...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
However,
the difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits...
the family of one of the dear departed protested outside the Governor House in the bustling provincial capital, claiming foul play by the police.
Family members of Shehryar, a college student in his second year, said he was visiting Badhber area to collect his roll number.
Police shot down the youth suspecting he was a terrorist, the family claimed. The family has demanded senior police officials to order a probe into the incident.
Earlier, Superintendent of Police Rural Shafiullah Khan had said that police had prior information about the possible entry of suspected faceless myrmidons from Dara Adamkhel and as a result security was beefed up.
A suspicious black vehicle was signaled to stop near the cop shoppe. However,
the difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits...
the myrmidons shot up the personnel and attempted to flee. The resulting exchange of fire left a woman and child injured.
Police chased the car and shot one of the myrmidons, who died on his way to the cop shoppe, they said.
"The other terrorist who had fled to the nearby population was engaged and killed," Khan had said, claiming arms and ammunition were also recovered from the vehicle.
"We have recovered one Klashnikov, a pistol, two hand grenades, a pistol and several rounds of bullets," he claimed. "The identity card of one Saqib Ibrar of Kohat has also been recovered from the car. We are investigating further into the incident."
The identity of the other alleged 'terrorist' was still unclear.
The family members of the dear departed will stage a demonstration again on Wednesday in protest, and have demanded a thorough investigation.
TTP 'commander' tossed in the calaboose
You have the right to remain silent...
in Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...Meanwhile,
...back at the pie fight, Bella opened her mouth at precisely the wrong moment...
CID police with the help of intelligence agencies claimed to have arrested a key myrmidon commander of the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) in Karachi.
CID police carried out an operation in the city's Karachi area and arrested TTP myrmidon Amir Sahib, who was described as a 'key commander' of the Taliban's Mullah Fazlullah
...son-in-law of holy man Sufi Mohammad. Known as Mullah FM, Fazlullah had the habit of grabbing his FM mike when the mood struck him and bellowing forth sermons. Sufi suckered the Pak govt into imposing Shariah on the Swat Valley and then stepped aside whilst Fazlullah and his Talibs imposed a reign of terror on the populace like they hadn't seen before, at least not for a thousand years or so. For some reason the Pak intel services were never able to locate his transmitter, much bomb it. After ruling the place like a conquered province for a year or so, Fazlullah's Talibs began gobbling up more territory as they pushed toward Islamabad, at which point as a matter of self-preservation the Mighty Pak Army threw them out and chased them into Afghanistan...
group from Swat.
Initial investigation revealed that Amir was mobilizing a team to collect funds and to carry out targeted terrorist activities on Naval installations and government offices, police said. They also claimed to have recovered four hand grenades and other arms and ammunition from the suspect.