agencies are considering of launching a "well-coordinated large-scale operation" against possible militant hubs close to the entry points of the provincial metropolis.

An ATC charged five Americans with planning terrorist attacks in the country and conspiring to wage war against nations allied with Pakistan, their defence lawyer Hasan Dastagir said.

One Policeman was shot dead, while four others sustained injuries in an attack at Quetta in Balochistan. Police officials were on patrolling when unidentified militants opened fire at them on the Samungly Road of Quetta.

Unidentified militants shot dead a security guard in the Sariab area of Quetta. According to police, some unidentified militants opened fire at Shair Ali at Killi Geo in Qambrani Sariab area, killing him on the site.

Three persons were injured in a remote-controlled explosion at Achanak Chowk in Dera Bugti. According to Police sources, unidentified militants attached an explosive device to a cycle and parked it at Achanak Chowk.

A girl was killed when she stepped over an IED in Mohmand Agency of FATA. Bushra, a resident of Mahmadghat, was killed when the IED planted by suspected Taliban militants exploded on Chinari-Sheikh Baba Road, said the sources.

Unidentified assailants opened indiscriminate fire near Prush Pul in Khar tehsil of the Bajaur Agency, killing Levies Force trooper, Ghafoor Khan, as he was going home after duty.

SFs blew up houses of two militants in Nawagai Khas area of the same Agency.

The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan vowed that they would "free Pakistan from the American clutches" and continue jihad for the enforcement of sharia (Islamic law) law in the country.

The death toll in R. A. bazaar suicide attacks of March 12 rose to 62 after an injured driver, Faqeer Shah, succumbed to his injuries.

The law enforcement agencies arrested three suspected members of the TTP and recovered explosives from their possession.

The law enforcement agencies arrested another alleged TTP commander, Ismail Mehsud.

At least 13 TTP militants were killed and many others injured when the PAF planes attacked and destroyed six hideouts in different parts of Orakzai Agency in FATA.

The militants blew up a Government primary school in the Mandal area of Bajaur Agency, increasing the number of schools attacked in the tribal agency to at least 70.

Unidentified militants blew up another Government primary school in Ghundai in Nawagai Tehsil.

The Levies Force personnel raided many houses during a search operation in Yousufabad area of Khar tehsil. Around 29 suspects were arrested during the operation.

Three persons, including a student of Mastung Cadet College, were killed in an attack on a vehicle of the college in Mastung District.

The Sindh Police Special Investigation Unit on March 19 claimed to have arrested a wanted militant of Lower Dir chapter of TTP, from Jamshed Quarters of Patel Para area in Karachi.

Pakistan's recent arrests of top Taliban leaders have halted the United Nations' secret talks with the outfit, said the UN's former envoy to Afghanistan Kai Eide.

Pakistan rejected a suggestion from the former head of the UN mission in Afghanistan that the arrest of senior Afghan Taliban members in Pakistan may have halted talks with UN representatives.

Attacks in Pakistan have driven Osama bin Laden and other leaders underground and reduced al-Qaeda's ability to plan attacks, CIA Director Leon Panetta said.

Two 'commanders' of the TTP Mullah Toofan group are among 15 persons killed and nine others injured in FATA.

The jet fighters continued aerial strikes on Taliban hideouts in Mamozai, Shaktangi and Arghujo areas of the Upper Orakzai agency, which claimed ten lives.

Salarzai Qaumi Lashkar announced a final crackdown on the Taliban and its volunteers burnt 140 houses of the Taliban in collaboration with the political administration in Ghundai area of the Bajaur Agency.

At least 24 Taliban militants were killed in Orakzai and Kurram Agencies of FATA. Around 11 Taliban militants were killed by SFs in an offensive, as they pounded terrorist hideouts in Orakzai Agency.

The ongoing clash between the Mulla Toufan and Mulla Rafiq Taliban faction resulted in the death of six more militants from both the sides.

Around seven Taliban militants were also killed in bombing by gunship helicopters on both Taliban factions in central Kurram Agency.

A US drone aircraft fired two missiles into an al Qaeda and Taliban hideout at Inzar village of North Waziristan in FATA, killing eight militants.

The bullet-riddled bodies of four tribesmen, killed by the TTP for allegedly spying for the US, were found in North Waziristan.

Unidentified militants blew up a primary boy's school in Nawagai tehsil of Bajaur Agency, raising the number of schools destroyed to 76.

The political administration with the help of Levies Force arrested 17 suspected militants in a crackdown in Nawagai tehsil.

A remote-controlled bomb attached to a bicycle killed three persons, including two Policemen, and injured 14 others on Kawari Road in Quetta.

Unidentified militants hurled a hand grenade at a grid station located in the Sariab area of Quetta.

An injured militant 'commander' under treatment at hospital of the International Committee of Red Cross in University Town of Peshawar, the capital of NWFP, managed to escape taking the cover of night.

SFs killed three Taliban militants, including a key Taliban 'commander' Bakht Marin, in a clash with the Taliban, while arresting more than 500 suspected terrorists in a search operation in the Swat District of NWFP.

SFs arrested around 500 suspected militants during a search operation at Nave Kelai, a suburb village area of Mingora city.

SFs arrested a key Taliban 'commander', Iliyas also known as Usman, from the Bakhsh Pul area near Charsadda road of Peshawar.

A roadside bomb killed one person and injured three others near a busy intersection in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan.

Police arrested two militants who were masterminds behind a bomb attack on a UN office that killed five persons in Islamabad on October 5, 2009.

A renowned educationist Professor Fazal Bari was shot dead by the BLA in Quetta.

The missiles fired from US drones killed at least six militants in the suburbs of Miranshah in North Waziristan Agency of FATA.

The SFs killed five Taliban militants in the Anjani area of Orakzai Agency. The SFs targeted Taliban hideouts with heavy artillery, killing at least five Taliban militants and injuring three others. A TTP hideout was neutralised by the SFs.

The dead body of one of the six abducted tribal elders was recovered in Ghaljo area of Upper Orakzai Agency. The dead body was identified as of one Janat Khan.

The SFs neutralised three Taliban hideouts in Bhai Cheena area of Khar tehsil in Bajaur Agency. During the crackdown in Bhai Cheena, the SFs also set ablaze houses of two militants and seized weapons.

The SFs foiled a terrorist bid in Mohmand Agency. SFs arrested eight persons while they were planting explosives in Mosa Kor area of Ambar tehsil.

Unidentified militants blew up a girls' high school in Shapnao area of Risalpur near Nowshera District of NWFP.

The militants vowed to wage jihad (holy war) to liberate Kashmir from Indian control. About 5,000 persons attended a rally in Kotli in PoK, shouting, "We are ready for jihad, we are ready for jihad!" The gathering marked the anniversary of the 1940 Pakistan Resolution, in which Indian Muslims decided to struggle for a separate country following independence from British rule. Pakistan was born seven years later on 14^th August 1947.

Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar appointed two of his top Taliban 'commanders' from the south to replace his former 'deputy' Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar who was arrested by Pakistani forces in Karachi on February 18.

SFs killed at least 21 Taliban militants in Ajani area of Lower Orakzai Agency in FATA. The sources said the operation was formally launched in Storkhel, Ajani and Khalil Kalay areas of the Agency.

Pakistan continued to support some militant outfits that operate in Afghanistan, a top US intelligence official said.

At least 66 Taliban militants were killed in air strikes in Taliban strongholds of Ghaljo and Mamuzai areas of Orakzai Agency in the FATA.

10 militants were killed in clashes with the SFs in Adamkhel Kalay and Mirobak areas in Lower Orakzai while eight others were killed in air strikes in Dabori in Upper Orakzai.

Two headless dead bodies of missing tribal elders were recovered days after they were abducted by suspected Taliban militants. The militants abducted six elders and had killed at least three of them.

Suspected Taliban militants blew up primary girls' school at Doda area in Nawagai tehsil of Bajaur Agency. With this latest attack, the total number of schools destroyed in the agency has surged to 77.

SFs recovered a cache of weapons during search operations in Nawagai and Mamoond tehsils of the Bajaur Agency.

US drone attacks in the tribal areas are being carried out without Pakistan's consent and the matter will be taken up with Washington during bilateral discussions, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said. He added that the US was committed to provide drone technology to Pakistan.

At least 31 Taliban militants and five soldiers, including a lieutenant colonel, were killed in fighting and air strikes in Orakzai Agency of FATA.

Fighter jets pounded Taliban hideouts and training centres during the on going Operation Khwakh Ba De Sham (I will see you) in Dabori, Mamozai, Khadezai and Ghaljo, killing 10 Taliban militants.

One 10-year old Faisal Khan was killed while two others sustained injuries in a landmine blast near the Hopo Colony in the Pir Koh area of Dera Bugti. The two others injured were identified as Ghulam Hussein and Sona Khan.

Three persons were injured in a bomb explosion inside a tea stall, owned by Jalat Khan Zarkon, in Kohlu town.

The CID of the Sindh Police arrested four members of a gang, which used to provide logistical support to militants belonging to the tribal areas as well as a neighbouring country, from unspecified location of Karachi. A cache of fake documents was also seized from their possession.

The Interior Minister Rehman Malik while giving day-wise details of Operation Rah-e-Nijat (path to salvation) during Question Hour said that since October 17, 2009 till February 20, 2010, 823 militants were killed.

Pakistan does not want the Taliban to take over Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on March 25, adding, however, there was a time when there was a Taliban Government in Afghanistan and Pakistan felt comfortable with that.

After a meeting with US Vice President Joseph Biden, Qureshi said he expressed the US administration's willingness to transform the US-Pakistan relationship into a mutually beneficial and sustained partnership.

Airstrikes killed around 16 Taliban militants in the on going Operation Khwakh Ba De Sham in Orakzai Agency of FATA.

A US missile strike in North Waziristan killed four militants in a suspected al Qaeda and Taliban hideout. One of the two missiles fired by a drone aircraft hit a village house used by militants as a hideout, killing four persons and wounding five, officials said.

At least 17 Taliban militants were killed in air strikes and clashes with SFs in Orakzai Agency of FATA. The political administration officials said that 10 Taliban militants were killed in a clash with SFs in Geedar area of Lower Orakzai, while seven more were killed in air strikes in Ferozkhel.

Taliban militants fired three rockets in Kalaya. There were no casualties.

SFs arrested 17 suspected militants, including a would-be suicide bomber, during a raid on the house of a former Khasadar Force Line Officer, Noor Muhammad, in Speen Qabar area of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency, reports The News. Noor Muhammad is the cousin of Mangal Bagh, head of banned militant organisation LI.

A bomb attack injured five persons and destroyed a compact disc shop in the Hayatabad area of Peshawar. SSP (Coordination) Sher Akbar said that five persons were injured when a bomb explosion at around 4:30pm completely destroyed the Afghan compact disc shop in Bilal Market.

11 suspected militants were arrested during a search operation in Hangu.

An Interior Ministry report said that 40 out of the total 55 wanted militants affiliated with the banned TTP in the Malakand Division were killed. According to officials, SFs, with the help of the local people, killed 40 wanted militants out of 55 who carried head money from PNR 0.1 million to PNR 10 million.

The TTP plans to abduct US and Afghanistan diplomats in order to get arrested militants released in exchange for the abducted foreigners, intelligence agencies reports revealed.

The TTP, in connivance with the LeJ, planned suicide attacks on the main offices of the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) and the passport issuing authority in Lahore and Islamabad to punish them for their role in identification of suicide bombers through DNA tests and fingerprints, said an official letter.

At least 11 Taliban militants were killed during clashes with SFs in Orakzai and Khyber Agencies of FATA, while three key militant 'commanders' were arrested by troops.

The throat-slit bodies of three anti-Taliban tribal elders were recovered in the Chinarak area of Kurram Agency.

A suicide attack killed two tribesmen including an elder who headed another anti-Taliban private militia in Mamoond town in the Bajaur Agency.

A civilian was killed and two others injured in a suicide attack targeting anti-Taliban militia in Tank District of NWFP.

Five Policemen were injured when a remote-controlled bomb exploded near Hangu bypass.

The SFs arrested a militant, identified as Naeem, during a search operation carried out in Khawazakhela tehsil of Mingora.

One person was killed and three others injured as their vehicle hit a landmine at the Degari coalfield area, 20 kilometres off Quetta.

Three high-profile militants, including an operational 'commander' of the banned outfit LeJ, were arrested by the Anti-Extremist Cell of the Sindh Police's CID during a raid in Rehri Goth area of Bin Qasim Town in Karachi.

The Sindh Police's Anti-Violent Crime Unit arrested four suspected militants affiliated with unspecified banned militant outfits in Wana and Waziristan, after an encounter at Hub River Road in Karachi.

At least 35 Taliban militants were killed and 22 others injured as fighter jets bombed suspected Taliban compounds during the Operation Khwakh Ba De Sham in Orakzai Agency of FATA.

A SSP cadre was shot dead by unidentified motorcyclists in Karachi. According to the Police, the deceased, Mohammed Nisaar, was sitting at his shop in Godhraan Camp Wali Gali, when four men on two motorcycles came over and opened indiscriminate fire at him, killing him on the spot.

The Taliban militants set ablaze two schools in Lower Dir of NWFP.

Police arrested five suspected Taliban militants during raids in Hangu.

The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that militants operating on the Pakistan border may have helped organise suicide bomb attacks that killed 38 persons in Moscow on March 29.

The Foreign Ministers of the G8 countries agreed on an economic initiative plan for the Pak-Afghan border regions, Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon said.

As many as 25 Taliban militants and six soldiers were killed on March 31, as SFs clashed with militants in Jansi area of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency of FATA.

The helicopter gunships pounded militant hideouts during the Operation Khwakh Ba De Sham in different parts of Orakzai Agency, killing as many as 11 militants, officials said.

The US drones fired three missiles, killing six Taliban militants and destroyed a compound at Tapi village, about 20 kilometres east of Miranshah in North Waziristan Agency.

Five militants were killed and a SF injured when militants attacked an FC post with automatic weapons in Milanga area of the Safi tehsil in Mohmand Agency.

Around 24 Taliban militants were killed as gunship helicopters targeted their vehicles and SFs pounded suspected hideouts during the Operation Khwakh Ba De Sham in Orakzai Agency of FATA.

Six Taliban militants, including a local 'commander', were killed and five others injured during a factional clash between the Mullah Toofan and Maulana Rafique factions of Taliban in Orakzai Agency.

Two 'commanders' of the TTP were killed during their bid to escape the custody of SFs, while six cadres of the LI, including nephew of LI 'chief' Mangal Bagh, were shot dead in a similar incident at Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency.

The Taliban militants set ablaze a basic health unit in Lower Orakzai, local residents said.

Two TTP militants were arrested by the Police in Karachi. According to officials of Sindh Police Crime Investigation Department's anti-Extremist Cell, the arrestees were identified as Sardar Shah alias Sardar Khan and Tahir.

The US called on Pakistan to curb anti-India militants, praising Islamabad's recent efforts against extremism but saying it could do more to improve ties with New Delhi.

The US imposed new sanctions on a close associate of Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network, who helped smuggle foreign fighters into Iraq.

Seven Taliban militants were killed and five others injured as Security Forces destroyed three Taliban hideouts in Orakzai Agency in FATA.

One person was killed while another was seriously injured when Taliban militants fired at a vehicle in Charkhel area of Lower Kurram Agency.

In Jalka Mela and Bezot areas the Taliban militants destroyed a Government degree college and a technical institute with explosives.

Unidentified militants blew up a Government secondary school in Khogh Pand area of Mohmand Agency's Saafi tehsil. The school was completely destroyed in the explosion.

Two militants, identified as Shah Khalid and Musa, were killed and a soldier was injured in an exchange of fire at Kanju Damghar in Swat District in NWFP. SFs demolished six houses owned by militants in Dangram area. Meanwhile, the operation commander in Charbagh, Colonel Ijaz, presented before the media a huge cache of arms recovered from agricultural fields, concealed by militants while fleeing the area.

30 Taliban militants were killed in ground and air attacks in Orakzai Agency of FATA. Military sources also said that six troopers were killed and five other injured in the clashes with the Taliban militants.

The Military has announced a running death toll of more than 100 militants in the Orakzai operation since last March 2010, but the figures cannot be verified independently because access to the remote area is extremely limited.

The SFs, backed by tanks and artillery, killed 40 Taliban militants during the Operation Khwakh Ba De Sham in Orakzai Agency of FATA.

Three anti-Taliban volunteers and two Taliban militants were killed during an encounter near a checkpoint of the Baizai Amn Committee in far-off Manzari Cheena village of Mohmand Agency.

Four Taliban militants were killed and some others sustained injuries in a clash between two factions of the Hafiz Gul Bahadur-led militants in North Waziristan Agency.

Unidentified militants blew up a girls' primary school in Bakhmal Shah area of Mohmand Agency.

At least 28 Taliban militants belonging to various areas of Mamoond tehsil in Bajaur Agency laid down their arms and surrendered to the SFs.

Three Taliban militants were killed and two SF personnel sustained injuries in an exchange of fire in the Palai area of Malakand Agency in NWFP. Sources said the militants were intercepted by SFs when they were trying to enter Malakand Agency from the Swat District.

A HuMA cadre, Jamal Iqbal, was shot dead by unidentified assailants near Babar Kanta area of Karachi.

One FC trooper, Mohammad Zaman, was injured in a firing incident at Sultan Ibrahim Road in Khuzdar town.

At least 45 persons were killed and over 100 others sustained injuries when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a public meeting of the Awami National Party at the Timergara Rest House in Lower Dir District of NWFP.

A series of three powerful blasts followed by heavy gunfight in a brazen suicide mission, apparently planned to target the US Consulate in Peshawar, left eight persons dead and 18 others injured in Peshawar, the provincial capital of NWFP, in the afternoon.

The TTP claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was in reaction to the US drone attacks.

Two former officials of the ISI and a free lance journalist have gone missing in suspicious circumstances from Kohat of NWFP. Family sources of the missing ISI officials Colonel (retired) Imam and Squadron Leader (retired) Khalid Khawaja said that these officers were assisting the free lance journalist, Asad Qureshi, who was making a documentary on Taliban and al-Qaeda.

The SFs arrested six militants including three important 'commanders' of TTP during a search and clean-up operation in Kot Adda area of Dargai tehsil (revenue unit) in Malakand Agency.

The SFs killed 15 Taliban militants and destroyed four of their hideouts during the Operation Khwakh Ba De Sham in various areas of the Orakzai Agency in FATA.

The beheaded body of security official Kaleemullah was recovered in Goteen area of the Orakzai Agency. Kaleem was abducted a few days ago.

Three SFs, including a gunman of the Assistant Political Agent (APA), were injured in an attack by the Taliban in Kalaya area.

The Taliban militants set ablaze eight tankers, supplying fuel to NATO troops in Afghanistan, with petrol bombs and rockets at a terminal in Mathakhel area of Landikotal in Khyber Agency.

The unidentified militants shot dead a senior official of the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) in the Satellite Town Police area of Quetta.

At least 14 Taliban militants were killed when security forces backed by fighter jets bombed various areas of Orakzai Agency in FATA during the Operation Khwakh Ba De Sham. Six militant hideouts were also destroyed in the airstrikes.

The militants fired several mortar shells from the Baizai direction on the SFs Forces camp in Mamad Gat area of Mohmand Agency.

The volunteers of Khwezai Peace Committee arrested two suspects for having links with Taliban militants and handed them over to the political authorities in Kong area in Mohmand Agency.

Two persons were killed and four another were injured in a landmine explosion near Pir Koh in Dera Bugti District of Balochistan.

Police shot dead two suspected suicide bombers during a raid in Mattani area on the outskirts of Peshawar, the provincial capital of NWFP.

The death toll of the April 5's suicide attack on the Awami National Party (ANP) public rally in Timergara, the headquarters of Lower Dir District, rose to 55 as 10 more injured persons succumbed to their injuries.

The unidentified militants attacked a Frontier Crops checkpost in Shahu Khel area of Hangu. Further, the militants fired three rockets at Hangu city targeting the Elite Force Headquarters, damaging the building.

Following the suicide attack of April 5, the US Embassy has shifted the employees of its Peshawar consulate to Islamabad due to security reasons. In addition, the UN announced a two-day closure of its offices in Peshawar, citing security fears following the attack on the US consulate.

The BDS defused four bombs planted in an electricity pylon near the Mochko check post in Mauripur Police limits in Karachi.

The Intelligence agencies have warned the Government about possible terror attacks in the month of April, while specifying Bohri Bazaar and various other installations located along the MA Jinnah Road, the downtown commercial hub of Karachi- as potential targets.

A high intensity bomb was defused by the BDS at Habib Colony in Lahore. The BDS said that the bomb was a timed device and the militants used an Indian-made cellular phone and subscriber identity module card for the potential detonation.

A mini-truck belonging to the National Logistical Cell was snatched away in Islamabad by unidentified persons after intoxicating and injuring the driver.

Underscoring the need for establishing nuclear safety around the world, US President Barack Obama said that he is confident that Pakistan has secured its atomic weapons.

A Pakistan-born Chicago cab driver on April 5 pleaded not guilty to charges that he attempted to aid al Qaeda by sending money to Ilyas Kashmiri, a terrorist leader believed to be in Pakistan, reports IANS.

At least three persons, including a pro-Government lashkar (tribal militia) leader, were killed in a shootout in the Shahi Khel area of Hangu in NWFP.

Three militants were killed in separate clashes with SFs in Swat District. The sources said that two militants, identified as Khaista Muhammad, resident of Khareri village, and Bakhtzada of Sambat area, were killed in a clash with SFs in Matta tehsil. Another suspected militant, identified as Sarbuland, was killed in an encounter with Paramilitary Forces in Madyan area.

At least 12 shops, located in the main bazaar of Mingora city, were completely destroyed due to a bomb blast. However, no casualties were reported in the incident, local Police said. According to DPO Qazi Ghulam Farooq, the incident occurred after Isha (night time) prayers.

The Taliban militants bombed three Government schools with explosives in different areas of Peshawar, the provincial capital of NWFP, late in the night.

A child was burnt alive in a coach while three others, including two women, sustained burn injuries when a powerful time bomb exploded in a NATO oil tanker near the Michni checkpost in Landikotal of Khyber Agency in FATA at 12:45 pm (PST).

Unidentified assailants opened fire and seriously injured a Police official at the Qambrani Road in Quetta.

Unknown assailants abducted two FC personnel from a passenger bus near Panjgur.

A bomb exploded in a parking lot adjacent to a patrol pump in the Jinnah Super Market in Islamabad.

The SFs killed at least 24 Taliban militants and arrested 21 others during fresh clashes in Swat and Lower Dir Districts of NWFP.

A 'spokesman' for the for Swat chapter of the TTP, Noor Hashim Ahrabi, claimed responsibility for the recent suicide bombing at the ANP rally in Timergara in Lower Dir District on April 5 and for all the bomb attacks in Malakand Division.

At least 10 abducted persons and two LI militants were killed as the fighter aircraft bombed a private prison of the LI outfit in Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency in FATA.

A hand grenade was hurled at a vehicle carrying labourers by unidentified militants in Hub town of Balochistan.

The Afghan Taliban released a Greek national unharmed seven months after he was abducted near Chitral in Pakistan near its border with Afghanistan, officials said.

An ATC in Rawalpindi acquitted six persons accused in two separate cases related to suicide attacks because of lack of sufficient evidence.

The SFs killed 30 Taliban militants in clashes during the Operation Khwakh Ba De Sham in Lower Orakzai and Kurram Agencies of FATA.

A UN report said that more than 200,000 civilians have fled a military offensive and violence in the tribal Districts near the Afghanistan border.

Two alleged suicide bombers blew themselves up when they were signalled by Police to stop for a body search in Ameer Wanda area in Lakki Marwat District of NWFP. However, no other casualties were reported.

Unidentified militants fired 10 rockets at Security check posts in Shahu Khel area of Hangu District late in the night. Three rockets landed near Qazi Talaab checkpost while one hit a house injuring, an Afghanistan refugee.

NWFP Police Chief Malik Naveed said that Kala Dhaka is the new base for the Taliban, who fled last year's Army operation in Swat and other Districts in Malakand.

The Interior Minister Rehman Malik assured the National Assembly that citizens would not be affected by the action against outlaws in Kala Dhaka, a tribal area adjacent to Hazara region.

At least 45 LI militants were killed in air strikes in Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency in FATA. However, the locals said the people who died in the airstrikes in Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency were civilians. "The dead civilians included women and children," locals said, adding that the house and a nearby building were completely destroyed.

Three SFs personnel and 10 militants were killed in clashes in Sararogha District of South Waziristan Agency. During the clashes, seven security personnel and several militants were also injured.

A LI 'commander' Ghazi Afridi was killed in an encounter with abductors of EPI technician, Khitab Gul, at Karamna area of the Khyber Agency.

A toy bomb injured two children in Chaman of Balochistan. Sources said that two children, identified as Bacha (10) and Ali (12), were playing outside their house in the Mehmoodabad area of Chaman when one of the children found a toy bomb and started playing with it.

Unidentified militants blew up a gas pipeline in Mastung District, 40 km from Quetta, The BLA claimed responsibility of the blast.

A patrolling team of the FC escaped a remote controlled bomb attack in Panjgur.

Unidentified militants blew up a boys' primary school with explosives in the Charagali area of Upper Dir District of NWFP on April 10.

The SFs backed by helicopter gunships killed 19 Taliban militants in Lower Orakzai Agency of FATA. Three paramilitary personnel were injured in the fighting, Political administration officials added.

The Unidentified militants ambushed a Police patrol van across a bridge in the town of Mardan in NWFP, killing one officer and wounding two others.

Daily Times quoting The Washington Post reports that the ISI had set free at least two senior Afghan Taliban militants even as it helped the US detain the Taliban's second-ranking commander in the area.

Five Taliban militants were killed when a US drone fired two missiles into a Taliban compound located in Boya village about 20 kilometres (12 miles) west of Miramshah, the headquterer of North Waziristan.

Unidentified militants blew up a Government-run school in Pampokha area of Anbar subdivision in Mohmand Agency.

The SFs arrested seven Taliban militants and recovered a cache of arms, suicide jackets and rocket launchers from the hideout of a Taliban 'commander', Maulana Noor Majeed, in Kala Dhaka sub-division of Mansehra District of the NWFP.

Unidentified militants killed two persons including ANP's provincial leader at a shop in Abaseen Market in Mingora city of Swat District NWFP.

The unidentified militants fired on a NATO supply convoy at Kata Koshtra near Parang Sam checkpost in Jamrud tehsil of the Khyber Agency of FATA. However, the vehicles were not damaged.

At least four NATO supply containers were recovered during a search operation from a warehouse, owned by Safeer Ullah, in the Khunga Khel Shinwari area of Landikotal in the Khyber Agency.

Two persons were injured when unknown assailants hurled a hand grenade at a barber shop in Chitkan bazaar in Panjgur District of Balochistan.

An explosive device, apparently home-made, went off here in the green belt near Overseas Pakistanis Foundation College in Sector H-8/4 of Islamabad at around 1:00 p.m (PST), almost at the time of the college closure, causing fear among the students and parents.

The democratic Government in Pakistan is fully committed to ensuring nuclear security, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said.

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani vowed to rid the country of "evil forces", adding that Osama Bin Laden was not in Pakistan and he had no information whether he was alive or not.

A US drone fired two missiles at a vehicle that killed four Taliban militants in the Degaan area of Datta Khel tehsil, 30 kilometres west of Miranshah, the headquarters of North Waziristan Agency in the FATA around 6:45pm (PST).

A journalist, Muhammad Imran Khan, and his sister were injured when unidentified militants made a failed attempt to abduct them from their home in Khar of Bajaur Agency in the FATA.

The TTP spokesman Azam Tariq told journalists in North Waziristan that the "pro-America" media was spreading wrong information about the Taliban.

A bomb planted by unidentified militants exploded in the vicinity of Mir Hassan Police Station in Dera Murad Jamali of Nasirabad District in Balochistan. However, no loss of life and property was reported.

Five militants were killed and two others sustained injuries when SFs targeted their hideouts in lower parts of Orakzai Agency in FATA. SFs also destroyed two hideouts of militants in Shireen Darra, the sources added.

Unidentified militants blew up two Government-run schools in various areas of Ambar tehsil in Mohmand Agency.

The SFs arrested eight militants during search operation in various areas of Bajaur Agency.

Three militants laid down their arms and surrendered before the SFs in Mandal area.

Two teenager assailants shot dead Qaumi Lashkar 'chief' Alamgir Khan and another person, Mukaram Khan, in an unspecified place around Mingora city in Swat District of NWFP.

A Bugti tribe chieftain was killed while his six supporters were injured in an attack by unidentified militants at his compound near Dera Murad Jamali in Nasirabad District.

The LI said that it is ready to hold talks with the Government. LI spokesman Zarr Khan called on the Government to stop the ongoing military operation in the tribal region of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency and said his outfit was willing to hold talks with the administration.

The United States Treasury said it had imposed sanctions on two "high-profile" Pakistani trust fund chiefs allegedly linked to terrorism.

At least 17 Taliban militants were killed and several others were injured during Operation Khwakh Ba De Sham in Orakzai Agency of FATA. The sources said that the SFs had taken control of the Sanghar area.

Six Taliban militants were killed as a US drone fired five missiles at a house and two vehicles in Toll Khel village of North Waziristan.

SFs arrested eight Taliban militants in Bajaur Agency. A search operation was carried out in various areas of the Bajaur agency in which weapons and hand-grenades were recovered.

A suicide bomber blew himself up in an attack inside civil hospital in Quetta, killing 11 persons and injuring 35 others.

A team of CID personnel arrested two suspected suicide bombers from the Ferozepur Road of Lahore in Punjab.

Two burqa-clad suicide bombers targeted a crowd of IDP waiting to get them registered and receive relief goods at the Kacha Pakka IDP camp on the outskirts of Kohat in NWFP, killing at least 44 and injuring more than 70.

The Lashkar-e-Jhangvi's Al-Aalmi faction claimed responsibility for the bombings, and cited the presence of Shias at the IDP camp as the reason for the attack.

The UN has temporarily suspending its programmes helping displaced people in Kohat and neighbouring Hangu as a result of the bombings.

At least 13 Taliban militants and one Frontier Corps personnel were killed in a clash between Taliban militants and SFs during Operation Khwakh Ba De Sham in Sangra area of Orakzai Agency in FATA.

Unidentified militants abducted one Dr Amanullah along with assistant from his Khwar Bazaar clinic in Zakhakhel area of Landikotal in the Khyber Agency. Dr Amanullah, a resident of Charsadda District in NWFP, has been running the clinic for the last many years.

The Bomb Disposal Squad neutralised a seven-kilogram bomb planted in a Government high school in Warsata area of Orakzai Agency.

Seven persons, including a child, were killed and another 30 injured in a suicide car bombing near the Saddar Police Station in Kohat of NWFP.

A key Taliban 'commander', Ibrahim alias Zubair, of Swat chapter was killed in a clash with SFs at a house in Gandeeri area of Swat District. Three other militants were arrested.

The dead bodies of two Taliban militants, Abu Jandal and Mullah Fazal, were recovered from Ogdai, a suburb of Mingora city.

The capital city police arrested three TTP militants, including the mastermind of the Rescue 15 bomb blast.

At least 24 people, including a child and Police officials, were killed and 49 others injured in twin bombings hours apart at a school and a crowded market in Peshawar, the provincial capital of NWFP.

Two more members of a pro-government village defence committee were shot dead and three others, including a woman, were injured by unidentified assailants in the Koza Bandai area of Swat District.

A mortar shell killed a Government high school principal's daughter-in-law, while his granddaughter and a Khasadar official sustained injury in Landikotal of Khyber Agency in FATA.

A bomb attack destroyed two tankers, carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan, near Takhtabeg village in Khyber Agency.

The Taliban militants fired five mortar shells in Landikotal, which landed in an open area around the Landikotal Degree College. However, no casualties or damage to properties was reported.

The Taliban abducted a Khasadar, Sameen Khan, from his house in the Zakha Khel Bazaar area.

The Pakistan Army announced a relief package of around PNR 20 million for the victims of the Khyber Agency where 61 civilian deaths were reported following air strikes over a Kokikhel jirga (tribal assembly) at Serawala area in remote Tirah valley.

Four persons, including two FC personnel, were killed and 12 others sustained injuries in a blast caused by an IED targeting a Kurram Agency-bound SFs convoy in Tutkas area in Thall tehsil of Hangu District in NWFP.

Two FC officials were killed while another was seriously injured when a security vehicle hit a landmine in the Margat area in Mach town of Bolan District in Balochistan.

An intelligence agency warned the law enforcement agencies that six to seven al Qaeda-linked militants entered Gujranwala and are likely to target foreigners, especially Chinese nationals who are working on different projects in various areas of the city, and residing in WAPDA Town.

Daily Times quoting the CNN reports the Taliban militants demanded release of three Afghan Taliban leaders in return of abducted filmmaker and former ISI officials who were abducted from Kohat of NWFP on April 5.

A woman was killed and four children injured as a mortar shell hit their house in the Kamar area of the Bara tehsil (revenue unit) in the Khyber Agency in FATA.

The US Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke alleged that the Taliban carry out attacks on US and NATO forces in Afghanistan from their sanctuaries in FATA.

The SFs killed 24 Taliban militants, while two soldiers also died during clashes in Orakzai Agency of FATA. Troops used heavy artillery to target suspected militant bases in two villages in the Orakzai Agency.

Unidentified militants killed former MPA Alamzeb Omarzai and three others in an attack on his vehicle in Charsadda District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as NWFP).

A group of Taliban militants attacked a security checkpost in Kabal town in Swat District. "The security forces retaliated and killed four militants," said Major Mushtaq Ahmad Khan, a spokesman for the Swat media centre.

A senior cadre of the SSP, Athar, was critically injured following a shot at incident near Darul Uloom locality under Awami Colony Police Station of Korangi town in Karachi.

The JI 'chief' Syed Munawar Hassan on April 22 offered his services for negotiations between the Government and Taliban to curb terrorism in the country.

At least 16 Taliban militants were killed and several others injured in the ongoing Operation Khwakh Ba De Sham in Orakzai Agency of FATA. The sources said one trooper was also injured in the action in Ferozkhel area of Lower Orakzai.

The Taliban militants blew up a girls' school in Mamozai area of Upper Orakzai Agency.

The Taliban militants ambushed a SF convoy at North Waziristan in FATA, killing seven soldiers and injuring 16 others.

Dead bodies of four persons, including a headless one, were recovered in Mir Ali, 25 kilometres east of Miranshah in North Waziristan. A note lying near the bodies read they were spying for the US, adding that spies would meet the same fate.

A Taliban spokesman warned the media for "the last time" against "ignoring" his group's viewpoint, and claimed newspapers and television channels were "hiding the truth" and "conveying the Army's point of view.

A SSP cadre, Athar Jadoon, who was injured in an attack, succumbed to his injuries. Athar was shot at near the Darul Uloom at Korangi in Karachi on April 22.

The Taliban militants blew up a power supply tower in Maroofkhel village near Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The suspects planted explosives close to the tower and detonated them at around 3 am (PST).

SFs killed 10 Taliban militants in Lower Orakzai Agency of FATA. Troops raided a militants' ammunition depot in Sangra village of Orakzai, killing 10 Taliban militants, while a soldier was also injured in the clash.

Fighter jets later pounded three more hideouts, killing another 10 Taliban militants.

A US drone fired three missiles into a Taliban compound in North Waziristan, killing seven militants, Security Officials said.

Four Policemen were killed by unidentified militants, who also set 12 NATO oil tankers on fire, at the Talagang-Mianwali Road in Chakwal District of Punjab. Talagang DSP Ghaffar said that the incident took place around two kilometres from Talagang in Chakwal district.

At least 11 persons were injured in a bomb blast in a confectionary shop at Masjid Road in Sibi town of Sibi District in Balochistan.

A suicide attack targeting a Police van wounded at least 10 policemen along the Timergara bypass near a girls' college and the Lower Dir District jail of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

At least 14 Taliban militants were killed and 16 others injured in airstrikes and clashes with SFs in Lower Orakzai Agency of FATA.

Unidentified militants attacked a checkpost and killed three officials on duty near Rabi Canal in Dera Murad Jamali city in Nasirabad District of Balochistan.

Pakistan handed over to India six dossiers on its own investigation into the Mumbai attacks, with a request that India hand over Ajmal Kasab and an Indian national, Fahim Ansari, so that their testimonies could be recorded in Pakistan. Top Foreign Office officials handed over the dossiers to the Indian Deputy High Commissioner. "We have sought India's help that he (Ajmal Kasab) should be handed over to us so that the trial here can go forward," Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said. Islamabad is holding seven suspects linked to the November 26 to 29 attacks on India's financial capital, including alleged mastermind of the operation, Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, and LeT operative Zarar Shah. Interior Minister Rehman Malik has also said that Kasab is required to appear in Rawalpindi.

Six key Taliban 'commanders' of Swat Chapter were killed in two separate clashes with SFs in Swat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The first clash occurred at Kanju town of Kabal tehsil in which four wanted Taliban 'commanders' were killed. During second clash, the troops killed two Taliban 'commanders' in Elam area of Barikot tehsil.

The Charbagh operations commander, Colonel Ejaz Malik, said the Charbagh jirga announced complete support for the SFs.

Six Taliban militants were killed as a US drone pounded three missiles on a Taliban compound at Khushhali Toori Khel village of the Mir Ali sub-division, 30 kilometres east of Miranshah, the headquterer of North Waziristan Agency, in FATA.

The dead body of a tribal elder, abducted by unidentified gunmen in the evening of April 25, was recovered in Bajaur Agency. Local residents said Maulvi Abdul Hakeem was abducted along with five other tribal elders from Nawagai tehsil, 30 kilometres northwest of Khar.

The SFs arrested 25 militants during a search operation in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency. The arrested militants belonged to the banned LI outfit.

The CID of Sindh Police arrested a high-profile militant belonging to TTP in Karachi and recovered a loaded TT pistol from his possession. CID (Operations) SSP Fayyaz Khan said the arrested militant Hakimullah Wali Swati was a close associate of the Amir (Chief) of the TTP in Swat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The Police arrested three LJ militants who had robbed at least PNR 4.3 million from a private bank under the Memon Goth Police Station area in Karachi.

The SFs killed 13 Taliban militants during a fresh offensive in the Orakzai Agency of FATA. The forces also arrested five militants from the Mashti area. Airstrikes killed five more in the Kasha area of Orakzai.

The SFs killed five Taliban militants, including two 'commanders', and arrested another 18 during an operation in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency. The operation was launched at the Akakhel area in which two commanders, including five militants of the LI were killed.

A female professor of Balochistan University, Nazima Talib, was shot dead in Quetta. A spokesman for the BLA claimed responsibility for Nazima's killing. He told reporters on phone that it was a reaction to the killing of two Baloch women and torture of women political workers.

The SFs arrested 26 Taliban militants, including three important 'commanders', in the Lower Dir District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

A militant 'commander', Jan Gul, surrendered before SFs in Puran tehsil of Shangla District. Jan Gul, whose brothers are already in custody of the SFs, reportedly played a key role in bringing militants to Shangla District via Buner. The US administration has issued red warrants for five American nationals arrested in Sargodha under terrorism charges. An official of the US embassy submitted the warrants to the Anti-Terrorist Court set up in Sargodha District jail during the case's hearing.

Security Forces killed four Taliban militants in North Waziristan Agency. Taliban attacked the security checkpost at Esa, 10 kilometres east of Miranshah on the Bannu-Miranshah road. Four militants were killed and two troopers injured in the gunfight that followed.

Around 10 Taliban militants surrendered before the troops at Koza Bandai in Kabal tehsil. Officials said the troops also arrested five Taliban militants, including two 'commanders', at Koza Bandai area.

At least four Policemen were killed and 15 others wounded as a suicide car bomber attacked a checkpost in the Pir Bala area on the outskirts of Peshawar.

Four Taliban militants were killed in clashes with the SFs in Swat and Buner Districts. SFs said the deceased, included a close aide of Swat Taliban 'chief' Fazlullah, identified as Irfan Tarabi.

The Anti-Extremist Cell of Sindh Police's CID arrested Ahsanullah alias Ahsan Bhai, a top militant of the HuM, from a slum in Karachi. He was accused of his involvement in several terrorist activities, and was also included in the CID's Red Book of wanted terrorists and had a head money of PKR 500,000.

Newsweek reports that Abdul Qayum Zakir, a top Taliban leader, who was arrested along with Taliban's 'second-in-command', Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, in February 2010 by Pakistani Security Forces aided by the CIA of the US, was recently released.

Intelligence sources warned that two explosives-laden vehicles have entered Punjab and that terrorist activities could intensify at Peshawar in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in the next few days.

The TTP chief Hakeemullah Mehsud has survived an American drone strike in January 2010 and he is alive.

At least 15 militants were killed and several others injured in clashes with SFs in Orakzai Agency of FATA. A security official was also injured in the clash, sources added.

The unidentified militants blew up three primary girls' schools in Mamozai area of Orakzai.

SFs arrested two 'commanders' of the TTP of Swat chapter during a raid at around 3pm (PST) at the Shah Kas area of Jamrud tehsil in the Khyber Agency. The arrested commanders were identified as Sardar Khan and Azizullah who were residents of Swat. Both of them were members of the council of Swat Taliban 'chief' Fazalullah.

One Haji Bakh, a commander of the LI surrendered to the political administration in Jamrud.

Four persons were injured in Quetta as a result of multiple rocket fire by unidentified militants. According to the Police, four rockets fired from an unidentified location landed in various areas of the provincial capital.

The abductors of two former ISI officials and a British journalist of Pakistani origin are asking for a PML-N party leader to play the role of a mediator in negotiations over their demand for the release of key Afghan Taliban leaders in Pakistan.

The South Waziristan Political Agent Syed Shahab Ali Shah said that 4,000 additional men will be recruited to the Levies Force to effectively enforce the writ of the Government in the Agency.

Pakistan has shifted 100,000 of its troops from its Indian frontier to spearhead an unprecedented crackdown on Taliban along the Afghanistan border, but the offensives are unlikely to have an immediate impact on the US-led war in Afghanistan, the Pentagon said.

The Pentagon said that TTP is no longer being run by Hakeemullah Mehsud, who Pakistani intelligence officials now believe survived a CIA drone aircraft strike in January 2010.

The US drone attacks were illegal because the CIA was using civilian contractors to launch them, a US lawyer told a key Congressional Committee.

The SFs killed 21 militants, while two SFs were injured in clashes in Esa Khel Pahar and Mir Garh areas of Orakzai Agency in FATA.

The unidentified militants blew up a girls' middle school in Siddiq Abad area of Khar in Khyber Agency, raising the number of schools destroyed so far by terrorists in the Agency to 80.

30 displaced families returned to Stori Khel area after it was cleared by the troops.

One person was killed and five others were injured when a bomb went off in Karachi's Soldier Bazaar. The bomb was fixed to a motorcycle parked near a trash site in Hindu Para area of Soldier Bazaar.

The bullet-ridden body of former ISI official Khalid Khawaja, who was abducted on April 5 along with one of his colleague and a British Journalist, was recovered from Karam Kot, seven kilometres south of Mir Ali, in North Waziristan of FATA.

The Pakistani authorities, investigating the abduction and subsequent assassination of the former ISI official Khalid Khwaja believe that the killers, "Asian Tigers", which had demanded PNR 10 million and release of a senior commander of the Afghan Taliban Mullah, was actually a cover for HuJI led by 'commander' Ilyas Kashmiri.

A team of law enforcement agencies, in collaboration with the Police, arrested a militant in Lahore and recovered large quantities of explosives from his possession. The arrested militant was identified as Khalil.

Interior Minister Rehman Malik told the Senate that around 1,800 suspected terrorists had been arrested from different parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on various charges during military operations, while 12 teams were investigating charges against them.

The TTP claimed that its 'chief' Hakimullah Mehsud was alive and in a safe place. TTP spokesman Azam Tariq claimed in a statement to the media that Hakimullah was in good health and somewhere in South Waziristan.

Azam Tariq warned the tribesmen and pro-Government people, saying the Government was trying to pit Mehsud tribesmen against Taliban and wanted to use the Mehsuds as a shield to achieve their nefarious designs.

At least 15 militants killed when the jet fighters heavily bombed militant hideouts during Operation Khwakh Ba De Sham (I will see you) in Orakzai Agency of FATA.

Seven persons including three Taliban (TTP) militants were killed and 16 people, including seven SFs, were injured in a suicide blast and a retaliatory clash between SFs and Taliban (TTP) at a commercial plaza in Mingora city of Swat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Unidentified assailants shot dead a local leader of the ANP, Riaz, in the Manja Delvi area of Kabal tehsil of Swat District.

Three persons, including a father and son, were killed and two others injured when unidentified assailants opened fire on them on the costal highway near Pasni tehsil of Gwadar District in Balochistan.

Six people, including a DSP, were injured when a bomb went off on Qambrani Road of Quetta. Sources said the bomb blast occurred when a Police party was patrolling the Qambrani Road as part of beefed up security measures.

Karachi Police arrested a key commander of the TTP from Baldia Town area of Karachi. The arrested militant, Fazl Akbar, belonged to TTP Fazl group and was working under a 'commander' named Yasin.

A jirga representing Afghan Taliban 'chief' Mullah Muhammad Omar reached North Waziristan on May 1 to negotiate the safe release of former ISI official Colonel Imam, as a tribal peace committee secured the body of another former ISI official Khalid Khawaja, who was found dead on April 30, a pro-Taliban PML-N leader and family members said.

At least 21 Taliban (TTP) militants were killed and 29 others injured when the helicopter gunships bombed Taliban (TTP) hideouts in two consecutive successions during Operation Khwakh Ba De Sham (I will see you) in Orakzai Agency of FATA.

The SFs shot dead a young would-be bomber heading towards military vehicles in Bilalabad area near Khar town in Bajaur Agency.

The Taliban (TTP) militants blew up two more boys' schools in Khar tehsil, increasing the number of schools so far destroyed in the Agency to 82.

A woman was killed and three persons were injured in a grenade attack at a house in Kabal tehsil of Swat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The Maulana Fazlullah Rehman-led Swat Taliban (TTP) claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing in Sohran Khan Chowk of Mingora city on May 1 and threatened more such attacks.

Three Policemen were injured when unidentified militants opened fire at a Police checkpost in Hanjarwal Police Station area in Marghazar Colony in Lahore. Two constables, Tahir Siddique and Ali Sher, along with a volunteer were injured in the attack.

The Balochistan Police said that sectarian and ethnic targeted killings in Balochistan have claimed 87 lives and injured 303 people in 168 incidents so far in 2010.

The 'commander-in-chief' of TTP Hakimullah Mehsud has appeared in a new video issued months after his reported death, vowing revenge attacks on the United States, US monitoring groups SITE said.

An Internet video purportedly from Pakistani Taliban group, TTP, claimed responsibility for the car bomb attempt in Times Square in New York, the US monitoring service SITE said.

The mysterious abductors of Afghanistan ambassador-designate to Pakistan, Abdul Khaliq Farahi, have broken their silence after almost a year-and-a-half to claim that the diplomat is alive and in their custody.

At least 13 Taliban (TTP) militants and two troopers were killed during clashes in Orakzai Agency of FATA while gunship helicopters fired heavy artillery at militant hideouts in Bajaur Agency, killing another 18 Taliban (TTP) militants.

The US missiles fired from drone killed four suspected Taliban (TTP) militant in North Waziristan. The three missiles were fired minutes apart at a moving vehicle in the Marsi Khel area.

The Taliban (TTP) militants set ablaze a basic health unit in the Kasha area of Orakzai Agency.

Two Taliban (TTP) militants were killed during clashes with SFs at the Manja area in Kabal tehsil in Swat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The Police arrested key Swat Taliban (TTP) 'commander' Sher Afzal from the Baidar area of Matta tehsil and recovered weapons from him.

The SFs issued a three-day deadline to the Swat Taliban (TTP) to voluntarily surrender by May 5 (Wednesday), otherwise their houses will be destroyed and their relatives will be expelled from the Malakand division.

The German officials said a suspected militants of German origin linked to a outfit convicted of plotting attacks on US facilities in Germany appears to have been killed in North Waziristan Agency of FATA on April 30. Germany's main domestic intelligence agency said a statement issued by the Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) informing of 22-year-old Eric Breininger's death on April 30 appeared to be authentic.

Pakistan's economic challenges are directly linked to the war on terror, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said and called on the US Congress to facilitate his country in addressing the root cause of terror. Gilani made the comments while addressing a delegation of members of the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, - led by its chairman, Howard L Berman - who called on him at Prime Minister's House.

The Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that the Government and people of Pakistan were committed to continue fighting against militancy and terrorism until its total defeat.

A United States estimates show CIA drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal areas over the last two years have killed more than 500 militants - a fraction of whom are considered top-tier leaders - and fewer than 30 civilians, US officials said.

India is trying to defame the Kashmiri freedom movement by unjustifiably naming Hafiz Saeed and Zakiur Rahman Lakhvi in the Mumbai attacks case, spokesman of the JuD, the frontal organisation of LeT, Yahya Mujahid said in response to an Indian court's verdict against Ajmal Kasab, the alleged lone surviving militant involved in the Mumbai attacks.

The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Sami (JUI-S) 'chief' Maulana Sami ul Haq offered to mediate between the Government and the Taliban (TTP).

An activist of the ANP, Jahangir Shah, was shot dead at the Jamia Millia Road of Malir township under Al Falah Police station area of Karachi.

A cadre of the LeJ was arrested by the Police on suspicion that he was involved in a bank robbery that took place on April 26 in Gadap town of Karachi.

The intelligence agencies have revealed that militants have planned to use explosive-laden vehicles to hit targets in Punjab. According to the reports, Suzuki mini vans are likely to be used by militants for carrying out the attacks.

The Law-enforcement officials arrested the Pakistani-born US citizen, Faisal Shahzad (30), suspected in the failed attempt to explode a bomb-laden car in Times Square of New York on May 2.

The father of Faisal Shahzad, retired Air vice Marshal Baharul Haq, hurriedly vacated the family home in Phase IV of Hayatabad town in Peshawar.

The Law enforcement authorities in Pakistan detained at least five persons allegedly linked to Faisal Shahzad. Two of the suspects were arrested in Karachi, and are connected with suspect Faisal Shahzad through telephone records, a top security official said.

The Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi reiterated the country's principled stand aimed at a just and peaceful resolution of the Kashmir dispute in accordance with UN resolutions and the aspirations of the Kashmiri people.

To maintain peace in the Pak-Afghan region, it is necessary to promote political and bilateral relations between both countries, because a stable Afghanistan is the key to a safer Pakistan, NATO's senior civilian representative in Afghanistan Ambassador Mark Sedwill said.

The Khuzdar District Police confirmed that the dead body belonging to two FC personnel were recovered in the Naal area of Khuzdar. FC sources confirmed that both the personnel had been listed missing for the past four weeks from the Besima area of Washuk District.

The Taliban (TTP) militants cut off the hands of three persons, alleged to be thieves, in Orakzai Agency of FATA.

The SFs recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunitions and arrested four suspected militants during a search operation in South Waziristan and Tank respectively.

The Law-enforcement officials arrested three persons in Lahore after the Interior Ministry directed intelligence agencies to immediately interrogate Times Square bomb suspect Faisal Shehzad's relatives in the city.

Police arrested four persons after recovering two truckloads of explosives from their possession in Dera Ghazi Khan District. Four tonnes of explosives hidden in each of the vehicles were recovered.

A court in Islamabad acquitted four persons accused of planning and masterminding the suicide bomb attack on the five-star Marriott Hotel on September 20, 2008 on grounds of insufficient evidences.

The Times Square bomber, Faisal Shahzad, confessed of his involvement and is cooperating with investigators who are seeking details about his contacts in Pakistan, postponing indefinitely any court appearance, said law-enforcement sources.

The ISPR Director General Major General Athar Abbas said that a link is yet to be established between the Times Square bomb suspect and the Taliban (TTP) in Waziristan.

The Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi warned that the foiled New York car bomb attack blamed on a Pakistani-American could be retaliation for US drone attacks on the Taliban (TTP).

An Emirates Airlines official said that Faisal Shahzad, the chief suspect in the attempted bombing of New York's Times Square, tried to flee the US with a one-way ticket to Islamabad.

The Pakistani Government is firmly committed to combating terrorism and militancy, which is hampering the country's economic development, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said.

27 Taliban (TTP) militants and a trooper were killed during operation Khwakh Ba De Sham in various areas of Orakzai Agency in FATA. Four troopers were also injured. The SFs destroyed three militant hideouts.

The SFs killed two militants, identified as Azizullah and Gul Nawab, in Tiligram village of Kabal tehsil in Swat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The SFs neutralised two bombs planted near the Dakoda Police Station in Buner District.

The SFs arrested two militants of TTP Bajaur chapter, during a search operation in Rashakai and Jehangira areas Nowshera District. The arrested militants were identified as Omar and Zabihullah.

A 15-year-old boy was killed in an explosion in the cantonment area of Bahawalnagar District. The explosion was caused by a hand grenade hurled at a house.

The Punjab Government has issued orders to place the four persons accused of masterminding the Marriot Hotel blast under house arrest for one month. The order came shortly after their release by an ATC due to inadequate evidence.

Three NBP officials were abducted by unidentified militants near the Bhagnari area of Quetta in Balochistan. Police sources said NBP Manager Abdul Ghafar Umrani along with his two colleagues Naubat Khan Abro and Abdul Rauf Khosa were on their way to Dera Murad Jamali when unidentified armed men intercepted their vehicle and abducted them.

Former ISI officer Sultan Amir Tarar alias Colonel Imam, and a British journalist of Pakistani origin, both of whom had been abducted by a lesser known outfit Asian Tigers, were released by their captors in North Waziristan.

The Intelligence Agency officials in Pakistan arrested New York bomb plotter Faisal Shahzad father, Air-Vice Marshal (Retd.) Baharul Haq, arrested along with four others.

The Pentagon said that it was encouraged by Pakistani cooperation in the investigation into a failed plot to bomb Times Square and that Washington was letting Islamabad set the pace of its operations against militants.

The Interior Minister of Pakistan Rehman Malik told Reuters in an interview in Beijing (China) that "according to the available information, Faisal Shahzad says it was his individual act. I would not tend to believe that."

The Karachi Police claimed to have arrested 32 militants associated with the TTP and their associates in Karachi during 2010.

The TTP distanced itself from the Times Square bomb suspect, saying it had no connection with Faisal Shahzad. "We have no connection with Faisal Shahzad," Azam Tariq, a spokesman for the TTP said.

Five Taliban (TTP) militants were killed as choppers pounded militant hideouts during Operation Khwakh Ba De Sham in various areas of Orakzai Agency in FATA. Sources said that the shelling was carried out in Chappar Masti Khel and Kole Bargan areas. Two Taliban hideouts were also destroyed in the attack.

SFs arrested 10 militants during a search operation carried out in Shalobar area of the Bara tehsil in the Khyber Agency.

The Taliban (TTP) militants attacked a Police checkpost situated in Ghazi Kot town of the Mansehra District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, killing four Policemen and critically injuring one.

Two important militant 'commanders' including an alleged mastermind of suicide attacks were killed in a clash with the SFs at Mamdheri village in Swat District. The slain militant 'commanders' were identified as Qari Abdullah of Charbagh and Sajjad alias Anees of Kabal tehsil in Swat.

The SFs arrested three alleged militants in Kabal tehsil. The sources said the militants Murad, Habib-un-Nabi and Abdul Qadeer were arrested during a search operation by the SFs in Kanju area.

The SFs recovered two Kalashnikov rifles, a gun and two pistols and cartridges during search operation in Asharbanr area in Charbagh tehsil.

The Provincial Government will soon launch a search operation against terrorists in Kala Dhaka, KP Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain said.

Dawn reports that Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik, while addressing the Pakistani Community in Beijing, the capital of China, said that Abdul Haq, the leader of Islamist group East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) has recently been killed in Pakistan.

Intelligence agencies have warned the Punjab Government about various madrassas (Islamic religious schools) which have been established close to sensitive installations across the province without proper permission and registration.

The United States General David Petraeus, who oversees wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, says that the Times Square bombing suspect, Faisal Shahzad, is a "lone wolf" who did not work with others.

Faisal Shahzad confessed before investigators that he drew inspiration from Yemeni-American militant cleric Anwar al-Awlaki.

The intelligence agencies in Karachi have released several alleged militants who were detained over their potential links with Faisal Shahzad. Two JeM members, Shahid and Inam, who were arrested from Sector 11 of Orangi Town in Karachi, were among those released.

A New York Times report claimed that the Pakistani Taliban (TTP), which American investigators suspect were behind the attempt to bomb Times Square, have in recent years combined forces with al Qaeda and other groups, threatening to extend their reach and ambitions.

The US has warned of "severe consequences" if a successful extremist attack in America were traced back to Pakistan, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in an interview.

The United States while expressing its admiration for the "extraordinary efforts" of the Pakistan military to take on violent extremists has pledged to assist the Pakistan Armed Forces with a supply of the relevant equipment needed to fight the war against terror.

At least nine Taliban (TTP) militants were killed and several others sustained injuries during clashes with SFs in Orakzai Agency of FATA. According to sources, the clashes occurred at Dapora area, the agency headquarters of Upper Orakzai, where a trooper was also injured.

Unidentified militants blew up a power supply tower in Shergai area of Kohat.

A lecturer of Quetta Agriculture College was found dead in the Rahim Colony area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.

Around 43 Taliban (TTP) militants were killed in various areas of FATA. At least 33 Taliban (TTP) militants were killed and four injured during clashes with the SFs and jet air strikes in Orakzai Agency.

At least 10 Taliban (TTP) militants were killed when a US drone fired two missiles into a compound in North Waziristan. The strike targeted a house in Inzar Kas village, 60 kilometres west of Miranshah, injuring four others.

Two militants, identified as Kabir Khan and Akbar Khan, were killed in an exchange of fire with the SFs in Kabal tehsil of Swat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Aneesur Rehman, a former Colonel of the Pakistan Army, who was currently working as pilot for the FC Director General, was abducted from Gadap Town of Karachi along with two of his friends. Sources said Aneesur Rehman was accompanied by his two friends-cum-business partners when he was abducted from "militant hub" Gadap.

The Airport Security Forces arrested an alleged suicide bomber at the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi and successfully foiled a likely plane bombing or hijacking incident.

Intelligence agencies have reported that a militant, Abu Bakr, is planning to attack law enforcement agencies in Punjab, on the orders of his 'commander' Qari Zalzla.

The Russian Ambassador to India Alexander M. Kadakin said that around 40 terror camps are still active in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border areas and Islamabad is yet to dismantle them.

The US charged for the first time that the TTP was behind the failed attempt to detonate a car bomb in the Times Square of New York. "We've now developed evidence that shows that the TTP was behind the attack," said Attorney General Eric Holder on ABC television's Sunday current affairs talk show 'This Week'.

The Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that US has formally requested Pakistan for cooperation in investigations into the failed bombing attempt at New York's Times Square and Pakistan will completely cooperate with Washington in this regard.

The intelligence agencies have warned that al Qaeda might be planning to attack the American embassy in Pakistan and the outfit is likely to use three bullet proof vehicles from Afghanistan. The potential suicide bombers are Ismail and Majeed.

At least 40 Taliban (TTP) militants and nine soldiers, including two lieutenants were killed in a fierce clash between the Taliban (TTP) and SFs during Operation Khwakh Ba De Sham in Orakzai Agency of FATA.

A militant was killed and two others arrested by the SFs during a search operation at Kajori area in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency. Later, they were identified as the cadres of LI.

A doctor, Haider Abbas, was shot dead in suspected sectarian attack in Karachi of Sindh.

"Some Pakistani officials know more about al Qaeda and Taliban than they actually claim", the CBS television channel quoted US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as saying.

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that Pakistan will provide every possible support to the US in investigations regarding Faisal Shehzad, the mastermind behind the Times Square bombing attempt, adding that the incident had damaged Pak-US relations to some extent.

Pakistani intelligence agencies have revealed that militants belonging to two different groups from the Orakzai Agency and Waziristan have entered Rawalpindi, Islamabad and other cities of Punjab to carry out attacks in the province in the next few days.

The US drones killed 21 Taliban (TTP) militants in two separate strikes at North Waziristan in FATA.

The helicopters gunships pounded suspected Taliban (TTP) hideouts in various areas of Orakzai Agency, killing eight Taliban (TTP) militants and injuring five others during Operation Khwakh Ba De Sham (I will see you).

The Peshawar Police shot dead an alleged militant, Amanullah, wanted over terror attacks including the 2009 murder of an official with the Iranian consulate, at Sheikhabad area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Unidentified militants blew up a power supply tower in the Urmar area on the outskirts of Peshawar.

The intelligence agencies arrested TTP cadre, identified as Qari Abdullah bin Usman, from Karachi of Sindh.

The CID Operations of Sindh Police arrested a LeJ cadre, Saleem Qaiser Baloch, from Kalakot area of Karachi, who was allegedly involved in a bank heist of PNR 3.2 million.

Police released a person, Faiz Mohammad, who was detained at the Quaid-e-Azam International Airport in Karachi, as he tried to board a plane for the Middle East with batteries and an electrical circuit in his shoes.

A Pakistani national, identified as Mauhannas Saifur Rehnab Khan, was arrested after traces of explosives were detected on his body and belongings during a visit to the US embassy in Santiago, the capital of Chile.

The Chilean authorities said that they extended Pakistani national's detention for five days. His detention was being extended under anti-terror laws, the authorities said.

Five persons, including two young girls, were killed in two separate attacks at Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

A teenager was killed while two others injured at Chaman in Balochistan when a bomb exploded in a tanker carrying fuel for NATO troops in Afghanistan.

Unidentified militants shot dead a person in Dera Murad Jamali. According to details, unidentified militants opened fire on a local identified as Manzoor Ahmed, killing him on the spot.

The TTP militants shot dead two persons, at North Waziristan in FATA. They were accused of spying for the US. Notes attached to the bodies warned others to learn from the fate of the so-called American spies.

An IED went off at a roadside in agency's Landikotal tehsil of Khyber Agency. However, no casualties were reported.

Provincial Police Chief Malik Naveed Khan claimed that 20 militants were arrested in the ongoing operation at Kala Dhaka of Mansehra District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

US President Barack Obama said the Al-Qaeda and the Taliban continued to plot from the Af-Pak border region. Obama also reiterated his resolve to dismantle, disrupt and defeat the extremist network in the region.

The United States President Barack Obama warned that extremists pose a serious threat to Pakistan's sovereignty and pointed out that Islamabad had realised that it was not India but the "cancer" of terrorism emanating from its own territory that was its primary concern.

At least nine Taliban (TTP) militants were killed and another 10 injured when the PAF fighter jets bombed suspected militants hideouts in Tirah Valley of the Khyber Agency in FATA.

A leader of the ANP and a child was shot dead in separate incidents of targeted killing in Karachi.

The Federal Agents of United states conducted raids in Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey in connection with the failed Times Square car bomb of May 2 and arrested three people, including two persons of Pakistani origin who provided money to the suspect, Faisal Shahzad.

The intelligence officials in Pakistan have arrested a suspect linked to the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) who said he helped Faisal Shahzad to set off a car bomb in New York's Times Square.

The news that militants are planning to target and attack Policemen in the Punjab has sent shockwaves in Police circles.

Seven Taliban (TTP) militants were killed when the SFs shelled suspected militant hideouts with artillery in Kasha, Khawray and Teer Angar areas of the Orakzai Agency in FATA.

Unidentified assailants shot dead one Hirat Khan, a kin of AI commander, in Nala area in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency.

The death toll of May 13's airstrikes on the hideout of militants in Tirah Valley in Khyber Agency reached 16 as seven more bodies of militants were recovered from the debris.

15 militants surrendered before SFs in the Bajaur Agency. According to sources, a jirga of Salarzai tribesmen was held at Khar, the headquarter of Bajaur Agency, in which militants belonging to the Gang, Pur Mukhai and Tangi areas of Salarzai tehsil surrendered.

Two persons, Muhammad Hassan and Abdus Samad, were shot dead by unidentified militants in Mastung city, the capital of Mastung District, in Balochistan.

A person, identified as Faiz Bugti, was killed and his son sustained injury after unidentified militants opened fire on them in Jaffarabad District.

The ICRC has restricted the movement of its staff in Balochistan, owing to threats calls by an unidentified militant outfit.

The LeT plans to attack a convoy of US military shipment en route from Karachi to Afghanistan, Daily Times quoting intelligence agencies sources reported.

Hundreds of militants fleeing from the restive northwest have taken refuge in the teeming commercial hub of Karachi, where a growing nexus with militant outfit is a headache for law enforcers.

The TTP warned the United States that it will soon "burn" while calling for Pakistan's rulers to be overthrown for following "America's agenda".

A senior US senator urged Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to blacklist the TTP and the Haqqani network, fighting US forces in Afghanistan as foreign terrorist organisations. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein wrote to Clinton that the label could be affixed to groups that are foreign, engage in terrorism, and whose acts threaten US citizens and national security.

A former CIA analyst, who helped President Barack Obama formulate his Pakistan-Afghanistan policy, said that "a very serious possibility that the next mass casualty terrorist attack on the United States will be postmarked Pakistan".

Pakistan is reciprocating US concerns over the threat of terrorism, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said. Clinton told a gathering of experts at the US Institute of Peace "investigation on the Faisal Shehzad case is going well between the two (US and Pakistani) investigative bodies".

At least 15 persons were killed and others were injured as eight missiles, fired from across border in Afghanistan, struck an encampment in Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency in FATA. However, another TV channel reported five killings in the missile strike.

The SFs backed by fighter jets and helicopter gunships, killed 58 Taliban (TTP) militants in Orakzai Agency of FATA. Five security personnel were also injured in the clash, the sources said, adding that three explosives-laden vehicles were also destroyed in the fighting.

Five persons, including a man, a woman and three children, were injured as choppers shelled suspected hideouts of militants in Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency.

50 of the 60 persons abducted on May 15 from the border of Thall tehsil (revenue unit) of Hangu District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Kurram Agency of FATA reached their homes unharmed. According to the sources, 10 of the abducted managed to escape while 40 were freed by their captors. The people were set free without negotiations, source added. On May 15, unidentified militants abducted the 60 persons. Militants intercepted the hostages' vehicles at Chapria area and whisked them away at gunpoint.

A Pakistani national detained with suspicious chemical residues at the US Embassy in Chile was set free. Mohammad Saif-ur-Rehman Khan was ordered to stay in Chile and check in with authorities once a week.

The Punjab Police on May 16 has officially admitted for the first time the movement of the Taliban (TTP) militants and gradual expansion of their network in southern Punjab and their fund-raising and recruitment drive in the province.

Intelligence agencies have forwarded a detailed report to the authorities concerned in Punjab, in which they have identified two terrorist groups TTP and the LeJ, who are planning to target law enforcers and civil officers in the province in order to disrupt the law and order situation in Punjab.

The militants in Punjab have started issuing death threats to senior Government officials as target killings. The abduction and extortion have emerged as "new ways" of fund collection by militant outfits.

Despite official denials, a secret network of private spies set up by a US Defence Department official continues to operate in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Citing unnamed US officials and businessmen, the newspaper said the network was still operating, the paper reported.

At least 26 Taliban (TTP) and a soldier were killed in a clash between SFs and the Taliban (TTP) militants during Operation Khwakh Ba De Sham (I will see you) in Orakzai Agency of FATA.

A tribal elder, Malik Muhammad Hashim Nekzankhel Mehsud, was shot dead by unidentified assailants near Khar Pul in Tiarza area of Tank District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Unidentified abductors, who abducted 60 persons on May 15 from Thall tehsil (revenue unit) of Hangu District, released the remaining 10 abducted persons. Earlier, 10 of the abducted managed to escape while 40 were freed by their captors on May 16 without negotiations.

Three militants surrendered to the SFs while two others were arrested in various areas of Swat.

Six persons, including three Policemen and three BDS officials, were injured in an explosion in Kaichi Beig area of Saryab in Quetta.

TTP leader Hanif Gabol alias Maviya surrendered to the Police in Mianwali in Sargodha District in Punjab. Hanif Gabol was the Seraiki (an ethnic group from the south-eastern areas of Pakistan) Ameer (Chief) of the TTP.

The Intelligence agencies have warned that the banned militant outfit, LeJ, has reorganised itself and formed two new subgroups, JFF and SFF, to target Shia leaders and Police officials across the country.

A remote-controlled bomb targeting a Police patrol killed 13 persons, including Kullachi DSP Muhammad Iqbal, his gunman and driver, in Kachi Paind Khel area of Dera Ismail Khan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Two persons were injured in a roadside bomb blast in Toot Kashey Mechani area of Thal tehsil in Hangu District.

Three persons were abducted by unidentified militants from Ibrahimzai area of Hangu District.

Six Taliban (TTP) militants were killed and 10 others injured in a clash with SFs during Operation Khwakh Ba De Sham in Kol area of Dabori tehsil in Orakzai Agency of FATA.

A Taliban (TTP) squad tracking "American spies" in North Waziristan Agency warned the local population against facilitating drone attacks by providing information on the Taliban (TTP). The "Ittehad-e-Mujahideen-e-Khurasan", a wing of the Taliban (TTP) tracking "American spies", said no family should help its member if he was spying on the Taliban (TTP).

Unidentified militants shot dead an activist of the ANP, Nabi Khan, in the Shah Faisal Colony in Karachi.

The main accuse of Times Square bomber, Faisal Shahzad, was ordered held without bail at his first court appearance since his arrest on May 3. Magistrate Judge James Francis remanded Shahzad in custody after his court-appointed defence lawyer, Julia Gatto, opted not to challenge the prosecutors' request that he remain jailed pending trial.

A audiotape conversation between Hamid Mir, Executive Editor of GEO News and a man purportedly linked to the TTP, has revealed that negative information that Mir passed on to the Taliban (TTP) could have led to the execution of Khalid Khawaja, the former ISI official, allegedly killed on April 30 by a group calling themselves the 'Asian Tigers' on May 16.

Osama Khalid, son of Khalid Khawaja, confirmed that the audiotape of the telephonic conversation between TV anchor Hamid Mir and Usman - the earlier unidentified Taliban (TTP) militant - is original, as his family used to talk to him during negotiations for his father's release.

Hamid Mir has sent legal notices to the publisher, editor and staff reporter of Daily Times, as well as the chief executive of television channel Business Plus for publishing and telecasting "defamatory material against him".

Intelligence agencies have warned that the TTP militants have recruited a suicide bomber to attack the Parliament House or any other important building. According to the report, the TTP has prepared a 24 or 25-year-old bomber named Amer Aaqa Hadifa, belonging to Jhang in Punjab for the purpose.

The United Nation provided Interior Ministry of Pakistan a list of wanted al-Qaeda and Taliban (TTP) leaders to all the provinces with the directives to arrest them and seize their properties or businesses, if they have any, across the country.

Two top national security lieutenants of US President Barrack Obama have arrived in Islamabad to accelerate United State's "do more" mantra for Pakistan. US National Security Advisor General James Jones and CIA Director Leon Panetta arrived in Islamabad to engage in meetings with high-ranking military and civilian leadership on May 19 (today), US embassy spokesman Richard Snelsire confirmed.

At least 60 Taliban (TTP) militants and four soldiers were killed in a clash between the Taliban (TTP) and SFs during Operation Khwakh Ba De Sham in Dabori area of Orakzai Agency in FATA.

The jet fighters bombed Taliban (TTP) militant hideouts in Dabori area, killing five Taliban (TTP) militants and injuring several others. Three Taliban hideouts were also destroyed in the airstrikes.

SFs arrested a key TTP 'commander' Swat Khan, son of Zar Mohammad, from Lalakand area of Jamrud tehsil in the Khyber Agency.

Four suspected militants were killed and seven houses destroyed during an encounter with the SFs in Amakhel village of Tank District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The slain militants were identified as Gul Sarwar, Mashal Khan, Qari Saleem and Qari Ismail.

SFs destroyed seven houses of Mashal Khan, Gul Sarwar, Akbar, Maulvi Din Muhammad, Haider Khan, Mir Sultan and Ghaffar Khan for their links with the TTP.

Six security personnel were injured in a rocket-cum-bomb attack in Quetta of Balochistan.

Unidentified militants planted a remote-controlled bomb at Saryab Road near Moosa Colony in Quetta, which was detonated when a vehicle of the FC passed by. However no one was injured in the attack.

A trailer carrying goods for NATO forces in Afghanistan was set ablaze near Chaman in Qila Abdullah District.

The Intelligence agencies, including the ISI, presented an investigation report to Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani regarding an audiotape of the telephonic conversation between TV anchor Hamid Mir and an unidentified Taliban militant.

Osama Khalid, son of former ISI official Squadron leader Khalid Khawaja, said that he will take legal action and register an FIR against Geo News anchor Hamid Mir over what he called "playing an instigative role in his father's murder".

Daily Times Editor Rasheed Rahman said that legal action must be initiated against Hamid Mir after the ISI and Government quarters confirmed the authenticity of the taped conversation between Mir and a Taliban militant.

A Pakistani Army Major has been arrested in connection with the failed bomb plot on May 1 in New York's Times Square.

President Asif Ali Zardari said that militancy and terrorism are the common enemies of the United States and Pakistan and it is important that the existing robust cooperation between the two countries continues to fight the menace.

The Canada's weekly current affairs magazine, Maclean, quoting an unnamed LeT commander claimed that Faisal Shahzad, the confessed bomb plotter of Pakistani origin, had received terror training in one of the 'jihad' (Holy War) camps of the LeT in PoK.

The LeT commander, however, denied any direct involvement of his outfit with New York bombing plot. "Shahzad came to us for training. He stayed with us for three months and we provided him with the basics. Then he went back to the U.S," the commander claimed.

At least 24 Taliban (TTP) militants were killed and 29 another injured when Pakistan Air Force (PAF) fighter jets bombed different parts of Orakzai Agency in FATA in the on going Operation Khwakh Ba De Sham.

SFs arrested six suspected militants and recovered arms and ammunition during a search operation in different parts of Bajaur Agency.

Unidentified assailants barged into the house of a Police officer, Mureed Hussein, in Shaheed Murad Colony in Dera Allah Yar in Jaffarabad District of Balochistan and shot dead two of his daughters, and injured his son.

Unidentified assailants stormed into the house of Mohammad Barani, and opened fire killing him and his three-year-old daughter, on the spot, and injuring three other family members in Goth Bahadur Shah town.

A local resident, identified as Asif, was shot dead in Dera Murad Jamali in Nasirabad District.

The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Amir (chief) for FATA and former member National Assembly, Maulana Merajuddin Qureshi, was shot dead in the precinct of the Gomal Bazaar Police Station in Tank of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Osama Khalid, the son of former ISI officer Squadron Leader Khalid Khawaja, has claimed that the Asian Tigers have indirectly threatened to do the same to him as they did to his father if any action is taken against Hamid Mir.

The representatives of the Taliban and the Afghanistan Government are holding talks in the Maldives, officials said. Maldives Government spokesman Mohamed Zuhair said 15 representatives of the Afghan Government and seven Taliban militants met and would meet again over the weekend. However, a spokesman for Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai, Waheed Omar said the Government did not send any official representatives.

Robert Simmons, the NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General told reporters in Islamabad that It is up to Pakistan to decide when to move against the Taliban (TTP) in North Waziristan.

The SFs backed by fighter jets killed at least 34 Taliban (TTP) militants in the on going Operation Khwakh Ba De Sham in various parts of Orakzai Agency of FATA.

A US drone attack on a militant compound killed six Taliban (TTP) militants in Miranshah, the capital of North Waziristan Agency.

Taliban (TTP) militants strapped bombs to two persons, accused of spying for the US, blowing them up at a public execution in the Degan area of North Waziristan.

Taliban (TTP) militants executed a tribesman for his alleged involvement in a drone attack in North Waziristan and placed his bullet-riddled body on a roadside in Mir Ali in North Waziristan.

The SFs arrested 10 suspects during a search operation in Bajaur Agency.

Three Taliban (TTP) militants, identified as Alam Sher, Khan Wali and Muhammad Ameen, were killed during a clash with the SFs in the Matta tehsil of Swat valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The suspected militants blew up a girls' primary school in Ferozabad area under Matani Police Station on the outskirts of the Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

The process to expel families of absconding Taliban (TTP) started in Swat after the deadline given to the on-the-run Taliban expired on May 20. 25 families of the Taliban (TTP) in hiding were expelled from Malakand division. Nipki Khel Qaumi Jirga had asked the militants to surrender by May 20, which resulted in the surrender of 115 absconding militants.

Seven persons, including three Police officials, were severely injured as five low-intensity explosions went off at the Tibbi area of old Lahore in Punjab.

Panic gripped people at the Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore in Punjab in the morning after rumours spread of a bomb having been placed on an Islamabad-bound flight of PIA.

The five American nationals on trial for militancy claimed that wedding finery and return tickets to the US proved they had nothing to do with militancy.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Punjab Police revealed in a report that 55 Afghanistan-trained boys from southern Punjab, who disappeared from their houses sometime ago, are likely to be used in militant activities The authorities issued the warning after they rechecked a list of Afghanistan-trained boys who participated in militant activities in the past.

Intelligence agencies warned that militants are planning to target supply depots of NLC and NATO in Punjab and abduct or assassinate high-profile diplomats and political personalities. The warning has been issued by Farid Ahmed Khan, the director operations of the NCMC.

The United States embassy warned that militants outfits might have "established links" to a high-class catering company in the country that a security official said was owned by a suspect arrested over the failed car bombing in Times Square of New York.

Police detained at least four persons suspected of links with Faisal Shehzad, the Pakistani-American arrested over the New York bombing bid. One of the four was connected with the catering company, a Government official said.

The Taliban rejected the report of any talks between the Taliban Movement and the Karzai regime of Afghanistan in the Maldives.

The Times Square bomb suspect, Faisal Shahzad, claimed during his lengthy interrogation that he received financial support from the Taliban (TTP) for his failed one-man operation, two US law enforcement officials close to the probe said.

The Taliban (TTP) is not only trying to overthrow the Government in Islamabad, but is also launching attack against other countries, including the United States, the Defence Secretary Robert Gates said.

A member of local peace committee was killed and three others sustained critical injuries when militants opened fire on them in Baizai area of Mohmand Agency in FATA.

The tribal elder Malik Atta Jan, who was abducted by unidentified militants some days back (unspecified date), was found dead in Yaqoobi Kandao in Baizai area.

Unidentified militants shot dead a member of the local peace committee, Ahmed Jan, in Gat Shor area of Matta tehsil in Swat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Two men detained in Pakistan for alleged links to the attempted Times Square bombing have admitted playing a role in the botched attack and are unrepentant, with one angrily accusing interrogators of "siding with the infidels", a senior intelligence official said.

A Chilean court ordered back to jail a Pakistani man, Mohammad Saif Ur Rehman Khan, who had been briefly detained and charged after being found with traces of explosives at the US embassy in Santiago, the capital of Chile.

A catering company executive, Salman Ashraf Khan, who was among six persons detained by Pakistan for allegedly helping the New York Times Square bombing suspect had differences with American policy in the region but no hatred towards the country, his father, Rana Ashraf Khan, said.

At least 71 Taliban (TTP) militants, including four commanders, were killed and their seven hideouts destroyed when PAF jet fighters blitzed targets in upper parts of Orakzai Agency in FATA.

The LI militants abducted a Naib Subedar of Khassadar force, Taza Khan Afridi, from Sor Kas Qambarkhel area while he was going home located in Shalobar area of Khyber Agency.

At least three Taliban (TTP) militants were killed and others injured during a clash with SFs in Gangro and Gambat areas of Maidan tehsil of the Lower Dir District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

As many as 40 personnel of Islamabad Police have died in the line of duty during the last few years, whereas 90 militants, including would-be suicide bombers, were arrested from the administrative jurisdiction of Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) in Punjab averting possible disasters in the same period, said Islamabad Inspector General of Police (IGP) Syed Kaleem Imam in a press statement.

The Sunday Times reports that Taliban militants earn a bounty of up to PNR 200,000 (£1,660) for each NATO soldier they kill. Taliban commanders said The Sunday Times said the money was said to come from protection rackets, taxes imposed on opium farmers, donors in the Gulf States who channel money through Dubai and from the senior Taliban leadership in Pakistan.

The militants from FATA and Swat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are behind the recent wave of target killings in Karachi, the capital of Sindh, a private television channel quoted Interior Minister Senator Rehman Malik as saying.

Two persons were killed and 15 others injured in a bomb explosion at the Airport Road in Quetta in Balochistan in a suspected sectarian attack.

In another suspected sectarian attack, unidentified assailants shot dead the vice principal of a Hub Technical Training Centre on Pircas Road in Hub in Lasbela District.

Unidentified assailants hurled a hand grenade at the residence of BNP senior member Arbab Mohammad Nawaz Mengal in Khuzdar.

The BDS found and defused three explosive devices planted at the Provincial Excise and Taxation Headquarters in Quetta.

The SFs killed a militant and injured several others during a search operation in Hashim Charmang area of the Nawagai tehsil in Bajaur Agency of FATA.

SFs arrested eight LI militants from the Shalobar area of Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency.

A special Police team arrested an alleged militant in Lahore of Punjab as he was trying to enter the city who later confessed to be directly involved in the low-intensity explosions at the Peru's Café and Tibbi City.

Five militants surrendered before the SFs in the Minglawar area of Matta tehsil in Swat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

SFs destroyed the houses of two militant commanders, identified as Daud Khan and Shahi Roomi, at Shakar Dara of Matta tehsil.

The Hakeemullah Mehsud led TTP militants along with some Punjabi Taliban finally started leaving North Waziristan for the adjoining South Waziristan tribal region following successful talks between Hafiz Gul Bahadur and Hakimullah Mahsud.

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said that despite Pakistan's own regional challenges, it remains committed to a peaceful settlement of the Kashmir issue through negotiations and dialogue.

The Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon added his voice to the calls to donors for more contributions to meet a funding shortfall in UN programmes to meet the humanitarian needs of the growing number of internally displaced persons in Pakistan.

At least 13 Taliban (TTP) militants were killed and several others injured when PAF fighter jets bombed several militant hideouts during Operation Khwakh Ba De Sham in the Orakzai Agency of FATA.

Six suspected militants were arrested during a raid on a house in Jamrud tehsil of Khyber Agency.

Two Taliban (TTP) militants including an important commander, Ali Rehman alias Sparlay, and his accomplice Habibur Rehman were killed when they attacked the SFs in the Fateh Pur area of Swat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The NATO forces in Afghanistan have installed a sophisticated surveillance system along the Pak-Afghan border to monitor insurgents' movement in the area.

Senior US officials summoned an urgent meeting with Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari to present a dossier on terrorism suspect Faisal Shahzad, including a detailed chart describing his contacts with the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) before his attempt to detonate an explosives-laden vehicle in New York City's Times Square on May 1.

Daily Times reports that Osama Khalid, the son of Khalid Khawaja, submitted an application in the Shalimar Police Station for registration of a FIR against media person Hamid Mir and suspected militant Osman Punjabi for the murder of his father.

A three-member Supreme Court bench dismissed pleas of the Federal and Punjab Governments against the release of JuD, the frontal organisation of LeT, 'chief' Hafiz Saeed, maintaining that it was not a live issue.

Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that some Baloch separatists with the help of Taliban and external forces are conspiring to dismember Pakistan but the Government would ensure country's security and safety.

The Minister said the Federal Government is working along with the Provincial Government for improving the security situation in the province and all necessary measures would be taken in this regard.

A spokesman for Afghanistan's intelligence agency accused Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI involvement in the suicide bombing in Kabul on May 19 that killed six NATO soldiers.

At least 15 Taliban (TTP) militants were killed and 10 others injured when PAF fighter jets bombed several militant hideouts during Operation Khwakh Ba De Sham in various parts of the Upper Orakzai Agency of FATA.

The SFs killed two Taliban (TTP) militants during an operation at Baidara village in the Swat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Authorities released a list of 96 wanted terrorists, including top Taliban (TTP) 'commander' Ziaur Rehman, and displayed it at all important places of the Swat District.

Australian Army Chief General Keith James visited the Swat valley and got a briefing on the law and order situation in the District. Operation Rah-e-Rast Commander Major General Ashfaq Nadeem briefed the visiting Australian Army chief.

The Islamabad Capitol Territory Police arrested a militant and two of his accomplices and seized a hand grenade from their possession from sector I-10/1 in Islamabad in Punjab.

A suspected militant was arrested at Chung in Gujranwala District in Punjab, after he had entered the premises of the PTC in the region using fake identification documents to get past the entrance.

The Federal Investigation Agency submitted in a court Rawalpindi a supplementary investigation report on the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto accused the slain chief of TTP, Baitullah Mehsud, of masterminding the murder.

The Interior Minister Rehman Malik revealed that Faisal Shahzad, arrested by the US for carrying out a failed attack in New York's Times Square on May 1, had links in South Waziristan.

Two top United Sates President Barrack Obama administration officials have told Pakistan that it has only weeks to show real progress in a crackdown against the Taliban (TTP), a senior US official said.

The President Barack Obama's new national security doctrine will make clear that the United States does not consider itself to be at war with Islam, a top adviser said.

53 Taliban (TTP) militants and one SF killed in various clashes during Operation Khwakh Ba De Sham in Orakzai Agency of FATA.

Taliban (TTP) militants armed with rockets and grenades stormed the home of a pro-Government tribal elder, killing him, his wife and son before blowing up the house in Asghar village, about 40 kilometres northwest of Khar, the main town in Bajaur Agency.

Two militants were killed and three others were arrested during an attack on a FC checkpost in Chora area of Jamrud tehsil in Khyber Agency.

Two militants and a Policeman were killed and two Police officers were injured in an encounter when a group of militants attacked a Police van in Mamo Khwar area in Thall tehsil of Hangu District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

SFs killed three Taliban (TTP) militants, including a local 'commander', during search operation at Arkot area in Matta tehsil of Swat District.

Maulana Fazlullah, the Swat Taliban (TTP) 'chief', has apparently been killed along with six other militants in a clash with Afghan border forces in Nuristan province of Afghanistan on May 26, intelligence sources said.

Unidentified assailants hurled a hand grenade at the residence of, senior BNP leader, Attaullah Mohammadzai in Khatan locality in Khuzdar District of Balochistan. A woman was injured in the attack.

The Minister for Defence Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar said the nuclear assets of Pakistan are in safe hands and the United States as well as the international community are completely satisfied with safety and security mechanism evolved for strategic wealth.

At least 80 worshippers killed and 92 others injured as seven assailants including three suicide bomber attacked Ahmadiyya place of worship in Model Town and Garhi Shahu areas of Lahore in Punjab.

The Punjab chapter of TTP claimed the responsibility for the attack.

Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah said that the militant arrested in Model Town hails from Rahim Yar Khan District and used to be a student of a madrassa based in Karachi.

The Minister for Interior Rehman Malik said the involvement of Indian intelligence agency R&AW cannot be ruled out in the Lahore terror attacks. "About Balochistan I am sure that RAW is involved in sabotage activities. But, for Lahore we are investigating," the Minister said while speaking to media persons.

The SFs backed by fighter jets and helicopters gunships killed at least 80 Taliban (TTP) militants and injured 60 others during Operation Khwakh Ba De Sham in Orakzai Agency of FATA.

One SF, Sajjad Ali, was killed in a roadside bomb blast in Mushti Maila area of Orakzai Agency.

Unidentified militants killed four Policemen in Satellite Town area of Quetta in Balochistan. LeJ claimed responsibility for the attack.

A person belonging to the Shia community was killed and some others were wounded in a clash between two rival sects at Islam Chowk in Orangi Town of Karachi in Sindh.

A Pakistani college student, Adnan Babar Mirza (33), living in Texas was convicted of conspiring to help the Taliban and fight US troops. A federal jury convicted Adnan Babar Mirza of two conspiracy counts and seven firearms violations after a three-day trial held in Houston.

FBI Special Agent John McKinley, the prosecution's first witness, told jurors that Mirza can be heard on the taped conversations talking about sending money to support Taliban families.

Another suspect was detained in connection with the main suspect, Faisal Shahzad, in the New York Times Square attempted car bombing on May 1, a Pakistani official said. The latest suspect to be questioned is a Pakistani national Humbal Akhtar.

A UN human rights expert Philip Alston reports that the use of drones by US intelligence agencies to target suspected terrorists in Afghanistan and Pakistan lacks accountability required under international law.

At least 44 Taliban (TTP) militants and two soldiers were killed in clashes and shelling during Operation Khwakh Ba De Sham in upper tehsil of Orakzai Agency in FATA.

At least three policemen, including a sub inspector, were killed when unidentified assailants opened indiscriminate fire at a police checkpost in Samanabad area of Lahore in Punjab.

The death toll in the terror attacks on two Ahmadi mosques at Model Town and Garhi Shahu in Lahore rose to 95.

A retired Army major, Adnan Ahmad, said he had been cleared of any wrongdoing after Pakistani intelligence released him from custody in connection with the attempted car bombing in New York's Times Square.

The US military planners are looking at options for a unilateral strike in Pakistan, if a successful attack on US soil is traced to the Tribal Areas. US retaliation would be contemplated only under extreme circumstances, unnamed senior military officials said.

The SFs backed by fighter jets killed 42 Taliban (TTP) militants and injured 13 others in Operation Khwakh Ba De Sham in various parts of Orakzai Agency in FATA.

Swat Scouts killed 22 Taliban (TTP) militants in a six-hour battle in Mulla Khel, Rangi Kandu, Mir Garh, Drai Choti and Sumpag and consolidated their position in the areas. The SFs also destroyed 12 terrorist hideouts in these areas.

An attempt to abduct Interior Minister Rehman Malik's brother was foiled by his driver in Islamabad in Punjab. Unidentified armed men attempted to stop Khalid Malik outside the Ministers Enclave when he was leaving his residence in a car.

Seven persons were arrested over alleged links with the militants who attacked places of worship of the Ahmadi community in Lahore.

Lahore Police arrested a burqa-clad suspect near Ghazi Road where Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif was to arrive later.

The British Foreign Office has reported that a British national was killed in attacks on two worship places of the Ahmadi community in Lahore.

The Government will eliminate militants from all parts of the country, including southern Punjab, as they have started sneaking into other parts of the country from there and measures are being taken to deal with them, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said, hinting at a new strategy against militants.

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of US Admiral Mike Mullen said he is more focused on Pakistani cooperation to contain the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan than weighing military action against militant targets in that country in retaliation for a terror attack in the US emanating from there.

At least five people, including a woman, were killed when at least four unidentified militants stormed various wards of Jinnah Hospital in Lahore in Punjab in the night. Reports said the attack was an attempt to free a militant, Muaz, who was under treatment at the hospital after being arrested following May 28's attacks on an Ahmedis' prayer facility in Model Town's C-block.

Unidentified assailants shot dead a prayer leader and his companion at Taughi Road near Mezan Chowk in Quetta of Balochistan.

Nine persons were injured in a clash in Sector 19 of Awami Colony in Karachi in Sindh. Calling the incident sectarian violence, Station House Officer Zawar Hussain said the clash was a reaction to an incident of May 30, in which a person, Noor Ahmed, was injured at Singer Chowrangi.

Three UN human rights investigators reports that the official discrimination in Pakistan against the Ahmedis fuels hatred of the community and prompts violent attacks against them.

The Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer said that the Punjab Government must ensure zero tolerance towards banned religious outfits, suggesting that leniency would embolden them.

The gunship helicopters targeted Taliban (TTP) positions in Teri and Kot Kalay areas in Upper Orakzai of FATA, destroying three hideouts and killing 20 militants.

Taliban (TTP) militants blew up a Government school for girls and a health centre at Khushal Kally in Mohmand Agency, while three people were killed in different incidents, officials said.

A person belonging to Shia community, Asif Raza Rizvi (42), was killed in an alleged sectarian targeted killing near the Inquiry Office at Nazimabad of Karachi City in Sindh.

At least eight people were injured in an explosion in the busy commercial area of Hub Industrial Township.

SFs targeted militant hideouts at Alacha in Landikotal of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Police arrested two suspected terrorists involved in the attack at Jinnah Hospital, in which at least four gunmen killed five people in an attempt to get to a suspect in recent attacks on the worship places of Ahmedis.

The Pakistan Army declared victory over militants in Operation Khwakh Ba De Sham in Orakzai Agency of FATA and said that the military operation in the area had been completed and civilians could expect to return home soon.

At least 33 Taliban (TTP) militants were killed during clashes with SFs in different parts of Orakzai Agency of FATA.

More than a dozen Taliban (TTP) militants attacked an Army checkpost in the Shahu Khel area in which two soldiers were wounded, the local administration official Sajjad Ahmed said.

20 Taliban (TTP) militants were killed and 12 injured in helicopter gunship attacks and ground clashes in upper parts of Orakzai.

Pakistan Army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas said that major operations in Orakzai were over, although "stabilisation" operations may continue.

One woman and two children were injured when unidentified militants fired three rockets that landed in the jurisdiction of Pishtakhara Police Station of Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in night.

Two persons, including the driver of an oil tanker supplying fuel to NATO forces in Afghanistan, were injured when unidentified assailants opened fire at the tanker near Sibi in Balochistan.

A security official said that the total number of people killed in Orakzai since May 1 in action against Taliban (TTP) is estimated at 719.

Despite the Pakistan Army's announcement on June 1 of "successful conclusion of the operation in Orakzai Agency", locals and officials said that more than half of the Agency was yet to be cleared of the Taliban (TTP).

They said the forces had cleared areas bordering Khyber Agency in northern Orakzai, blocking the Taliban's attempt to zero in on Peshawar and target supply routes for NATO and American forces in Afghanistan.

The LeJ allegedly threatened to kill the MS of the Sindh Government Hospital of Saudabad in Khokhrapar area of Karachi in a suicide attack.

The Punjabi Taliban holed up in south Punjab have become more dangerous and are geared up for large-scale sabotage in the country, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said.

The Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said that the Interior Minister Rehman Malik's statement about the Punjabi Taliban is aimed at creating disharmony among the provinces.

A UN investigator called for a halt to CIA-directed drone strikes on suspected al Qaeda and Taliban terrorists, warning that killings ordered far from the battlefield could lead to a "Playstation" mentality.

One LeJ militant was shot dead and three others arrested during a bid to escape after robbing a private bank in Orangi Town Police Station area of Karachi.

A doctor, identified as Hassan Hyder, belonging to the Shia sect was shot dead by unidentified assailants near the Railway Colony of Karachi.

The SFs recovered explosives, hand-grenades and arms, during a raid in Shakardara area of Matta tehsil in Swat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Two militants, one of them a former FC solider, were arrested in an operation carried out in Spin Kanray area in the Kalan Police Station area of Nowshera District.

The Police have arrested five more suspects in connection with the sectarian attacks on Ahmedis Mosque in Lahore on May 28.

A surviving militant of the Lahore carnage, Abdullah alias Muhammad, disclosed that he was misled into believing that Ahmedis were involved in drawing blasphemous caricatures of the Holy Prophet so their bloodshed was a great service to Islam.

Ahmedis and rights activists have strongly criticized the Punjab Government for "its slackness" in dealing with the arrested militant, who was allegedly facilitated by the authorities to the extent of having the privilege of using a cell phone while in custody.

Two persons were killed by the Taliban (TTP) militants in North Waziristan in FATA on charges of 'spying' for the US Forces in Afghanistan.

Authorities have put Lahore on high alert following recent threats and intelligence information of more terrorist activities in the city.

Police arrested three suspects from areas around the Ahmedis' worship place in Garhi Shahu.

Investigations into the Garhi Shahu and Model Town attacks have taken an important turn after information gathered during the interrogation of the arrested militant, Muaaz. Sources said following the information, investigators now suspect Police officials and officers deputed at both worship places of the Ahmedis and have started monitoring them as well.

Quoting a private television channel that Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that the policy against the banned religious organisations has been forwarded to the Punjab Government and the SFs have arrested as many as 700 militants belonging to southern Punjab.

Pakistan People's Party central leader Abida Hussain has suggested drone attacks be carried out in southern Punjab as they are being done in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.

25 Taliban (TTP) militants were killed and another 22 others injured when SFs backed by gunship helicopters pounded militants hideouts in Orakzai Agency of FATA.

At least seven militants and two civilians were killed in an armed clash between the TTP and the LI militants in the Tabai Bazaar area of Zakha Khel in Landikotal of Khyber Agency.

25 Taliban (TTP) militants surrendered to the SFs and announced their complete support against other Taliban (TTP) militants in Mamond tehsil of Bajaur Agency.

Unidentified assailants riding a motorcycle shot dead a SSP cadre, Shehzad (25), in Petal Wali Gali under Gulbahar Police Station area of Karachi in Sindh in the night.

The SFs killed 44 Taliban (TTP) militants and injured another 11 in various areas of Upper Orakzai of FATA.

14 more militants were killed in the ongoing clash between the LI and the TTP that began in Khyber Agency on June 5. The death toll reached 21 as seven militants were killed earlier on June 5.

A Policeman, Atta Muhammad, was injured when unidentified militants fired a rocket at a Police vehicle near Sonakhan checkpost on Saryab Road in Quetta of Balochistan.

Washington accepts that the final political solution in Afghanistan can involve reformed Taliban in the Government if certain "red lines" are respected, US Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke said.

June 7

SFs killed at least 12 Taliban (TTP) militants and injured another 20 in Orakzai Agency of FATA.

An official of the Khasadar, Subedar Ayaz Afridi, and two other persons were injured when militants hurled hand grenades at a checkpost in Charwazgai area in Landikotal tehsil of Khyber Agency.

The Crime Investigation Agency team of Lahore Police arrested 12 terrorist suspects from the house of a doctor, Dr. Mirza Safdar Baig, in the Township Police Station area of Lahore.

Investigators probing the terrorist attacks on the worship places of the Ahmedis in Lahore have discovered that all the weapons and ammunitions used in the attacks were foreign made.

Police arrested three persons allegedly affiliated with a banned Shia outfit and seized weapons from their possession in Karachi in Sindh.

Pakistan military's successful operations in tribal areas have forced many important Taliban leaders to flee outside Pakistan and Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said.

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani called for composite dialogue between Pakistan and India to resolve all outstanding disputes, including Kashmir and water.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said meaningful talks between Pakistan and India, which can lead to a resolution of outstanding issues, are possible only when Pakistan does not let its territory be used for terrorism.

June 8

Six soldiers were killed and eight others were injured on June 8 when Taliban (TTP) militants stormed a checkpoint in Orakzai Agency in FATA.

The Taliban (TTP) militants staged a public execution in front of hundreds of tribesmen in Miranshah in North Waziristan Agency after a Taliban (TTP) court convicted the person, identified as Waheed, of killing two brothers.

Unidentified militants attacked and set fire to a convoy of about 50 tankers and containers of the NATO forces heading towards Peshawar on the Motorway, at the Sangjani area of Ternol near Islamabad in Punjab, killing four persons and injuring three others.

Law enforcement agencies have arrested some 26 persons in Islamabad and recovered weapons from them.

A Hindu rice trader, Hamesh Kumar, was shot dead as he resisted the abduction of his son, in Quetta in Balochistan.

A cloth vendor, Abdul Sattar, was shot dead in the Buleda Bazaar of Turbat.

Pakistan called for an international cooperative approach against terrorism through real time intelligence sharing and by addressing its root causes. Addressing the third Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA), in Istanbul in Turkey, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi called for a two-pronged strategy to confront terrorism, which remained the paramount security threat confronting the world.

A senior US official, Robert Blake, the Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia, said that India has voiced understanding for the giant US aid plan for its historic rival Pakistan despite earlier security fears.

Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that the Government has no plans to launch a military operation in southern Punjab and the war on terror would be fought in collaboration with the Punjab government.

Sources told Daily Times that the provincial capital is becoming a safe haven for terrorists from Tribal Areas who have decided to set up shop in Punjab after the Pakistan Army drove them out of Waziristan of FATA.

The ambassadors of 13 Islamic countries visited Swat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and highly lauded the successful military operation by the Pakistan Army against militants.

June 9

The Taliban (TTP) militants attacked two security checkpoints in Mohmand Agency in FATA, resulting in a gun battle that killed two soldiers and 40 Taliban (TTP) militants.

14 militants were killed and three Security Forces personnel injured in clashes in various areas of Upper Orakzai Agency.

Two persons including a woman were killed and six others sustained injuries when an artillery shell exploded in a house in Damadola in Mamond subdivision of Bajaur Agency.

A person belonging to the Shia community was shot dead at Karachi in Sindh in the continuing wave of sectarian violence in the city. The victim was identified as Shahzad Raza Rizvi.

A Pakistani-born American man accused of providing support for Al-Qaeda's efforts to combat US forces in Afghanistan was sentenced on June 9 to 15 years in prison.

An Anti Terrorist Court in Punjab acquitted five persons accused in the Islamabad District courts and the Aabpara Market suicide bombing cases for want of incriminating evidence.

Pakistan’s next priority in the fight against the Taliban (TTP) is North Waziristan, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said in Istanbul in Turkey.

Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Muhammad Aslam Raisani said that no military operation was on the cards in the province and that no operation could be justified, as the law and order here was comparatively quite better than other provinces.

June 10

Three militants were killed when a US drone fired two missiles at a house in North Waziristan in FATA.

64 militants, including five ‘commanders’, surrendered before the SFs in Bajaur Agency.

SFs recovered huge cache of arms during a search operation in Bajaur Agency.

Two vehicles were destroyed when military gunship helicopters shelled suspected hideouts of militants in various areas of Safi sub-division near Pak-Afghan border in Mohmand Agency.

A Pakistan Naval Police official was killed and three others injured in a bomb explosion at the main gate of the naval base on Hub River Road in Baldia Town in Sindh.

The Sindh Police’s Special Investigation Unit arrested a MQM-H cadre. The SIU conducted snap checking at Islamia College and arrested Asif Raza alias Saqib, while recovering a TT pistol from his possession.

Unidentified armed assailants opened fire at a NATO convoy near Wadh in Balochistan injuring three persons and damaging a car.

Nearly four million people are living under Taliban (TTP) rule in Pakistan’s northwest, suffering human rights abuses from the extremists as well as the military, Amnesty International said. According to the report titled "As If Hell Fell on Me", more than 1,300 civilians were killed in fighting between the Pakistani troops and the Taliban (TTP) in 2009 while more than one million internally displaced persons (IDPs) are still in various towns.

Intelligence agencies have forwarded information that militants in Punjab, especially in Lahore have direct links with local criminal networks.

The Punjab Government will strongly oppose any ‘Rah-e-Nijat style’ military operation against extremists in the province, Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah said.

June 11

A series of US missiles killed 15 Taliban (TTP) militants in North Waziristan in FATA.

Two unidentified persons were killed in another strike in North Waziristan.

Three persons were shot dead at Mastung town in Balochistan. Unidentified car riders opened indiscriminate fire on three persons riding a motorcycle in the Kand Masori area, killing them on the spot.

The CID of the Sindh Police arrested two suspected ‘commanders’ of the TTP during a raid in Lyari Expressway in Karachi. During the preliminary interrogation, the TTP commanders revealed they had kidnapped and later released an Afghan NGO activist in North Waziristan after receiving PNR four million as ransom.

President Asif Ali Zardari, while addressing the 10th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tashkent in Uzbekistan, said that regional countries must join hands to address menace of violence and terrorism.

June 12

10 Taliban (TTP) militants were killed and six others injured when fighter jets targeted their hideouts at Orakzai Agency in FATA, security sources said. Four terrorist hideouts were destroyed in the attack, the sources added.

The Taliban (TTP) militants set ablaze schools in various parts of the agency.

Two persons were shot dead by unidentified assailants at Kili Bangulzai area of Quetta in Balochistan. The victims were identified as Umer Farooq and Abdul Rauf.

Four people, including a Police Constable, were injured in a hand grenade attack on the District’s Fatima Jinnah Road.

Two persons were shot dead in two sectarian targeted attacks at Karachi in Sindh and violence continued for the third consecutive day, sparking riots in various parts of the city.

The Police arrested four suspects from Hangu District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Police identified two of the arrested persons as Dilawar Khan and Haji Mat, both wanted militants.

Troop arrested a Taliban (TTP) ‘commander’ Abdul Mateen Khan from Kohat.

June 13

SFs killed three militants during a search operation at Swat Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The Police arrested two suspected militants during a raid on the house of an Afghan refugee named Shereen Dil in Hangu District. The arrestees, identified as Meena Gul and Ameen Gul were Afghan citizens.

The SFs set ablaze houses of two militant ‘commanders’ in the Swat Valley. Families of the ‘commanders’ Abdul Wahab and Bakht Zaman were expelled from their hometown of Baish Banar.

A Policeman was killed in Karachi in Sindh. Constable Imran was shot dead in the Sardeed Sector-11-C1 area when two armed assailants on a motorcycle opened indiscriminate fire, killing him on the spot.

The bullet-ridden body of Abdul Latif Baloch, a former employee of the People’s Peace Committee, was found from the Maripur area.

A militant along with his son, were arrested in Karachi. The arrestees were identified as ‘commander’ Gul Raheem and Anwar Ali. Both were residents of Kabal tehsil of the Swat Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.

A vehicle carrying a foreign mission’s registration number-plate hit a Policeman and fired at other Policemen attempting to stop it, in Rawalpindi in Punjab.

A LSE report authored by Matt Waldman, a fellow at Harvard University claimed that the Pakistan’s ISI provides funding, training and sanctuary to the Taliban in Afghanistan on a scale far greater than previously believed.

"Although, the Taliban have a strong endogenous impetus, according to Taliban commanders the ISI orchestrates, sustains and strongly influences the movement," wrote author Matt Waldman. However the LSE report was dismissed by the Pakistani military as "malicious and baseless". Presidential spokeswoman Farah Ispahani and Afghan Taliban also rejected the report.

June 14

PAF fighter jets bombed different parts of the Orakzai Agency in FATA killing 10 militants and injuring six others.

A bullet-riddled body was found dumped at Tarkhusay area of Mamoond tehsil. A note had been placed on the body saying all US spies would face the same fate.

A commander of the LeJ, Qari Zafar, allegedly involved in the attack on the US Consulate in Karachi on March 2, 2006, was killed in an IED blast near Miranshah in North Waziristan on an unspecified date.

SFs also set ablaze 10 houses of militants in Malangi, Zaray and Zagi areas of Mamond tehsil during search and clearance operations.

Seven militants were arrested in Bajaur Agency while another 16 surrendered before the SFs.

Two Policemen were killed and four others injured, in an attack by militants in Bannu in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

A person died in a landmine explosion in Jaffarabad District in Balochistan. According to official sources, a farmer Shehzada Khan was working in some fields near Bugti Kila when he stepped on a landmine.

Two persons were injured when unidentified assailants opened fire in Quetta and Jhal Magsi.

A leader of the SSP was shot dead by two unidentified assailants in the Mobina Town Police limits at Karachi in Sindh.

Deputy Jailer of the Karachi Central Jail, Ishaq Meo, was shot dead by two unidentified motorcyclists while he was on his way home.

The Central Information Secretary of the militant outfit MQM-H, Kamran Rizvi said that number of killings of MQM-H (Amir Khan Group) cadres has risen to 36 since January 2010 and the Sindh Government has yet to take serious notice of those incidents.

The Sunday Times has published a report from Kabul in Afghanistan authored by Miles Amoore in which Pakistan has been accused of providing arms to Taliban militants.

June 15

Seven persons, including a tribal elder, were shot dead and two others injured when their vehicle was ambushed on the RCD Highway in Surab tehsil of Kalat District in Balochistan.

A person was killed in an explosion at the Airport Road in Turbat. According to Police sources, a man was planting an explosive device at the Airport Road when it exploded, resulting in his instant death. BLF spokesman Doda Khan, calling from an undisclosed location claimed that victim Qadeer Ahmed was a BLF member who was on a ‘secret mission’.

Unidentified armed motorcyclists hurled a hand grenade at a barbershop in the Kili Almo area of Quetta injuring three persons.

An under construction building of the Levies was completely destroyed in a rocket attack in Besima area of Quetta. Four Levies personnel were injured in the explosion.

A NATO oil tanker was partially damaged in a bomb explosion near Chaman. According to Police sources, the bomb, planted on the tanker carrying oil for the NATO forces in Afghanistan exploded, partially damaging the rear portion of the vehicle. No casualties were reported.

Two members of the Safi Aman (Peace) Committee were shot dead in Mohmand Agency in FATA. The victims, Malik Subedar and Malik Dildar, were returning after attending a jirga organised by the Mohmand Agency political administration at a local hotel when armed motorcyclists opened fire at them, killing them on the spot.

Houses of 10 militants were burnt down by the law enforcement agencies, local jirga and the political administration in Mohmand tehsil of the Bajaur Agency. Also, 16 militants surrendered to the SFs.

Threats written on TTP letterheads were distributed in various areas of the Mamoond and Khar tehsils of Bajaur Agency, saying the TTP would continue fighting against the US and its allies.

A Police Officer, identified as ASI Riaz was killed by unidentified assailants in Khwaja Ajmer Nagri area of Karachi in Sindh.

Around 11 militants surrendered to the SFs in the Swat Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to sources, the militants belonging to the Shah Dheri and Koza Bandi areas of Kabal tehsil denounced terrorism and surrendered to the SFs along with their weapons.

June 16

Troops backed by helicopter gun ships and artillery killed 38 Taliban (TTP) militants in attacks on their hideouts at Bajaur Agency in FATA. Ten soldiers were also killed in clashes.

The TTP militants executed an alleged murderer in public in North Waziristan. Waheed Khan was shot dead in front of some 200 people in Dattakhel tehsil for allegedly killing a tribesman on June 12.

The Pakistan Army reported that more than 30 Pakistani troops are missing following the attack by the Afghan Taliban militants on a border check post, on June 14. The Taliban claimed to be holding up to 10 soldiers captive.

A JeM, identified as Owais, cadre was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Karachi in Sindh.

An alleged Police informer, identified as Bahadur Khan (50), was shot dead by unidentified militants outside his residence in Pathan Colony.

A levies official was killed and another seriously injured after unidentified assailants hurled a hand grenade into a levies Police station in Kharan District of Balochistan. The deceased was identified as Muhammad Yaqoob and the injured as Muhammad Ali.

A person was shot dead by unidentified assailants in the Usta Muhammad area of Jaffarabad District.

The District Chief of JeI, Fida Saadi, who is also a member of the provincial executive council, was shot dead while his driver sustained critical injuries in a firing incident in Hangu in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The Punjab Government in Pakistan gave financial assistance to the JuD, which was labelled a front for the LeT by the UNSC, after the Mumbai terror attacks. Pakistan’s Punjab province government, which is led by the PML-N, gave PKR 82.77 million to the JuD, whose chief Hafiz Saeed is accused of masterminding the terror attacks, and its associates in the last fiscal year (2009

The US has presented evidence to the Pakistan Government that the Haqqani faction, that is aligned with the Taliban militants and is based in Pakistan, orchestrated brazen attacks in Afghanistan in May 2008.

General David Petraeus, who oversees the Afghan war as head of US Central Command, told a Senate hearing that he, the top US and NATO commander in Afghanistan and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, raised Haqqani links in a recent meeting with Chief of the Army Staff Ashfaq Kayani.

June 17

A doctor was shot dead in a sectarian attack in Karachi in Sindh. According to eyewitness accounts, the victim identified as Dr Zahid Hussain was in his car when unidentified assailants opened fire on him and managed to escape from the incident site.

An official of the Pakistan Rangers, identified as Sohail Abbas, as was shot dead on Bagh-e-Halar Road in Garden Police precincts.

A SHO was shot dead and a passer-by was injured in Mastung in Balochistan. City Police Station SHO Murad Sajidi was on a routine patrol when unidentified armed motorcyclists shot him at the Masjid Road near the City Police Station.

A man was shot dead in the Sohran area of Dhaddar in Bolan District. The victim was identified as Yar Muhammad.

A woman was injured when unidentified men hurled a hand grenade at a house in Aminabad Street at the Brewery Road in Quetta.

14 of about 40 Pakistani Soldiers who went missing after a militant attack on a security check post on June 14 have been found in Afghanistan and flown home by helicopter.

A low scale operation in South Punjab has been planned and will be implemented through Police and Rangers personnel. Intelligence agencies have collected reliable data on the activities of banned religious groups and militants gathering in South Punjab and linking with the TTP or even al Qaeda.

Punjab Inspector General Tariq Saleem Dogar arrived in Islamabad through a chartered plane for an emergency meeting with the head of an intelligence agency and it was learnt that the agency had compiled a report on the activities of these banned groups.

The Punjab IG met the head of the jihadi wing of the LeT, who is a retired Pakistan Army colonel, while the Muzaffargarh DPO also joined them.

The Federal Government has allocated PKR 130 billion in the federal budget 2010-11 for expenditures on the war against terrorism. Finance Division Public Sector Reforms wing official Nauman Ishaq said.

The Defence Secretary Lieutenant-General (Retired) Syed Athar Ali informed the Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly that financial reserves of Armed Forces were depleting fast because of the ongoing military operations near or along the western border.

June 18

Daily Times reports that dead bodies of six FC personnel were recovered from Mohmand Agency in FATA by a tribal jirga after the tribal elders visited and held talks with the Afghan Taliban militants.

The search for the remaining 34 missing paramilitary soldiers is still on.

Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistan-born American national arrested over the botched car bombing in New York’s Times Square, was formally charged with 10 terrorism and weapons counts including attempted use of weapon of mass destruction.

The FIA has completed its inquiry into the assassination of former Prime Minister and PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto, blaming Taliban (TTP) leader Baitullah Mehsud for orchestrating the attack.

The FIA report also revealed that there were two suicide bombers present outside Liaquat Bagh to target the PPP leader. Earlier, all investigation reports claimed that only one suicide bomber, Saeed alias Bilal, was present at the spot and exploded himself near Benazir Bhutto’s vehicle.

Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer said that the Taliban (TTP) militants are present in Punjab but the provincial Government is hesitant to accept the fact.

Senior Adviser to the Punjab Chief Minister, Zulfiqar Khosa said that although the Taliban (TTP) are recruiting the unemployed youth of Southern Punjab, their training camps do not exist in any area of the Province.

General David Petraeus, the commander of the US Central Command overseeing America’s war efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq, refused to endorse a LSE report which blames Pakistan for maintaining links with the Afghan Taliban.

Appreciating the sacrifices rendered by the Pakistan Army and law enforcing agencies to curb the menace of militancy, Interior Minister Senator Rehman Malik reiterated the Federal Government’s resolve to free the country from terrorism and insurgency.

June 19

A US drone targeted a Government-run tube-well in the Soheele village of Mir Ali sub-division in the North Waziristan Agency of FATA, killing at least 12 Taliban (TTP) militants and injuring 16 others.

A roadside bomb targeting a Police patrol killed a passer-by and injured eight people in Dera Ismail Khan District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Senior Police official Aslam Khattak said that the attack occurred as the Police vehicle travelled through the town, which borders the Tribal Areas. Among the injured was a police official, who has played an important role in arresting terrorists.

June 20

13 Taliban (TTP) militants were killed and 10 others were injured when fighter jets bombed their hideouts in Orakzai Agency in FATA. Four militant hideouts were also destroyed in the bombing in Ghotak, Tor Samt and Kot Kaley areas of the Agency.

Five Taliban militants, including ‘commander’ Abid Afridi, were killed and three others were injured in an explosion at an ammunition depot in Sheikhan Kaley area of Orakzai Agency.

In Mohmand Agency, troops backed by helicopter gunship killed four pro-Taliban (TTP) militants and injured 10 others.

Five members of a family were killed and two others injured when unidentified gunmen opened indiscriminate fire on them in their house in Jamrud tehsil of Khyber Agency.

Three Taliban (TTP) militants were killed in a clash with the SFs in Charbagh tehsil in Swat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Two Levies recruits were killed and two others injured when suspected militants stormed a training centre in Dir. According to the sources, the recruits were staying in tents pitched on the ground of the Government Technical College in Timergara when a group of suspected militants attacked the centre with rockets and heavy weapons.

Suspected TTP militants killed two women for alleged involvement in adultery at Ranu Garhai in capital Peshawar.

Two persons were killed and another injured when unidentified assailants opened fire at them on Art School Road in Quetta in Balochistan. The deceased were identified as Hasnain Ali and Shuja Ali.

An Army official was killed and 13 others, including seven army men, were injured in a roadside bomb explosion targeting a military convoy. The deceased was identified as Deedar Ali.

A person, identified as Naimat Habib, was shot dead by unidentified assailants near Qasab Colony in Karachi in Sindh.

June 21

10 Taliban (TTP) militants and three SF personnel were killed in Orakzai Agency in FATA. According to officials the militants attacked a Frontier Corps vehicle with three rockets in Andkhel area of the agency, killing three Soldiers and injuring another five.

Unidentified assailants blew up a 66-KV grid station in the Bajaur Agency.

The house of a suspected terrorist was also destroyed by the political administration.

Unidentified assailants shot dead a person and injured his two brothers in Gulistan-e-Jauhar in the remit of Shahrah-e-Faisal Police Station in Karachi in Sindh.

The Anti-Extremist Cell of the CID arrested a TTP militant from Kunwari Colony. The arrestee, identified as Azmatullah alias Asmatullah, is the brother Wahabullah, a TTP ‘commander’ for North Waziristan in FATA.

A key Taliban (TTP) ‘commander’ Farooq was killed in a clash between the SFs and the Taliban (TTP) militants in Hangu District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Suspected militants blew up a shrine of a saint named Mian Umer Baba on the outskirts of Peshawar. No loss of life was reported.

A German man wearing a burqa (an all-enveloping cloak worn by traditional Muslim women) and carrying a pistol was arrested in Bannu.

Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani-American terror suspect accused in the failed New York car bombing case, pleaded guilty. Faisal Shahzad entered the plea in US District Court in Manhattan just days after a federal grand jury indicted him on 10 terrorism and weapons counts, some of which carry mandatory life sentences.

Pakistani authorities have arrested another six persons on suspicion of having links with Faisal Shahzad. The six were arrested from different cities across the country.

June 22

43 Taliban (TTP) militants were killed in clashes with SFs in the Orakzai Agency in FATA. Militants had attacked the SFs with lethal weapons and mortar shells in the Sawar Kot area. Around 43 militants were killed in the gun battle that followed. At least 12 soldiers were also injured in the shootout.

Around 22 Taliban (TTP) militants laid down their weapons and surrendered before the SFs in the Bajaur Agency.

SFs seized a large number of weapons including Russian manufactured Kalashnikov rifles during search operations in various parts of Mohmand tehsil.

Taliban (TTP) militants acknowledged that they were holding 33 missing FC soldiers who went missing since militants attacked a check-post near the Afghan border in Mohmand Agency on June 14 as hostages and offered prisoner swap with the Government.

The Taliban (TTP) has put up posters in the main market in Landikotal in Khyber Agency, warning those who supply goods to NATO forces in Afghanistan to stop doing so, threatening those who fail to comply with attacks on their homes.

Five militants were killed in separate incidents in the Swat Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Three terrorist ‘commanders’ were killed in clashes with SFs in the Miandam area. The SFs also seized a large number of weapons from them.

In another gun battle, a militant identified as Muhammad Ilyas, a close aide of Mullah Fazlullah, the militant leader of Swat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, was killed at the Gat Papuchar area in Matta tehsil.

Militants freed the Vice Chancellor of the Kohat University of Science and Technology Dr Lutfullah Kakakhel, after holding him in captivity for six-and-a-half months.

Four US senators are seeking to force the Obama administration to blacklist the Pakistani Taliban (TTP), a day after Faisal Shahzad the failed Times Square bomber, pleaded guilty and admitted getting training from the outfit.

The senators, Charles Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand, Robert Menendez and Frank Lautenberg, all Democrats, said that they would introduce a bill requiring the State Department to designate the Pakistani Taliban a "foreign terrorist organisation".

The IGP of Punjab, Tariq Saleem Dogar said, that there was no need to launch an operation in southern Punjab. While talking to the media, Dogar said that no religious school in the region was involved in providing military training to militants. Southern Punjab should not be linked with terrorists, he added.

June 23

15 Taliban (TTP) militants were killed during a clash with SFs in the Dabori Ali Khel area of Upper Orakzai in the FATA. One soldier was killed, while 15 others were injured in the clash.

24 Taliban (TTP) militants were killed in the Hatango area. An official said the militants attacked a Security check post at around 11am with small arms and rockets, prompting retaliation from the SFs. SFs also destroyed two militant hideouts.

SFs in a pre-dawn raid arrested five militants from a hideout in Mullagori area in Khyber Agency.

Two persons, identified as Farooq and Asad, were shot dead by unidentified assailants in Quetta in Balochistan. A 15-year-old passer-by was also injured in the attack.

A barber was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Gushabad area in Hub town.

Unidentified militants shot dead a leader of the JI and abducted his son in Darra Adamkhel in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A group of militants attacked the house of Muhammad Khan Afridi, JI chief for Darra Adamkhel chapter and also the Frontier Regions, dragged him out of his residence and shot him dead.

The CID arrested two cadres of the MQM-H in a raid in the Pakistan Bazaar Police jurisdiction in Karachi in Sindh. The arrestees, identified as Hamid alias Piya and Aslam Zafar alias Gunja, were allegedly involved in target killings.

A Pakistani intelligence report, according to the BBC, says that militants are publicly raising funds in the Punjab Province. The report says at least 17 banned militant outfits are operating in the Province under different names. They are raising donations through religious gatherings, certificate award ceremonies and meetings held in the name of social welfare.

Anti-Terrorism Court concluded the trial of five Americans charged with terrorism and is expected to announce its verdict. The Americans have been on trial in a closed anti-terrorism court behind prison walls in Sargodha in Punjab where they were arrested in December 2009.

June 24

Eight militants were killed and four others injured when fighter jets bombed their hideouts in Orakzai Agency in FATA. According to the sources, two militants’ hideouts were destroyed by aerial bombing in the Sheikhan, Mullah Khel and Sadda Khel areas of Ghandaki in upper Orakzai Agency.

Four oil tankers carrying fuel for Afghanistan-based NATO forces, and part of a filling station were set ablaze by unidentified militants on the Grand Trunk Road near Kala Mandai in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa following an explosion.

The CID arrested three LeJ cadres from Liaquatabad and Orangi Town in Karachi in Sindh. The arrestees, identified as Hafiz Muhammad Ali Qureshi, Talha Zubair and Muhammad Zahid were suspected to be involved in targeted killings.

A Police constable has come under suspicion for having abetted the four under-trial prisoners who were believed to be members of banned outfit Jundullah, in their recent escape from the city courts premises.

Two persons were arrested by a team of law enforcers from Shahdara area in Lahore in Punjab in connection with their involvement in the attacks on the Ahmedis’ worship places on May 28, 2010.

Five American nationals alleged to have been involved in terrorist activities were convicted by ATC Special Judge Mian Anwar Nazir in Sargodha in Punjab. They were sentenced to a total of 15 years in prison and fined PNR 70,000 each. The judge handed down two prison terms for each person, one for 10 years on a criminal conspiracy charge, and the other for five years on the charge of funding banned outfits.

American President Barack Obama said that the US must ensure a stable Afghanistan and an effective Pakistani Government to achieve its mission in Afghanistan to dismantle and destroy al-Qaida and its affiliates.

Intelligence agencies have reported that Shia outfits are operating in southern Punjab and are working against their rival factions.

Interior Minister Rehman Malik told the National Assembly that the TTP and other banned outfits were involved in target killings and sectarian violence.

The intelligence agencies of Pakistan have revealed that al Qaeda, the Afghan Intelligence Agency, India’s R&AW and the Afghan Taliban have joined hands to carry out terrorist attacks in Pakistan.

June 25

Ten TTP militants were killed and five others, including two personnel of Paramilitary Forces were injured during an exchange of fire in Orakzai Agency in FATA.

SFs during a search operation recovered a huge quantity of arms and ammunition in Charmang in Bajaur Agency. It included rockets, missiles, mortars, Kalashnikov rifles, anti-tank mines, hand-grenades and explosives.

Eight Taliban (TTP) militants, including four ‘commanders’, surrendered before SFs in Bajaur Agency. Talking to reporters, Major Tanveer and Major Zabih said the surrendered militants were associated with Afghan warlord Qari Ziaur Rehman, who had been fighting the forces for the last two years.

A person was abducted from Musa Colony in Quetta in Balochistan. According to details, unidentified armed men, travelling in a car, took Fazal Muhammad hostage at gunpoint and fled.

Five bomb explosions hit railway tracks in lower Sindh. Four bomb explosions hit the railway track near Tandi Phatak, Ghotki while the fifth one took place in Bin Qasim area of Karachi.

In Hyderabad, a Police patrol found two bombs that had been planted near the railway track in Sherishnager. Personnel of the Bomb Disposal Squad defused both the bombs.

Two Pakistani nationals heading to South Africa were arrested by the Police in Zimbabwe. One of the arrestees is under an international arrest warrant for terrorism.

One of the most wanted cadres of the TTP was arrested by the Police after a brief encounter in Baldia Town in Karachi in Sindh. Initial interrogation revealed the arrested man was a close associate of the TTP Commander in Swat (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Shah Doran.

Section 144 has been imposed in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province after reports of security threats in the city.

June 26

Fighter jets pounded militant hideouts in upper Orakzai Agency of FATA, killing 14 Taliban (TTP) militants and injuring eight others, security sources said.

Two militants were killed and two others injured as a result of an US drone strike in Mir Ali area in North Waziristan.

June 27

At least 66 Taliban (TTP) militants were killed and another 30 injured in air strikes and clashes with the SFs across the country’ northwest, security sources said.

In Orakzai Agency, the SFs said they killed at least 63 TTP militants in the last 24 hours. The sources said around 15 TTP militants were killed and another six injured in a clash with the SFs in the Agency’s Dabori area. Three soldiers were critically injured in the clash.

Eight TTP militants were killed and another 24 injured in a clash with the SFs in the Bakar Ghari area of Upper Orakzai. Also, the sources added that fighter jets attacked a Taliban (TTP)-run makeshift hospital in Upper Orakzai, killing 40 TTP militants under treatment at the facility.

In Khar, four troopers were killed when TTP militants ambushed an Army patrol in Bajaur Agency, officials said. The terrorists attacked the troops during a patrol in the border town of Kharaki, 25 kilometres north of Khar. "

Troops backed by helicopter gun ships and fighter jets killed eight militants in Orakzai Agency in FATA. Six militants were also injured in the attack.

Six Taliban (TTP) militants were killed and two others injured when a US drone fired two missiles at a compound in North Waziristan Agency. A vehicle was also destroyed in the attack.

A Government-run school was partially damaged when an explosive device planted by the militants exploded in Tangi area in Bajaur Agency.

Six militants, including key Taliban (TTP) ‘commander’ Fazal Rahim alias Karar, were killed during a clash with the SFs in Swat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Nine hand grenades and other arms and ammunition were also recovered by the troops during the operation at Tuligram area in Charbagh tehsil.

Taliban (TTP) ‘commander’ Sher Muhammad laid down arms and surrendered to the SFs in Kaday Sir Minglawar area in Swat.

Four militant ‘commanders’ were arrested in three separate actions in Nowshera District. The arrestees were identified as Mustafa, Shahzad, Pir Muhammad and Sabir.

An activist of the PPP was shot dead by unidentified assailants near Pak Colony Police Station in Karachi in Sindh. The deceased, identified as Arif, was an associate of the PPP Pak Colony Union Council No 1 information secretary.

A person, identified as Sardar Khan, was shot dead by unidentified assailants near the Afghan Camp in Sohrab Goth Police Station precincts.

PPP leader Faizuddin Sasoli was shot dead and three others injured in an attack by unidentified assailants in Khuzdar District of Balochistan.

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain has said that the Taliban (TTP), militants are in the process of reorganising themselves around Peshawar as they are planning to carry out a major attack in the city.

Pakistani Foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, in a statement issued in Islamabad has ruled out barring LeT founder and mastermind of 26/11, Hafiz Saeed, from giving inflammatory speeches targeting India.

World's most wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden is hiding in Pakistan's rugged tribal areas, CIA chief Leon Panetta said. Panetta said the al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is in deep hiding in the tribal areas of Pakistan, but did not give any further details.

The chiefs of intelligence agencies of India and Pakistan held a meeting in Islamabad as part of cooperation to fight terrorism and deal with security issues.

Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik described his talks with his Indian counterpart P. Chidambaram as "a good beginning". It’s a good beginning,"

Sources said that Pakistan may give India voice samples of the seven accused in the Mumbai terror attacks, currently standing trial.

The SAARC Home Ministers, who met in Islamabad, vowed to step up coordinated action against terrorism and work out modalities to strengthen information sharing on terrorists.

June 28

Over 40,000 litres of oil were wasted when unidentified assailants targeted a NATO oil supply tanker with a bomb on the main road in Landikotal. No casualties were reported in the incident.

Five persons, including two members each from the Shia and Barelvi sects, were shot dead in different areas of the Karachi City in the ongoing spree of target killings.

A member of the Dawat-e-Islami, a religious organisation of the Barelvi sect, was killed by two unidentified men on a motorcycle in the Liaquat Market area in Malir.

Ali Muhammad was murdered outside his house in Muslimabad.

An unidentified man’s bullet-riddled body was recovered in Haji Miandad Goth and taken to the hospital where doctors pronounced him dead.

Law enforcers have arrested three terrorists who reportedly provided weapons and ammunition to the terrorists responsible for the attack on Ahmedis’ worship places in the provincial capital Lahore.

The criminals responsible for carrying out the 26/11 Mumbai attacks wanted to instigate a war between India and Pakistan, and Hindu extremists are carrying out terrorist activities in India, a private TV channel quoted Interior Minister Rehman Malik as saying.

June 29

A US drone fired two missiles on a compound used by the Punjab chapter of the Taliban (TTP) near Wana in South Waziristan in FATA, killing at least ten militants, including an al Qaeda foreign fighter.

Two Levies personnel were shot dead by unidentified assailants in Dasht area of Mastung in Balochistan in the night.

The Lahore Police arrested three cadres of a banned terrorist outfit under suspicion of involvement in attacks on UN vehicles and other installations across the country.

Several teams of the Lahore Police arrested 15 more terrorists during raids at hideouts in different areas of the city as well as its outskirts. "

Sources said, "During the crackdown, a special police team also arrested a terrorist from Z-Block Defence housing Authority of Lahore and recovered a large quantity of explosives from his possession."

The Interior Ministry has warned the Punjab Government of a life threat to Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer. The Interior Ministry sent a letter to the Punjab Government warning it that terrorists might target Governor Taseer, the channel reported.

June 30

Fighter jets pounded Taliban (TTP) hideouts in various areas of Upper Orakzai Agency in FATA, killing 20 Taliban (TTP) militants and injuring 15 others, security sources said.

At least four persons were killed and several others injured when a roadside explosion occurred near a Police check post at Lasbela in Hub of Balochistan, a private television channel reported.

Troops arrested a key militant commander from a house in Jalala area of Takht Bhai Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, sources said.

Pakistan rejected allegations levelled by Indian Army Chief General V.K. Singh about the existence of terrorist training camps in AJK.

July 1

At least 40 persons were killed and 175 others injured when three suicide attackers blew themselves up inside the shrine of Lahore’s patron saint Syed Ali Hajwairi popularly known as Data Gunj Bakhsh, at about 11 pm (PST) in the night.

Sources confirmed that the Ministry of Interior had informed the authorities concerned in the Punjab Government two days ago about the impending terrorist threat in Lahore.

10 militants were killed and six others sustained injuries when two groups of militants traded heavy fire in Neka Ziarat area in the central parts of Kurram Agency in FATA.

Unidentified assailants shot dead a woman in Safi tehsil of Mohmand Agency. The sources said that unidentified assailants entered the house of Ali Gul in Masood locality and opened indiscriminate fire on his wife. She received multiple bullets and died on the spot.

In the same tehsil, a soldier, whose name could not be ascertained, sustained injuries when a landmine planted by militants at a roadside exploded in Shawa Farsh area.

A SHO associated with the Brigade Police, and his guard, were shot dead near German Chowk under Brigade Police Station of Karachi in Sindh in the night.

A cadre of the SSP, Qari Noor Muhammad (35), was shot dead in Khokhrapar Police Station area of Karachi.

Two young sisters were killed and another boy suffered multiple injuries in a grenade attack on their residence on Saryab Road in Quetta in the night.

Five persons were injured in three rocket attacks in Quetta.

A boy was killed and three officials of the TESCO and a passer-by injured in a hand-grenade attack on a vehicle near a Police checkpost in Bara Qaeedm area of Peshawar District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The South Waziristan Agency has been cleared of the Taliban (TTP) and there are no more insurgent hideouts in the tribal region, a private television channel quoted Pakistan Army’s operations commander in South Waziristan, Major-General Nawaz Khan, as saying.

Peshawar Corps Commander Lieutenant General Asif Yasin Malik said that effective measures had been taken for the smooth and dignified return of South Waziristan’s IDPs.

July 2

SFs killed 15 Taliban (TTP) militants during an operation in Akakhel area of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency of FATA.

Armed militants attacked a security post in Janay Khwar area of Matani, 20 kilometres away from Peshawar the capital city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, killing three soldiers of the FC and injuring as many before abducting two security personnel and taking away ammunition on July 2.

Unidentified assailants killed a Shia scholar, Ali Muhammad, in a suspected sectarian attack in Saryab area of Quetta in Balochistan.

A truck driver was abducted from the National Highway in Bakhtiarabad area of Bolan District.

The suicide attack on the Data Darbar shrine of Lahore on July 1 rose to 44.

People lashed out at the US, blaming its alliance with the Pakistani Government and its presence in Afghanistan for spurring suicide attacks on Data Darbar. Protests were held in Lahore against the attack.

The TTP denied any involvement in a triple suicide bombing on the Data Darbar shrine. "We are not responsible for these attacks, this is a conspiracy by foreign secret agencies, you know we do not attack public places," Azam Tariq, a spokesman for the TTP told AFP by telephone from an undisclosed location.

Lahore Police arrested 17 alleged militants, including the masterminds of the attack on Ahmadi worship places in Model town and Garhi Shahu on May 28 from various areas of Lahore.

The Law enforcers neutralised the network of a terrorist group named ‘Fidaieen’, arrested its four cadres and recovered a list of expected targets in Lahore from their possession.

Pakistan urged the international community to stay engaged in the war-torn country of Afghanistan without interfering in the country’s internal affairs. "Long-term objectives of peace, stability and development in Afghanistan can only be realised by respecting its sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity," Ambassador Abdullah Hussain Haroon told the UN Security Council.

July 3

At least 10 Taliban (TTP) militants were killed in clashes with SFs in Orakzai Agency of FATA.

Six Taliban (TTP) militants were killed in a clash between SFs and Taliban (TTP) militants at Sangra area in Lower Orakzai Agency.

Four soldiers were killed and seven others sustained injuries when an IED hit a vehicle of SFs in Gurguri area in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency.

At least two persons lost their lives while another five sustained injuries when they came under explosion caused by a roadside bomb in Ibrahim Khel locality in Kohat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

July 4

At least 12 Taliban (TTP) militants were killed when fighter jets pounded their hideouts in Orakzai Agency of FATA.

Two soldiers were injured when unidentified militants attacked a SFs convoy in North Waziristan.

Two SFs personnel were injured in a landmine blast in Mashti Meela area of Lower Orakzai.

The SFs and volunteers of a tribal lashkar arrested five wanted Taliban (TTP) militants from Bindari area of Mamoond tehsil. The arrested Taliban were identified as Inayatullah, Zakirullah, Muhammad Faiz, Rasool Khan and Muhammadullah.

Elsewhere in Bajaur Agency, the political administration set a two-day deadline to the militants in Samasai village in Khar tehsil to surrender or face action.

Four workers were shot dead and another seven were injured when unidentified assailants opened fire in Surab tehsil of Kalat District, around 200 kilometres from Quetta, in Balochistan.

The Police arrested 12 suspected terrorists over May 28 attacks on two worship places of the Ahmadi community and a hospital in Lahore.

The Taliban (TTP) will soon launch their own ‘media regulatory authority’ to monitor TV channels, radio stations and newspapers to "stop propaganda" against Islam, a TTP spokesman said.

The Punjab Home Department has decided to launch a crackdown on 17 banned outfits in the province and formed task forces at the district level to oversee the operations.

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government once again stressed that military action against terrorists in Punjab is vital.

PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif said his party is ready to convene a national conference to address the root causes of terrorism and to chalk out a national policy to deal with the threat.

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani agreed to a proposal put forth by PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif to call a national conference to discuss the issue of terrorism.

Prime Minister Gilani said that the Government will take action against militants in southern Punjab only if the Interior Ministry, intelligence agencies or the Punjab Government provide solid and credible information about the existence of terrorist outfits in the area.

The Punjab Government was informed of possible terrorist threat to mosques and shrines in the province, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said.

The religious clerics from various schools of thought vowed to join hands with the Government to foil terrorists’ designs in order to maintain sectarian harmony in the country.

July 5

At least 23 militants were killed while many others injured during clashes with SFs in Lower Dir of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Earlier on July 4 night, four militants were killed when they tried to storm a Security camp in Timergara in Lower Dir. One security personal was killed, while 11 others were also injured in the attack.

Unidentified militants shot dead a tribal elder, Malik Hashim Khan, in Kohi Hassankhel area in the Frontier Region of Peshawar.

A cleaner of a pickup van was killed and a passer-by sustained injuries when an explosive device planted in a vehicle went off at the bus stand near the Qasaban Gate in Bannu, the principal city of Bannu District.

At least 10 Taliban (TTP) militants were killed and four others injured when fighter jets of Pakistan Air Force bombed their hideouts in Orakzai Agency.

A volunteer of the pro-government lashkar was killed and two troopers’ sustained injuries in a landmine blast in Kong area in Khwezai subdivision in Mohmand Agency.

A wanted TTP ‘commander’, Ameerullah Mehsud, was killed in a clash with SFs at a security checkpost in Miranshah. Ameerullah alias ‘Langra Qari’ carried a head money of PNR 20 million.

Four persons, including a Levies Force official, were killed and another four injured in separate incidents in Balochistan.

One Levies personnel killed and another two sustained injured in a firing incident in Mastung District.

Unidentified militants killed an elder of the Jatoi tribe and a passer-by on the Qambrani Road in Quetta.

The CID of Karachi Police arrested a LeJ militant, Zahid Khan alias Shakeel, from the Sohrab Goth area of Karachi.

In an official handout, the Sindh Police claimed of arresting 46 militants affiliated with different jihadi outfits in Karachi during the first six months of the 2010.

The Lahore Police arrested six militants involved in the May 28 attacks on the worship places of Ahmedis and recovered large quantities of explosives and weapons from their possession.

The Punjab Government banned 23 militant organisations operating under new names after having been outlawed and directed Police to keep a strict vigil on 1,690 office-bearers and workers of the outfits after including them in Schedule 4.

The Government offered to hold talks with militant outfits provided that they lay down arms and accept the writ of State, after the country’s top civilian leadership pondered over the question of how to stop deadly terrorist attacks on civilians at a high-level meeting.

Interior Minister Rehman Malik ruled out any military operation in Punjab and said that whatever action was required, it would be taken by the Punjab Government.

Federal and Provincial Governments resolved to stop the banned outfits from operating under any other name with rigorous monitoring of activities of all such organisations.

July 6

Two unidentified assailants riding a motorcycle shot dead a member of the Shia community Fayyaz Hussain Naqvi (24) in Orangi Town of Karachi in Sindh.

Two Government primary schools, one each for boys and girls, were destroyed in Bhai Chena area of Khar tehsil of Bajaur Agency in FATA.

The militants blew up a state-run primary school at Khattako Pul area in the outskirts of Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Police arrested a person, Jamaluddin, and recovered seven kilogrammes of explosives from his possession in Tajabad area, a suburban area of Peshawar.

Unidentified militants fired rockets from the seaside on the Gwadar Port and the Gwadar Pearl Continental Hotel in Gwadar City of Balochistan.

Taking advantage of the new violence in Kashmir, Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) ‘chief’ Syed Salahuddin addressed a rally in Islamabad to "denounce human rights violations in Kashmir".

An increasing number of militants of the East Turkistan Islamic Movement fighting for separation of China's Muslim majority Xinjiang province were "fleeing to Pakistan and settling down there for future plots".

The PoK 'Prime Minister' Raja Farooq Haider advised Pakistan Government not to link ongoing negotiations with India to resolution of the Kashmir issue, saying this is not the right time as Islamabad's position is "quite weak" due to "internal vulnerabilities".

Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani stressed that Pakistan’s role as a frontline State in the war against terrorism has had a serious impact on all spheres of national life, especially on the country’s economy.

The Afghan Taliban strongly reacted to media reports about the arrest of their spiritual leader Mulla Mohammad Omar in Pakistan in March 2009 and termed it propaganda of their enemies.

The US Consul General in Peshawar Candace Putnam said that the United States desired to see Pakistan take action against the Haqqani network, which is killing American soldiers in Afghanistan.

Candace rejected the notion that Washington was taking an early "flight" to leave Afghanistan. "Our strategy has not changed. Our main goal is to defeat, dismantle and disrupt al Qaeda in Afghanistan before going back," she declared.

The JuD chief Hafiz Saeed has declared suicide attacks in Pakistan 'haram'. Speaking in an interview, he said suicide attacks had no moral grounds, and elements behind such attacks should be publicly executed

The Pakistani authorities said no fresh order has been issued to ban militant groups working under new names or to impose curbs on foreign travel by individuals like the JuD chief Hafiz Saeed, though action will be taken only if evidence is found against them.

July 7

Atleast 15 militants were killed and 10 others wounded when SFs pounded militant hideouts in different areas of Orakzai Agency in FATA.

Seven persons, including five women, were injured when unidentified assailants hurled hand-grenades at the houses of two local journalists, Noor Muhammad Binori and Imran Khan, in Bhai Cheena near Khar, the headquarters of Bajaur Agency.

A boys’ degree college was damaged in a bomb blast in Khar.

Two persons were injured in a grenade attack on a NATO oil tanker near Chaman town of Balochistan.

A bomb blast destroyed five vehicles parked outside a showroom under Faqirabad Police Station in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Police arrested two key members of the TTP, Allah Yar alias Junaid and Qari Ubaidullah, from the Azadi chowk area of Lahore.

British Police arrested a Pakistani national suspected of being an al-Qaeda operative in north-eastern England after US authorities issued a warrant for his arrest. Abid Naseer (24) is sought by the United States on charges of providing material support to a foreign terrorist organisation, conspiring to provide material support, and conspiracy to use a destructive device.

Al Qaeda’s top leadership in Pakistan directed confessed agent Najibullah Zazi in his plot to bomb the New York subway, US officials said. In an indictment against five alleged terrorists, the US Justice Department revealed Zazi’s plan was "directly related to a scheme by al Qaeda plotters in Pakistan to use Western operatives to attack a target in the UK".

Intelligence reports revealed that after the destruction of the terrorists’ communication systems and the disruption of their supply lines by law enforcement agencies and the Pakistan Army, the terrorists were planning to expedite suicide attacks across the country through suicide bombers and explosives-laden vehicles.

July 8

The ISI Director General Lieutenant General Ahmed Shuja Pasha briefed parliamentarians about the ongoing war against terrorism during an in-camera meeting of the PCNS.

July 9

At least 65 persons were killed, including women and children, and 110 injured, as two suicide bombers blew them off through political offices, just seconds apart from each other, in Yakka Ghund tehsil of Mohmand Agency in FATA. TTP Mohmand chapter claimed responsibility for the attacks.

At least 10 Taliban (TTP) militants were killed, including a key Taliban commander, whereas scores others sustained injuries, when SFs pounded militants’ hideouts located in Orakzai Agency of FATA in the morning.

Muhammad Rafeeq alias Akhlaaq, ‘chief’ of Jund-ul-Khyber (JK), a dissident group of TTP, was captured by militants of its rival group, LI, along with his six companions in Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency a few days back.

Three officials of the Frontier Works Organisation were recovered soon after unidentified militants abducted them in Wana of South Waziristan in the morning. The sources said the elders of the Ahmedzai tribe contacted the abductors and secured the safe release of the officials unconditionally in the afternoon.

Two persons were killed and the same number sustained bullet injuries when unidentified militants ambushed their vehicle in Dera Bugti of Balochistan.

85 militants arrested and six houses of militants destroyed during search operation in different localities of Nowshera and Charsadda in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Far from being just an ISI creation against India, the LeT, Pakistan army's favourite terror group, is a growing threat to the US and the Western world, Times of India quoting a new investigative report said.

July 10

Three Pakistan Army troopers were killed as Taliban (TTP) attacked SFs in Makeen District of South Waziristan Agency in FATA, sparking clashes in which 25 Taliban (TTP) militants were killed, officials said.

The death toll in July 9 suicide bomb blasts at the political offices in Yakka Ghund tehsil of Mohmand Agency’s rose to 106, as many more of the wounded succumbed to injuries in hospitals, while 18 people are still missing, the political administration said.

A soldier was killed and two others were injured in a roadside bomb blast in the Tornajar area of Khyber Agency, Security sources said.

July 11

At least 22 TTP militants were killed and 10 others injured when the fighter jets and helicopter gunships of PAF bombed various areas of Upper Orakzai Agency in FATA.

Maula Bakhsh Dashti, National Party (NP) leader and former Turbat District Nazim, was shot dead in Turbat of Balochistan.

A person, Ghulam Sakhi, was killed in the Spin Karez area after being abducted from the outskirts of Quetta on July 7.

Unidentified militants abducted two personnel of a law enforcement agency from Quetta.

SFs arrested about seven key militant ‘commanders’ and some 225 other suspects from different cities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including provincial capital Peshawar, Nowshera and Sarbanda.

The SFs arrested at least 53 suspects, including the former chief of the SSP, during the ongoing crackdown against banned organisations in Southern Punjab.

The intelligence agencies revealed that there has been a worrying increase in the activities of banned religious and militant organisations in the province, some of whom have been functioning under new names and have been found to be distributing hate literature.

The intelligence reports revealed that three banned outfits, LeJ, HuJI and TTP, are involved in recent terrorist attacks across Punjab.

Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that terrorists are infiltrating into Pakistan via Afghanistan, asking the Afghanistan Government to take action against the insurgency Talking to reporters in Islamabad, the Minister asked the Afghanistan Government to seal the Pak-Afghan border from Kunar (Afghanistan province) to Mohmand Agency.

A senior US senator, Carl Levin, urged Pakistan to crack down on the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani network, which operates on both sides of the Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan.

July 12

A security official was killed and four others injured in a roadside bomb blast in the Sangra area of Orakzai Agency in FATA.

Unidentified militants blew up a primary school at Sheikh Baba Kalay in Khar tehsil of Bajaur Agency, raising the number of schools so far destroyed in the agency to 93.

Militants fired two missiles at Khar. However, there was no damage done as one missile landed near the Civil Colony and other on a field.

The SFs arrested 216 suspected persons in Speen Qabar area of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency. The sources said that most of the arrested persons were from Sepah tribe to which Mangal Bagh, head of the LI, belonged.

A suicide bomber blew himself up outside the guesthouse of a pro-Government tribal elder, Malik Swab Khan, in Kohat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Police arrested 410 suspects during a grand search operation in various parts of the provincial capital Peshawar.

SFs in a joint search operation arrested 45 suspects from the Azakhel camp area in Nowshera and recovered arms, drugs and ammunition from their possession.

Police arrested 39 suspected terrorists from across Punjab, 20 from Multan and 19 from Lahore, as part of a crackdown launched against activists of various banned militant organisations.

In the provincial capital, Lahore, different teams of law enforcers launched massive operations in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Ravi Road, Shafiqabad, Gulshan-e-Ravi, Township, Green Town, Sabzazar, Ghaziabad and Mughalpura.

July 13

At least 100 TTP militants were killed and one soldier injured in a clash with SFs in Dabori area of Orakzai Agency in FATA.

The TTP militants blew up a Government school in Tanai area of Mamoond tehsil in Bajaur Agency, taking the total number of destroyed schools to 94.

The political administration arrested 24 persons belonging to the Mamoond tribe for their alleged involvement in missiles attack in Khar.

A FC trooper and a local person were killed as a FC trooper tried to rescue abducted personnel in Kabu area of Kalat District.

The driver of a NATO oil tanker was killed and his colleague injured in Mastung town.

Two Police officials, including a SHO, were injured in a grenade attack on Mastung Police Station.

A roadside bomb went off in Saro Killay of Shabqadar tehsil in the Charsadda District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa soon after a delegation of the PPP visited the blast site in Ekkaghund.

A tanker carrying oil for NATO forces in Afghanistan and seven trucks were burnt after a ‘mysterious’ blast at the Khajoor Stop on the Grand Trunk Road in Pabbi near Nowshera.

July 14

24 TTP militants were killed and 34 others injured when the fighter jets of PAF pounded militant hideouts in Kasha, Srigaray, Khorhi, Mamoonzai and Shakartangi areas of Orakzai Agency in FATA.

A soldier sustained injuries when a remote-controlled bomb exploded in Askarabad area of Safi tehsil in Mohmand Agency.

A powerful explosion shattered Masjid-e-Ishkhel mosque and some shrines in Landi Kotal tehsil of Khyber Agency. However, no casualty or injury was reported in the incident.

Habib Jalib Baloch, a former member of the Senate and Secretary General of the Balochistan National Party (Mengal Group) was killed by unidentified assailants in Quetta city, the Police said.

The beheaded bodies of two militants were found in Zor Killay and Bostikhel area in the Darra Adamkhel region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Three rockets fired by militants from unknown direction landed in the mountainous Sultankhel area near Jawaki in Frontier Region Kohat.

The number of suspected persons during the last three days rose to 671 on July 14, as 91 more persons were arrested from parts of the provincial capital Peshawar.

Police and the Elite Force in a joint action arrested a known militant ‘commander’ Ahmed Wali alias Sheikh Saadi, along with his two accomplices and recovered a cache of weapons, including explosives and communication gadgets, during a raid on a house in Khander area in Nowshera Kalan of Nowshera District.

The Police arrested more than 200 suspected persons, including Afghan nationals, during its ongoing search operations, from various parts of Lahore.

Faisal Shehzad, the man arrested for plotting car bombing in New York’s Times Square appeared in a video on Al-Arabiya television in which he said he planned to attack the United States.

Indian Foreign Minister S. M. Krishna interacting with Indian media in Islamabad outlined terrorism as the "core issue" saying "the time had come" for Pakistan to act on "overwhelming evidence" presented to it over the role of Pakistan-based terror outfits in the 26/11 attacks

July 15

At least 15 TTP militants were killed and several others injured as helicopter gunships targeted militant compounds in the Ghundaki, Mashti Kandi, Chapri Alikhel and Dharra Dhar Mamzai areas of Upper Orakzai in FATA.

A US drone destroyed a compound used by the TTP militants in Sheerani Mada Khel village of North Waziristan, killing at least 10 militants at around 6:30 pm (PST). The drone fired at least two missiles into the compound which was a TTP and al Qaeda stronghold.

Five persons were killed and 60 others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up near a busy bus stand in Mingora, the headquterer of Swat District, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

SFs arrested a foreign militant Badshah Gah from Ahmadi Banda near Thall in Hangu District during a search operation.

Police arrested another militant on the information gleaned from a commander and militants arrested during a grand operation in Kandar Killay near Nowshera.

Unidentified militants opened fire on four NATO-supply containers in Mach locality of Bolan tehsil in Quetta of Balochistan in the night, setting them ablaze.

Three aid workers employed by the US-based charity Mercy Corps have been freed in good health by their abductors after a five-month abduction ordeal.

The attack on a Police vehicle with a timed explosive device in Gujranwala spread fear among the personnel of the FIA and Punjab Police, adding that it had been disclosed earlier in intelligence reports that terrorists were planning to target law enforcement agencies’ personnel in the province.

Reports compiled by the intelligence agencies have revealed that terrorists are planning to carry out suicide attacks on the US embassy, the British High Commission and consulates, while also targeting 2,600 Chinese engineers working on different projects in Punjab.

Another intelligence agency report stated that Abdullah and Abul Rehman, aged 14 to 15 years, went missing from a seminary in Manshera since June 4, and they were likely to be sent on suicide missions targeting important personalities in Punjab.

After three rounds of discussions through the day between the Foreign Ministers, India and Pakistan were unable to find a meeting ground on most of the irritants in bilateral relations but decided to remain engaged nonetheless.

July 16

At least 16 Shia persons were killed while four others sustained critical injuries as their vehicles were ambushed by unidentified militants in Char Khel locality of Kurram Agency in FATA.

10 persons, including three children, were killed and 14 others injured when a bomb planted inside a shop went off in a market in Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency.

The TTP executed two persons by strapping explosives to their bodies after accusing them of spying for the US in a village near Miranshah of North Waziristan.

Four Policemen and five civilians injured in a remote-controlled bomb targeted a Police vehicle near Baghto Chowk on Tall Road in Hangu District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Five NATO oil tankers were torched in two separate incidents in Balochistan.

Another NATO oil tanker was burnt by unidentified militants in Wadh area of Khuzdar.

Accusing India of being "selective" in its approach, Pakistan said the dialogue cannot move forward till its concerns were also understood by New Delhi. "If we focus more only on those issues which India gives importance to and ignore those considered important by Pakistan, then I don't think the talks can move forward," Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said.

July 17

The death toll in Shia caravan attack in Dhad Kamar area of Char Khel region in Lower Kurram of FATA on July 16 increased to 18. All the dead persons were Shias who were travelling from Parachinar to Peshawar. Kurram tribal Agency has for three years been a flashpoint for sectarian violence. More than 4,000 persons have died in outbreaks of sectarian violence in the area.

Two persons were injured when unidentified militants opened fire at a container carrying goods for NATO forces in Afghanistan near Kalat in Balochistan.

July 18

At least 25 militants were killed and 23 another injured when the fighter jets and helicopter gunships of PAF bombed various parts of Upper Orakzai Agency in FATA.

24 militants including three ‘commanders’ surrendered to the SFs along with a cache of heavy weapons and explosives during a search operation in Mamond subdivision in Bajaur Agency.

Three persons were killed and more than 20 others were injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside an Imambargah in Sargodha town of Punjab in the evening.

The twin bomb attacks in Kampala that killed 73 persons on July 11 were carried out by suicide bombers and Pakistanis were among 20 suspects arrested, the Ugandian Police said.

July 19

Military planes and helicopter gunships pounded suspected hideouts of the militants in the Orakzai and Central Kurram Agency, killing 42 militants and injuring several others.

Security officials thwarted a major terrorist attack in Mardan when they killed three suicide bombers and two of their aides close to Mardan Cantonment training grounds in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Police claimed to have arrested two persons and recovered eight bundles of wire, used in making bombs, from their possession at a checkpost near Dobai Bus Stand in Mardan.

SFs arrested 700 suspected persons including five militant ‘commanders’ during search operation carried out in Ziarat Kaka Sahib, Bahadur Baba, Kheshgi Mera, Rashakai, Jaroba, Speenkhak and Akbarpura villages and the Azakhel refugees’ camp for IDPs in the Nowshera District.

24 militants laid down arms and surrendered to security forces in Bajaur tribal region. More than 900 militants have surrendered to SFs so far in Bajaur tribal region.

Two low intensity bombs exploded in the Wali Khel area of Landikotal in Khyber Agency of FATA.

The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she believed Osama bin Laden was still in Pakistan, in a television interview between high-level talks in Islamabad.

July 20

The unidentified assailants shot dead a soldier of Bajaur Levies and injured a passer-by in Yousufabad area near Khar, official sources said.

The SFs also seized huge cache of arms including rockets, missiles, mortar guns, anti-aircraft guns, mines, Kalashnikovs, explosive and a large number of cartridges during search operation in Meena area of Mamond tehsil.

Unidentified militants blew up a private school in the Akharwal area of Frontier Region of Kohat in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the morning.

Unidentified armed men shot dead Liaquat Ali Mengal, former president of the BNP-M, in Kalat District in Balochistan.

Terrorists are planning attacks on the worship places of minorities in Lahore, Jhang, Chiniot, Muzaffargarh and Chakwal, intelligence agencies reported.

Another report of an intelligence agency revealed that an unknown terrorist group ‘Munsa’ was planning to attack offices of sensitive agencies, government buildings, army garrisons and check posts in Lahore.

Some elements in the Pakistan Government know the whereabouts of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, said US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, warning Islamabad against keeping a "poisonous" snake in its backyard.

She said the US is getting closer to the fugitive. "I don't want to put a proximity or timeline on it (getting bin Laden). As I've said, we have gotten closer because we have been able to kill a number of their trainers, their operational people, their financiers," Hillary told Fox News channel.

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani asserted that Osama bin Laden and Taliban spiritual head Mullah Omar were not in Pakistan as alleged by Hillary Clinton.

The United Sates will continue to have close cooperative relationship with Pakistan, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton vowed in an interview, asserting that walking away from the key South Asian ally would be a mistake.

To counter sectarianism, the Government is making all-out efforts to spread tolerance and understanding in society in a phased manner, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said. He said the government would continue its efforts for sectarian harmony.

July 21

SFs killed 40 militants and injured 30 others in a clash in Upper Orakzai Agency of FATA. Three SF personnel were also killed in the clash, while six officials were injured.

Unidentified assailants shot dead two persons in Mashwad Bazdad area of Awaran District in Balochistan.

A 10-year-old girl, Sharifa Bugti, was killed in a landmine blast in the Ghot Band Ali Sundrani area of Jaffarabad District.

The personnel of BDU defused a remote-control bomb planted by unidentified militants to attack a convoy of the SFs in Mattani area near Peshawar of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

A senior TTP ‘commander’ and close aide of TTP Swat ‘chief’ Mullah Fazlullah, Qari Sohail, surrendered before the SFs at Charbagh tehsil of Swat. Sohail was in charge of the TTP’s FM-radio station during their rule in Swat.

65 civilians have so far fallen victim to 93 incidents of landmine explosions because of the lack of precautionary measures in the militancy-affected Swat District, officials of a Swiss organisation said during a one-day workshop in Swat.

The NATO has signalled that it aspired to playing a role for bringing about peace in South Asia and its periphery even after its combat mission in Afghanistan, says NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

NATO decided to establish a trust fund in order to train Pakistan’s Security Forces in counter-terrorism techniques. NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen informed President Asif Zardari about the decision during a meeting, according to spokesman Farhatullah Babar.

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani emphasised the need for joint monitoring of the Pak-Afghan border and increased sharing of information between Pakistan and NATO-ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) forces on cross-border movement of terrorists.

Refusing to take any more allegations from Washington, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi clearly saying that Osama Bin Laden or al-Qaeda were no friends of Pakistan or peace. He strongly dismissed US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s assertion that Osama bin Laden was in Pakistan.

July 22

At least 29 militants were killed and 17 others injured in two separate clashes and during shelling by gunship helicopters as SFs took control of the Ghiljo tehsil in Orakzai Agency of FATA.

A local TTP ‘commander’, Irshad Khan, and his aide were killed when a bomb they were constructing in the militant chief’s home exploded in Khar area of Bajaur Agency.

Two cadres of the MQM were killed in different parts of Karachi in Sindh.

Muhammad Fazal, a cadre of the MQM-H, a splinter outfit of the erstwhile MQM, was shot dead by four armed assailants riding two motorcycles near the Sauidi College in the Sauidabad Police area.

Police killed three militants and arrested 262 alleged criminals including proclaimed offenders and 90 suspects during a search operation carried out in the Mardan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government closed two registration centres in Peshawar set up for the IDPs of Kurram Agency, after receiving threats from TTP asking the Government to close the centres or face attacks.

The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Information, Mian Iftikhar Hussain, said that the network of terrorists has been dismantled and around 100 wanted suspects have been arrested during a search operation.

A person was injured when unidentified assailants opened fire on him at Esanagri in Quetta in Balochistan. Police said unidentified assailants opened fire on Naseebullah, a resident of Pishin, leaving him critically injured.

A private TV channel has received the footage of the TTP Swat leader Maulvi Fazalullah, which shows him addressing his comrades. The fresh footage rubbishes statements of the Pakistani and Afghanistan Government that the fugitive leader was killed in a clash with the armed forces.

Faisal Shahzad, the main suspect behind the failed Times Square bombing plot, is seen in a new video footage along with TTP leader Hakimullah Mehsud, with the two shaking hands and hugging each other.

Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned on of fresh attempts by militant groups to push India and Pakistan into a military conflict. Mullen said he feared extremists would attempt another operation similar to the 2008 Mumbai attacks in order to goad India into armed retaliation against Pakistan.

July 23

At least 29 TTP militants, including two ‘commanders’ were killed and several others injured, during a military operation in Orakzai Agency.

The chief of the pro-Government peace committee, Malik Sardar Ali, along with two colleagues, Karim Khan and Gul Muhammad Khan, were killed in an explosion caused by an IED in Sapary area of Mamond tehsil in Bajaur Agency.

The LI militants released Muhammad Rafiq alias Akhlaaq, head of Jund-ul-Khyber, a dissident group of TTP, along with his six companions unconditionally and allowed the group to operate in the Mangal Bagh-controlled area in Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency.

A Police Constable was killed and at least five other Policemen, including a SHO and a Sub-Inspector, were injured in suspected terrorist attacks outside two Police stations in Lahore in Punjab.

SHO Rizwan Latif, Sub-Inspector Abdul Razzaq and Constable Muhammad Aamir, were injured when a low-intensity timed-device, fixed inside the vehicle, exploded outside the Lytton Road Police station.

Two gunmen opened fire on a Police vehicle outside the Gulshan Ravi Police station, where Muhammad Saleem, driver of the Police vehicle, as well as Constables Muhammad Naseer and Muhammad Masood received bullet injuries.

Two rockets fired from the nearby Khyber Agency landed in different parts of the Peshawar city, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the wee hours.

The personnel of the BDU defused a 12 kilogram IED planted by unidentified militants on the Samana Road of Hangu.

The Police arrested 75 suspected persons during a search operation carried out in mountainous areas of Sawaldher, Guli Abad, Spari as well as Chura and Jabar areas in the Mardan District and recovered 175 kilograms of explosives, 2,500 fuses and 2,000 meters prima card used in triggering blasts and 750 dynamites.

Three key leaders and financiers for the Haqqani network and the Afghan Taliban have been "designated," or targeted through sanctions, for supporting acts of terrorism linked to the militant outfits based in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the United States Department of the Treasury announced.

The three individuals were also added to the United Nations 1267 Consolidated List on July 19, 2010 for being associated with al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden or the Taliban, the Treasury said in a statement.

According to a research carried out by the BBC Urdu service, nearly 2,500 people have been killed as a result of US drones and militan