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.