Rulling party is deceiving people of Gilgit-Baltistan

Rulling party has failed to deliver promises during last more than two years;PPP should implement reform package: Dr. Muzafar Rallay
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GILGIT, Dec. 09: (Shamsuddin Muhammad) Dr. Muzafar Rallay, former memeber Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly and leader of Pakistan Muslim League (N) has said that the Pakistan Peoples Party(PPP) is deceiving people of the region. He said this while talking a regional Urdu newspaper. He alleged that rulling party has failed to keep its promises that has made with the masses during the elections as the people are not getting what they had expected. He claimed that the rulling party is mere destined to make promises during its tenure. He called on Central leadership of the rulling party to be sincere to implement the self governance reform package to ensure regional autonomy to an extent. Daily K2 Urdu

Qureshi smells foreign hand Says militants now hitting soft targets, civilians

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ISLAMABAD, Dec. 09: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that Pakistan is suffering the most in war against terrorism, adding that the terrorists are getting foreign support. "The international community should come forward and help Pakistan so that illegal flow of weapons into Pakistan could be stopped", he told a private TV channel Tuesday. Illegal flow of weapons into Pakistan and foreign financers of terrorists were main reason behind increasing terror incidents in the country, he said. The foreign minister went on to say: "We have taken up the issue with regard to foreign interference in Pakistan at every relevant forum". The terrorists have changed their modus operandi and now they are hitting soft targets and civilians, he said. Despite increasing terrorism incidents in different areas of the country, the morale of people of Pakistan is high, he added. The terrorists aim at creating anarchy but the government with the help of armed forces and the nation would not allow them to succeed in their nefarious designs, he said.Qureshi said that the security forces have to cordon off the area after an incident of terrorism because of fear of another attack. Online

Lahore blasts: death toll rises to 49, about 180 injured: DCO

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LAHORE, Dec.09: Dozens killed in Pakistan attacks. The twin Lahore blasts followed an earlier attack in Peshawar and a smaller one in Quetta. Two attacks in Pakistan have left at least 48 people dead and more than 100 injured. In the eastern city of Lahore, two bomb explosions 30 seconds apart at a busy market ignited a massive fire on Monday night that killed 38 people. The blasts came just a few hours after a suicide bomber struck outside a courthouse in the northwestern city of Peshawar, killing 10 people and injuring dozens. Monday's bombings are the latest in a wave of attacks in an apparent response to the Pakistani army's offensive against Taliban fighters in the tribal areas near the Afghan border. About 100 people were wounded in the attack in Lahore's Iqbal Town, which was timed to take place when the Moon Market was as its busiest. The explosions set off a fire that quickly engulfed the busy market with its wooden stalls packed tightly together. In a separate attack on Tuesday, a US missile hit a car killing three people and injuring another three in Aspalga village, southeast of Miranshah, the main town of the restive North Waziristan tribal district, security and intelligence officials have said.
Moreover, according to a correspondant of Aljazeera tv described the situation further saying no one has claimed responsibility for Monday's attacks, and while the Taliban is often quick to claim responsibility for attacks on government targets adding attacks underscored, yet again, how fragile and dangerous the situation in the country is. Aljazeera TV

Taliban claim responsibility

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MULTAN, Dec. 09: The Taliban have claimed responsibility for an attack on an ISI office that killed at least 12 people and injured several others on Tuesday. Taliban spokesman Azam Tariq claimed responsibility for the attack in a conversation with an Associated Press reporter in Waziristan. Attacks blamed on Taliban have surged this year as troops battle the terrorist group in the rugged tribal regions near the Afghan border, under fierce US pressure to do more to destroy extremist strongholds. app

Chain of carnage spreads to Multa

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MULTAN, Dec. 09: The chain of carnage spread downwards Tuesday after hitting the upper areas of country as the terrorists struck Multan this time, killing at least 10 persons including two members of an intelligence agency and themselves besides injuring 43 others. Two suicide bombers blew an explosive-laden loader vehicle up as the army jawans thwarted their attempt to enter a building on Qasim Bela Road, said ISPR. The building is stated to be the headquarters of country’s supreme spy agency. “The target of the terrorists was an army building. They fired two rockets at the pickets established by police and army to make their way. However, the army jawans fought bravely and prevented a massive destruction by sacrificing their lives,” Commissioner Multan division Syed Muhammad Ali Gardezi told the journalists at the spot. The DIG Multan Range Arif Ikram told the journalists that 800 to 1000 kilogram explosive material was used in the blast. “It was a Hyundai loader vehicle. We’ve recovered its parts besides some mobile SIMs from the spot. Investigations are underway,” he added. “I saw a terrorist carrying a rocket launcher on his shoulder and coming towards the checkpost. He was attired in militia-coloured clothes,” sources quoted a constable Kashif Faisal, who was deployed at the attacked police post, as telling the police high-ups. He jumped into the bunker along with three other cops to save life. Though all the four cops got buried under a wall that collapsed on their bunker after the rocket fire, all of them survived the attack. The blast caused a 10-foot deep and 31-foot wide hole in the earth besides badly damaging at least 25 houses and partially damaging the targeted building around the site. The law-enforcement agencies recovered the head and arm of a suspected suicide bomber, a live hand-grenade, a rocket-launcher, splinters of bombs and parts of a Kalashnikov from the blast site besides arresting four suspected persons from adjoining areas. The Nation