Pakistan

Rally blast injures 30 in insurgency-hit Pakistan province

4 BSF personnel injured in Pak‘s another infiltration bid

Jammu, Aug 26: Four Border Security Force (BSF) personnel were injured on Tuesday when Pakistan troops opened fire at the BSF posts along the border in Sabzian area of Poonch District this morning.

The wounded have been admitted to hospital and their condition is stated to be out of danger.

Under the cover of the indiscriminate firing which took place between 12.30 a. m. to 2:00 a. m. on intervening night of Monday-Tuesday a big group of militants managed to cut open the fence and three to four militants of them have sneaked into the Indian side. The Army has been alerted.

Does Zardari need an Amar Singh to see through his presidential bid?

PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali ZardariIslamabad, Aug 26: PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari seems to be safe as far as his presidential bid is concerned. In the 342-member strong National Assembly, the PPP has 125 members and the party can safely bank upon the support of at least 62 MNAs who are not affiliated or inclined towards any of the parties opposed to Zardari.

How digit ‘9’ brought doom in Musharraf’s life!

Former Pakistan president Pervez MusharrafLahore, Aug 26: In numerology terms, former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf has been a victim of the digit ‘9’, as on a number of occasions the number proved to be gravely against the ex-General’s interests.

To begin with, his worst days began on March 9, 2007 when he asked the deposed the chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry to resign. The development entirely changed the political atmosphere of the country, and ultimately led to his own resignation on August 18, 2008.

Militants believed to have sneaked into India amid Pak infiltration bid in Jammu

New Delhi, Aug 26: In its second infiltration attempt since May, Pakistan troops reportedly opened fire on Tuesday at the Border Security Force (BSF) posts in Kanachak area of Akhnoor sector, allowing some militants to easily infiltrate the International border near Jammu.

Under the cover of the indiscriminate firing which took place between 12.30 a. m. to 2:00 a. m. on intervening night of Monday-Tuesday from across the border, a big group of militants took position near the Kanachak and fired at the BSF post.

According to BSF sources, some of the militants managed to cut open the fence and it appeared that some of them have sneaked into the Indian side. The Army has been alerted.

Asif Ali Zardari says he can’t disclose the “whole truth” to the nation

PPP Co-chairman and presidential hopeful Asif Ali ZardariIslamabad, Aug 26: PPP Co-chairman and presidential hopeful Asif Ali Zardari has said that he wanted PML-N leader and former premier Nawaz Sharif to come back to the coalition fold, and that he “can’t disclose the whole truth to the nation”.

About the written agreements between the two parties, he said that both the parties had jointly signed a political understanding, and that the PPP was not scared of those agreements.

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