Pakistan’s Supreme Court lifts ban on opposition leader Sharif (Kitchener – Waterloo Record)
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s top court Tuesday lifted a ban on opposition leader Nawaz Sharif contesting elections, paving the way for his return to parliament and removing the first major barrier to him becoming prime minister for a third time.
Taliban fighters flee as Pakistan regains key Swat Valley town (Arizona Daily Star)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan The Taliban have fled the Pakistani army’s advance on the main town in the Swat Valley, delivering the military a strategic prize in its offensive against militants in the country’s northwest, commanders said Saturday.
Wanted terrorist arrested in NW Pakistan (People’s Daily)
An important extremist has been arrested from the northwestern Pakistani district of Swat, according to a local TV report. The private Geo quoted military sources as saying Thursday that Ghani ur Rehman, a militant leader who came from Afghanistan three years ago, was involved in attacks on the security personnel in Pakistan. The extremist used to receive 20,000 rupees (about 250 U.S. dollars) …
Rauf came to set up Daud’s crime network: Dhaka police (Asia News Network)
Indian fugitive criminal Abdul Rauf Daud Merchant came to Bangladesh with a mission to expand the illegal empire of Daud Ibrahim, head of a organised crime syndicate in Mumbai.
Rauf came to set up Daud’s crime network: Dhaka police (Asia News Network)
Indian fugitive criminal Abdul Rauf Daud Merchant came to Bangladesh with a mission to expand the illegal empire of Daud Ibrahim, head of a organised crime syndicate in Mumbai. “Detained Rauf came t …..
Pakistan’s n-assets may fall into terrorist hands: US report (New Kerala)
By Arun Kumar, Washington, May 28 : Chronic political instability in Pakistan and the current offensive against the Taliban has raised fears that Islamabad’s strategic nuclear assets could be obtained by terrorists or used by elements in the Pakistani government, US lawmakers have been told.
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: Wicked mothers-in-law destroy lives (Independent)
What? Only seven years for the flint-eyed bitch? She’ll be out in half the time, none the wiser I imagine. I don’t know Naseebah Bibi, 63, from Blackburn, Lancashire, but the sight of her on the pages of the newspapers on Saturday turned me into a snarling fiend. I wanted her to feel extreme pain and terror and never be redeemed. Ugly, I know, such dark wrath directed at a stranger. Somewhere …
AM Doha Time (Gulf Times)
The Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh, Qatar Chapter, recently observed the 61st Engineers Day with a meeting and technical seminar. Bangladesh Ambassador Mohamed Shahdat Hossain was the chief guest.
Pakistan City Rocked By Violence (WTVO – WQRF Rockford)
(Peshawar) — At least eleven people are dead after several bomb explosions in the Pakistani city of Peshawar on Thursday. Authorities say six people died when two bombs went off in a market, while a short time later, a suicide bomber attacked a paramilitary checkpost in another part of the city.
Taliban attack border camp in Pakistan (UPI)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, May 31 (UPI) — At least 40 Taliban fighters and four Pakistani security officers were killed in an eight-hour gun battle in South Waziristan, government officials said.
