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News for Monday, 30 Jan 2012

8 more militants killed in Kurram clashes

At least eight militants were killed in bombardment by security forces in Kurram Agency’s Markhan Kandao area on Monday. Per media reports, the security forces pounded militant hideouts in Markhan...

China urges int’l help for N. Korea

China urged the international community on Monday to give impoverished North Korea more humanitarian help, amid reports Beijing decided on a major aid package to Pyongyang after Kim Jong-Il’s...

IG, home secretary Punjab brief Abbottabad Commission

The Abbottabad operation inquiry commission on Monday held a detailed interactive session with the Home Secretary and Inspector General of Police, Punjab. The meeting was held at the Cabinet Division...

Nuclear security summit aims to restore confidence

World leaders will gather in South Korea in March for a summit that will seek to restore confidence in the nuclear industry after the Fukushima disaster in Japan, a spokesman...

Indian army to hold war games with top powers

Top global powers, including, Russia, France, the US and some of India’s friendly neighbours such as Bangladesh, will engage in war games with the Indian army to learn from its...

Power Ministry seeks enhanced security for QESCO staff

The Ministry of Water and Power has written a letter to the Balochistan government seeking more protection for the field staff of the Quetta Electric Supply Company through deployment law...

Bangladesh orders seizure of disputed school book

A Bangladesh court has ordered millions of copies of a school textbook to be seized in a dispute over credit for the nation’s 1971 independence struggle, a state prosecutor said...

Saudi Arabia beheads Pakistani drug-smuggler

Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani who was arrested as he tried to smuggle drugs into the ultra-conservative kingdom, the interior ministry said on Monday. “Salman Khan Taj Mohammed, a Pakistani,...

Fresh attacks on Nigerian police stations kill two

Gunmen have attacked two more police stations in Nigeria’s second city of Kano, killing at least two people amid a wave of escalating violence blamed on Islamists. One of the...

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