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Karachi: Operation to regain control of PNS Mehran over
Posted: 23 May 2011 05:55
AM PDT
An operation to
regain control of Pakistan Naval airbase, PNS Mehran, assaulted by militants
has been completed after almost 16 hours of fighting with up to 20 assailants
holed up in a building, a security official said.

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13 outlaws held, arms seized in Bannu
Posted: 23 May 2011 05:45
AM PDT
Police on Sunday
claimed to have arrested 13 outlaws and recovered arms in a crackdown
launched against the criminals in the district.

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8 militants killed in Orakzai
Posted: 23 May 2011 05:40
AM PDT
Eight militants
were killed when helicopter gunships pounded their positions in Khadezai and
Saigel Darra areas of Orakzai Agency on Sunday, officials said.

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Islamabad: 285 bottles of liquor recovered
Posted: 23 May 2011 05:35
AM PDT
The Islamabad
Police have arrested 11 men from various areas of the city recovering 285
bottles of liquor, 1.250 kilograms of heroin, 6.60 kilograms of hashish and
eight cans of beer from their possession.

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Islamabad: Police arrest man involved in torching Nato
containers
Posted: 23 May 2011 05:30
AM PDT
Police on Sunday
arrested a man believed to have traveled to Islamabad with explosives to
target some sensitive locations in the city and carry out terrorist
activities there, The News has learnt.

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3 militants held in Zarah Maina
Posted: 23 May 2011 03:25
AM PDT
The police on
Sunday claimed to have arrested three militants in Zarah Maina in the limits
of Akora Khattak Police Station.

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Islamabad: TTP man arrested
Posted: 23 May 2011 03:24
AM PDT
An alleged member
of the banned Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was arrested on Sunday as four
kg explosives and two live hand grenades were recovered from him, police
said.

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Lahore: Robbers gang smashed
Posted: 23 May 2011 03:24
AM PDT
Faisal Town
police claim to have arrested three robbers involved in street crimes and
recovered from them cash, jewllery, cell phones (worth one million rupees)
and illegal weapons.

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29 arrested in Nowshera search
Posted: 23 May 2011 03:23
AM PDT
The police
arrested 29 suspected persons in a search operation in the district here
Sunday, official said.

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Bannu: 50 power thieves nabbed
Posted: 23 May 2011 03:09
AM PDT
Officials of the
Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) here Sunday arrested 50 electricity
thieves during raids conducted in Domail subdivision, official sources said.

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16 suspects held in Charsadda
Posted: 23 May 2011 03:08
AM PDT
The security
forces arrested 16 suspects during a search operation in the Shabqadar tehsil
of Charsadda on Sunday.

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Islamabad: Man held for throwing acid on wife
Posted: 23 May 2011 03:08
AM PDT
A man who threw
acid on his wife last week was arrested on Sunday, police said. Nagina, 30, a
resident of a slum area in Shehzad Town who works as maid, was critically
injured when her husband Mohammad Irfan threw acid on her on May 19.

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15 killed in Landi Kotal tanker fire
Posted: 23 May 2011 03:07
AM PDT
Fifteen people
were killed late on Friday night when an oil tanker caught fire after a bomb
attack. Witnesses said militants planted a bomb in the tanker, causing it to
explode near the Government Degree College and setting off a big fire.

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17 prisoners hurt in Kohat Jail sectarian clash
Posted: 23 May 2011 03:07
AM PDT
Seventeen
prisoners were injured in a sectarian clash in Kohat Jail on Sunday, police
said. The clash started at 8 am when the prisoners belonging to Sunni and
Shia sects exchanged hot words over some issue.

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Nowshera: Blast damages railway track
Posted: 23 May 2011 03:07
AM PDT
Train service
remained suspended for an hour after an explosion at the railway track near
Taru Jabba.

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Lahore: Boy killed over mango picking
Posted: 23 May 2011 03:06
AM PDT
An eight-year-old
boy was shot dead by a security guard over mango picking near Salli Town in
the Ghaziabad police jurisdiction on Sunday.

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3 killed in name of honour in Kohat
Posted: 23 May 2011 03:05
AM PDT
Three persons,
including two women, were killed in two separate incidents in the name of
honour here on Saturday, police said.

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Islamabad: 2 injured in rally firing
Posted: 23 May 2011 03:05
AM PDT
persons taking
part in a rally brought out by PPP youth wing were injured when one of the
participants resorted to firing into the air here on Sunday.

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2 lawyer brothers shot dead in Mauripur
Posted: 23 May 2011 03:04
AM PDT
Two lawyer
brothers were gunned down in a Mauripur locality on Saturday, police said.

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Haripur: 18 held for swimming
Posted: 23 May 2011 03:04
AM PDT
The Khanpur
police arrested 18 persons for allegedly violating ban on swimming in Khanpur
dam on Sunday. DCO Haripur Syed Mohsan Shah had banned swimming and bathing
in the lake for 60 days on May 16, following incidents of drowning during
summer.

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Boy killed in Swat blast
Posted: 23 May 2011 02:38
AM PDT
A boy was killed
and two of his sisters sustained injuries in an explosion in Khwazakhela
tehsil of Swat district on Sunday, sources said.

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Ghallanai: Choppers shell militant hideouts
Posted: 23 May 2011 02:36
AM PDT
The security
forces pounded hideouts of the militants in Baizai tehsil of Mohmand Agency
on Sunday, official sources said.

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Lahore: 4 men shot dead in separate incidents
Posted: 23 May 2011 02:35
AM PDT
Four people were
shot dead in three incidents in the provincial metropolis on Sunday. A
55-year-man, Manzoor Hussain, a resident of Peer Naseer Chistian, was killed.
Police said he had an old enmity with Pervaiz alias Sajjad.

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Islamabad: Girl `gang raped`
Posted: 23 May 2011 02:35
AM PDT
A 20-year-old
girl was allegedly raped by four persons, police said on Saturday. SF, a
resident of G-11, told Kohsar police that she was gang raped by friends of
her boyfriend in a house at G-8.

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Enmity, blind murder: Seven killed on `violent` Sunday
Posted: 23 May 2011 02:34
AM PDT
Seven people,
including two brothers and a 12-year-old boy, were murdered in five incidents
in the provincial capital on Sunday, police said.

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