Identities of four foreign tourists killed in Pakistan determined

Source : APA

Ten foreigners were among 11 people killed in a pre-dawn attack in Pakistan's northern area of Gilgit-Baltistan on Sunday, said P Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, APA reports.

The identities of four foreign tourists have been determined and they includ nationals, one Chinese American and one Nepalese, said the minister, addi nationality of the remaining six are yet to be determined. The spokesman a Embassy in Islamabad confirmed that a US citizen was among the dead. Ea minister said that five Ukrainians were also killed in the attack.

The assault happened at the base camp of Nanga Parbat, the world's ninth mountain, in Gilgit-Baltistan. There were conflicting claims of responsibility A Pakistani militant group known as Jundullah, with a track record of attack province, was the first to say it was behind the raid. Later in the day, the Te Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the murder in an announcement m spokesman Ahsanullah Ahsan.

India warns Pakistan of massive retaliation even in case of midget strike

Source : Pakistan News

New Delhi, Apr. 30 (Xinhua-ANI): India has warned Pakistan of a massive retaliation even if there is a midget nuclear strike by the neighboring country, local media reported Tuesday.

"India will not be the first to use nuclear weapons, but if it is attacked with such weapons, it would engage in nuclear retaliation which will be massive and designed to inflict unacceptable damage on its adversary. The label on a nuclear weapon used for attacking India, strategic or tactical, is irrelevant from the Indian perspective," 'The Times of India' quoted Shyam Saran, the convener of the National Security Advisory Board, as saying.

Slamming Islamabad for its role in the Mumbai massacre, in which over 170 people were killed by 10 Pakistani militants in November 2008, Saran said "What Pakistan is signalling to India and to the world is that India should not contemplate retaliation even if there is another Mumbai because Pakistan has lowered the threshold of nuclear use to the theater level. This is nothing short of nuclear blackmail, no difference from the irresponsible behaviour one witnesses in North Korea."

Issuing a stern warning to Pakistan, the former Indian foreign secretary added "A limited nuclear war is a contradiction in terms. Any nuclear exchange, once initiated, would swiftly and inexorably escalate to the strategic level. Pakistan would be prudent not to assume otherwise as it sometimes appears to do, most recently by developing and perhaps deploying theater nuclear weapons."

India and Pakistan are arch-rivals and have fought at least three major wars over the disputed territory of Kashmir in the last 60 years. (Xinhua- ANI)

Blast injures 13 in SW Pakistan

Source : Xinhua

ISLAMABAD, April 24 (Xinhua) -- At least 13 people were injured when a bomb went off outside a hospital in Pakistan's southwest Quetta city on Wednesday morning, local media reported.

Geo TV said that the incident happened at about 8:10 a.m. ( local time) in Satellite town area located at southwestern suburbs of Quetta, the capital city of the country's Balochistan province.

Deputy Inspector General of Police Fayyaz Sumbul said that the bomb was detonated by a remote controlled device and an estimated 2 to 3 kg of explosive materials were fixed on a bicycle parked near the hospital.

The injured people were shifted to hospital where one of them was reported critical.

No group claimed responsibility for the attack yet.

Police and paramilitary troops cordoned off the area and kicked off investigation into the incident.

Wednesday morning's blast is the fifth of its kind in Quetta over the last 14 hours. Last night, eight people were killed and 45 others injured when four blasts including one detonated by a suicide bomber, rocked the city.

Police said that the most serious blast in the current string of bombing in the city happened at the Nechari Road area last night, when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into the check post of Frontier Constabulary (FC), killing eight people including a security man and injuring 32 others.

Pakistan: US drone strike in South Waziristan kills five

Source : The Muslim News

PESHAWAR, (Dawn): Missiles fired from US drone aircraft killed at least five people on Wednesday in Babar Kot’s Sararogha village, ar of South Waziristan.

According to official sources, US drone strike fired two missiles on a compound, owned by Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants.

The strikes destroyed the compound completely.

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Pakistani ex-President Musharraf disqualified for elections

Source : Xinhuanet

ISLAMABAD, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Courts in Pakistan have disqualified former President Pervez Musharraf for contesting parliamentary elections for suspending the constitution and imposing emergency in 2007 during his rule, lawyers said Tuesday.

Musharraf wanted to stand for a National Assembly seat from four constituencies including capita Islamabad but his nomination papers were rejected by the election authorities.

He had filed appeals against rejections of papers by the local election authorities in three areas Karachi, Kasur in Punjab province and Islamabad, but his appeals were also rejected in the Electio Tribunals, comprising judges of high courts.

Musharraf's papers were only accepted in the northern Chitral district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, however, his political rivals had challenged acceptance of papers.

A three-member Election Tribunal on Tuesday accepted objections by Musharraf's rivals and disqualified him for contesting election from Chitral.

Lawyers of the rival candidates said that Musharraf had abrogated the constitution and that he is also facing cases in courts and is not-eligible to stand for the parliamentary seat.

They also argued that Chitral is a peaceful area and Musharraf' s election could create law and order problem.

Pakistani Taliban in a video have warned to attack Musharraf.

Mushararf, who ruled Pakistan 1999-2008, was disqualified a day after he announced election manifesto of his All Pakistan Muslim League party.

Legal experts say that Musharraf has the right to appeal in the Supreme Court.

Musharraf admits to a secret drone deal with US: report

Source : thenews.com.pk

ISLAMABAD: According to American news channel CNN, former president Gen (Retd) Pervez Musharraf has acknowledged that his government secretly struck an agreement with US regarding drone strikes in the tribal areas of Pakistan.

This is the first time a top past or present Pakistani official has admitted publicly to such a deal, the news channel said.

In an interview this week in Islamabad, Musharraf insisted Pakistan's government signed off on strikes "only on a few occasions, when a target was absolutely isolated and no chance of collateral damage", said the CNN report.

The US news channel added that still, his admission that Pakistani leaders agreed to even a limited number of strikes runs counter to their repeated denunciations of a program they long claimed the United States was operating without their approval.

The report further said that the drone strikes -- which the nonpartisan public policy group New American Foundation estimates have killed at least 1,990 people in Pakistan, including hundreds of civilians -- are unpopular in Pakistan.

Suicide attack on army check post kills 5 in NW Pakistan

Source  :  Trend.Az

At least five soldiers were killed in a suicide attack on an army check post in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of North Waziristan on Saturday night, said an Army statement.

Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the mouthpiece of Pakistan army, said in a brief statement that a suicide bomber rammed his explosive- laden vehicle into an army check post in Miran Shah, capital town of North Waziristan, on Saturday night, Xinhua reported.

The check post was completely destroyed in the attack, said the statement, adding five troops were killed in the blast.

The statement failed to give further details.

Some local media reports said that the attack killed six people and wounded 18 others.

No group has taken the credit for the attack.

Bordering east Afghanistan, North Waziristan is one of the seven tribal areas in northwest Pakistan, which is believed to be one of the havens for militants of various groups.