Hard to believe Pak clueless on Qaida Oct 31, 2009
Clinton appeared to get feisty after a meeting with university students in Lahore where she had to entertain several whiny questions about the United States treatment of a long-serving ally. They described a litany of slights, betrayals and. (India Times, India)
Clinton to Pakistan: Where Is al-Qaida? Oct 31, 2009
"I find it hard to believe that nobody in your government knows where they are and couldn't get them if they really wanted to," she told a group of newspaper editors during a meeting in Lahore. Clinton's pointed remark was the first public gripe on a trip aimed at turning around a U.S.-Pakistan relationship under serious strain, but bound in the struggle against religious extremism. (Newsmax)
Clinton faces Pakistani ire overCIA drone attacks Oct 31, 2009
A day earlier she had been more explicit in her skepticism, telling a Pakistani journalist in Lahore: "I find it hard to believe that nobody in your government knows where they are and couldn't get them if they really wanted to. Maybe that's the case. Maybe they're not gettable. I don't know.". A top Pakistan official insisted Friday that his country is fighting back against militants. (MSNBC -- International)
Pakistan: Peshawar blast death toll hits 120 Oct 31, 2009
He said that volunteers from Lahore had also arrived in Peshawar to participate in rescue operation and hoped that rubble of the mosque's building would be cleared by the end of the day. Meanwhile, rescue work on the blast site continued and workers kept removing debris of damaged buildings from the area from which smoke was billowing out even on third day of the attack. (Xinhuanet, China)
* Clinton wraps up visit to Pakistan amid terse words Oct 31, 2009
Al-Qaeda has had safe haven in Pakistan since 2002, Clinton told senior newspaper editors in the countrys cultural capital, Lahore. I find it hard to believe that nobody in your government knows where they are and couldnt get them if they really wanted to. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Passports of Jihadists Found by Pakistani Army Oct 31, 2009
"I find it hard to believe that nobody in your government knows where they are and couldn't get them if they really wanted to," Clinton told Pakistani journalists at a meeting in Lahore. No Pakistani officials reacted to her remarks. (Time.com)
Clinton ends tough Pakistan trip Oct 31, 2009
Mrs Clinton also faced America's critics when she addressed a group of belligerent students in Lahore ... But speaking to Pakistani newspaper editors in Lahore on Thursday evening, she said she found it hard to believe that nobody in the Pakistani government knew where al-Qaeda was hiding in the country and "couldn't get them" if they wanted. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Clinton `Broke the Ice' With Pakistanis Angry Over U.S. Actions in Region Oct 31, 2009
Clinton broke the ice by risking her security to visit Lahore and Islamabad, two cities that have suffered terrorist attacks, and listening to suspicion, anger and aggression from Pakistani audiences, Jugnu Mohsin, publisher of the Lahore- based Friday Times newspaper group, said in an interview ... Clinton told editors in the eastern city of Lahore that al-Qaeda has a safe haven in Pakistan and she found it hard to believe that nobody in your government knows where they are and... (Bloomberg -- Asia)
Clinton, Pakistani students in lively exchange Oct 30, 2009
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday that Pakistan had little choice but to take a more aggressive approach, starting last summer, to combatting Taliban and other extremist forces that threaten to destabilize the country. In a lively give-and-take with students at the Government College of Lahore, Clinton said inaction by the government would have amounted to ceding ground to terrorists ... Before flying to Lahore from Islamabad, Clinton visited... (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
Clinton Talks to Pakistani Students Oct 30, 2009
LAHORE, Pakistan, Oct. 29, 2009 ... U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, is escorted by Pakistani Rangers at the Iqbal Memorial in Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009 ... With the country reeling 00004000 from Wednesday's devastating bombing that killed at least 105 people in Peshawar, Clinton engaged in an intense give-and-take with students at the Government College of Lahore, insisting that inaction by the government would have ceded ground to terrorists. (CBS News -- World)
Clinton: US is standing with Pakistan Oct 30, 2009
Speaking at a university in Lahore, she condemned Wednesday's car bomb in the north-western city of Peshawar, which killed at least 105 people. SEE ALSO. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Blame and anger Oct 30, 2009
Town hall-style meetings with students in Lahore and round-table debates with senior news broadcasters in Islamabad may be seen as steps in the right direction. Go America Go. (BBC News -- South Asia)
US secretly funding Pakistan offensive Oct 30, 2009
Hasan Askari Rizvi, a military analyst in Lahore, said publicly acknowledging the military aid an open secret in Pakistan could hand militants fresh ammunition for propaganda attacks. The Pakistanis insist on no US face on their war. (India Times, India)
US gasps at Hillary's charm offensive that leaves Pakistan stunned Oct 30, 2009
" Clintons caustic comments came even as Pakistani forces recovered the passport of 9/11 plotter Said Bahaji in South Waziristan, underscoring yet another reason for the relentless U.S pressure not to allow al-Qaida and its affiliates to have a safe base there. In US, several terror suspects apprehended by authorities over the years, including a Pakistani-American from Chicago held earlier this month, have said they visited Pakistans Fata region to hook up with terrorist handlers. But... (India Times, India)
Sikhs ignore advisory, 165 leave for Pak Oct 30, 2009
ATTARI: Ignoring the Union governments advisory against travelling to Pakistan, 165 Sikh devotees left for Nankana Saheb in Lahore to observe the 540th birth anniversary of the first Sikh preceptor, Guru Nanak Dev, who was born there ... The Sikh jatha comprising groups from Taran Tarans Baba Sewa Singh Kar Sewa and Sri Guru Nanak Dev Yatra boarded Samjhauta Express for Lahore at Attari station ... Ignoring the govts advisory against travelling to Pakistan, 165 Sikh devotees left for... (India Times, India -- Community News)
Clinton goes where special envoys stumble - Pakistan, Middle East Oct 30, 2009
Students protest against the visit of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, in Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. Clinton is on a three-day state visit to Pakistan. (Christian Science Monitor)
Miss Ireland upstages lady in red Oct 30, 2009
By Andrew Buncombe in Lahore. Friday, 30 October 2009. (Yahoo News -- Beauty Pageants)
Clinton irked by al-Qaeda 'haven' Oct 30, 2009
Mrs Clinton said in an interview with journalists in Lahore she found it "hard to believe" nobody in the government knew where they were. She also challenged opposition to a US aid package, criticising Pakistan's investment levels and taxation system. (BBC News -- Americas)
Clinton kicks off last day in Pakistan Oct 30, 2009
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* Pakistan mourns market victims Oct 30, 2009
SECURITY: Shops and markets in Peshawar are closed for three days of mourning, while visiting US Secretary of State Clinton urged young people to avoid extremism AFP, PESHAWAR AND LAHORE, PAKISTAN Friday, Oct 30, 2009, Page 5 ... and that you guys are not going to be betraying us like you did in the past, one student asked at a townhall-style meeting Clinton held at the Government College University in Lahore. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Bollywood gets political Oct 30, 2009
The Hindi film industry began to grow in Mumbai after the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947, which divided the Bengali film industry based in Kolkata and the Punjabi film industry based in Lahore along with their respective audiences ... Since partition, their shared border of over 2,900 kilometers has been highly regulated through a single crossing point that connects Lahore to Amritsar ... Khuda Kay Liye narrates the stories of two musician brothers growing up in Lahore, whose different... (Asia Times Online)
Obama considers scaled-down war Oct 30, 2009
"I would imagine that he will be coming to a decision sometime after the Afghan election is finally resolved," during an interview in Lahore. Counterinsurgency strategyTwo officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the troop numbers under the narrowed scenario probably would be lower than McChrystal's preference, at least at the outset. (MSNBC -- International)
Passports linked to 9/11 seized Oct 30, 2009
Pakistani Rangers escorted US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday at Iqbal s Mausoleum in Lahore ... I find it hard to believe that nobody in your government knows where they are and couldn t get them if they really wanted to, Clinton said in an interview with Pakistani journalists in Lahore. (Boston Globe)
US taxes everything, and `that`s not what we see in Pakistan` Oct 30, 2009
LAHORE: The leadership of Al Qaeda is in Pakistan, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday ... As far as we know, they are in Pakistan, Clinton told senior Pakistani newspaper editors in Lahore, AFP reported. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
'Akram unhappy with wife's care in Pak' Oct 29, 2009
KARACHI: Pakistan's sports minister Pir Aftab Shah Jillani has revealed that former cricket captain Wasim Akram was not satisfied with the medical care provided to his late wife Huma by doctors in Lahore ... Wasim chose to fly his wife to Singapore for treatment as he was not satisfied with the care provided to her in Lahore ... "I went to meet Wasim today at his residence in Lahore to offer my condolences on the sad death of his wife," he said. (India Times, India)
Pakistan car bomb toll passes 100 Oct 29, 2009
Meanwhile Hillary Clinton continued her visit to Pakistan, arriving in Lahore ... Mrs Clinton continued her three-day visit to the country on Thursday, when she reached Lahore. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Massive car bomb targets more civilians in Pakistan Oct 29, 2009
This month alone, militants have attacked the Army's headquarters in Rawalpindi, two police academies and intelligence offices in Lahore, a military convoy in Peshawar, and two military officers. The most prominent exception to these hard targets was a commando-style attack in Lahore on the visiting Sri Lankan cricket team in April. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Pakistan bomb toll hits 105 during Clinton visit Oct 29, 2009
Clinton, who says the United States wants to "turn the page" on its relationship with Pakistan, travelled to the country's cultural capital Lahore to press her charm offensive in order to counter rising anti-Americanism. Much of her diplomacy has been focused on denying Pakistani opposition and military fears that a record 7. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Advisory shadow on Sikh jathas to Pak Oct 28, 2009
Gurdwara Nankana Sahib near Lahore, the birth place of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev, is especially revered and many pilgrims had sought permission from the home ministry to visit Pakistan next week, in time to celebrate his birth anniversary. Even as SGPC was yet to decide whether the jatha from Punjab, comprising 1,360 devotees, should head for Pakistan, Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee asked pilgrims to restrict themselves to Gurdwara Dera Sahib and Gurdwara Nankana Sahib, while... (India Times, India -- Community News)
FBI busts LeT plot to use US man for attacks in India Oct 28, 2009
" Between August 2008 and Dec.7, 2008, Headley sent multiple email messages from internet addresses locatedin Karachi and Lahore in Pakistan, the FBI said. According to the FBI affidavit, following his visit to Denmark, Headley traveled to Pakistan to meet with Individual A. During this visit, Headley traveled with Individual A to Pakistan's FATA region and met with Kashmiri. After returning to Chicago in August 2009, Headley allegedly used coded language to repeatedly inquire if Individual A... (India Times, India)
Kaira says Zardari wants to hand over some authority to parliament Oct 28, 2009
LAHORE: President Asif Ali Zardari is willing to curtail presidential powers given under Article 58(2b), Federal Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said on Tuesday. Kaira told a private TV channel that the president wanted to hand over some of the authority to parliament, and was also ready to transfer the powers related to the dissolution of assemblies and the appointment of services chiefs to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Pakistanis scared to leave home, many want to flee Oct 27, 2009
Then Islamabad and Karachi, and now Lahore and Rawalpindi. When you live in a place which is under threat of continuous attacks, you'll have to think twice before you step out of your house. (India Times, India)
Akram's wife shifted against docs' advice Oct 27, 2009
LAHORE: Pakistani cricketer Wasim Akram's wife Huma, who died in a Chennai hospital two days ago, was reportedly flown out of the country against the advice of doctors treating her in this eastern Pakistani city ... "A panel of 10 senior doctors of three hospitals in Lahore had advised Wasim Akram not to take her abroad to Singapore in view of her serious health condition," said one of the physicians, who did not wish to be named ... According to Huma's physician at the National Defence Hospital... (India Times, India)
Chief of army staff visits South Waziristan, meets field commanders Oct 26, 2009
LAHORE: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Ashfaq Kayani visited South Waziristan on Sunday to meet troops engaged in a military offensive against the Taliban, and said success in South Waziristan is critical to the war on terror, reported a private TV channel. Kayani said the operation would be completed on time. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Pakistan army claims advances in offensive Oct 26, 2009
The man now in custody told police they had planned to detonate the bomb in Lahore, Kausar said, without giving details of a specific target. The U.N. says some 155,000 civilians have fled South Waziristan. (MSNBC -- International)
Pakistani Provincial Minister in Baluchistan Shot Dead as Attacks Mount Oct 26, 2009
Insurgents have mounted increasing attacks, including an assault on the army headquarters earlier this month and commando-style raids on police complexes in the eastern city of Lahore. Gunmen killed an army officer and his guard when they opened fire on a military jeep in the Pakistani capital last week. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
Top Article: Waziristan Or Bust Oct 26, 2009
Moreover, several within the militant leadership had direct connections to the army or the ISI. Police officials say that the Rawalpindi and Lahore attacks had help from inside because the terrorists were able to bypass the stringent security measures in place. While the armed forces are unwilling to admit what many Pakistanis now believe that there is some degree of penetration by extremist sympathisers within its ranks the civilian government refuses to admit that the largest province of... (India Times, India)
Wasim Akram's wife dies battling 'mysterious' fever in Chennai Oct 25, 2009
She was admitted to the hospital on October 20 after developing an "emergency situation" when an air ambulance flying her to Singapore from Lahore halted at the city airport for scheduled refuelling. Huma was put on ventilator support at the intensive care unit and her condition remained critical since then. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Pakistani troops take militant's hometown Oct 25, 2009
A Pakistani police officer stands guard beside suspects detained for questioning during a search operation on the outskirts of Lahore on Saturday. Pakistan is battling a wave of violence by Islamic extremists in its towns and cities and in the lawless border area with Afghanistan in the northwest. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Pakistan Must Spend Military Aid on Fighting Taliban, U.S. Congress Says Oct 23, 2009
Militants have mounted increasing attacks on Pakistans government and security forces, including an assault on the army headquarters earlier this month and commando-style raids on police complexes in the eastern city of Lahore. Seven attacks last week killed more than 150 people. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
Peshawar on the frontline Oct 23, 2009
On Thursday a lone blast in Peshawar after a day of gun battles in Lahore highlighted the fact the city is a perpetual target. "I came back yesterday from work early because of rumours that after Lahore, suicide bombers would again turn towards Peshawar. And this is what happened actually later that afternoon. People are scared," Subhani Wadud told me from Peshawar. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Islamabad dismayed by 'dithering' US Oct 23, 2009
LAHORE - As White House officials continue to debate the call of the United States' military chief in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, for an additional force of 40,000 to win the war against Taliban insurgents in the Afghanistan-Pakistan war theater, the overall impression in Pakistan is that rather than any decisive victory, the US and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are now looking for a face-saving exit to leave Pakistan to face the brunt of the fallout - once again ...... (Asia Times Online)
Strong earthquake strikes Afghanistan and Pakistan Oct 23, 2009
Buildings shook in the Pakistani cities of Peshawar and the capital Islamabad, and the quake was felt as far east as Lahore near the Indian border, Pakistani television stations reported. The Afghan Interior Ministry said it had no immediate reports of deaths or damage. (Florida Today)
Identity crisis Oct 23, 2009
While reading the piece, I turned on the TV and saw that the Taliban had been on the rampage in Pakistan's cultural capital, Lahore ... an attack was under way on a police commandoes facility in Lahore. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Pakistans jihadist problem moves east Oct 23, 2009
Likewise, the three attacks in Lahore were likely undertaken with the help of terrorists from Punjab. In fact, there is a widespread reluctance on the part of both the Army and the Punjab regional government to focus on the four main Punjab-based jihadi groups: Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM), and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). (MSNBC -- International)
The deteriorating security situation in Pakistan will have a bearing on India, the country`s Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday Oct 23, 2009
LAHORE: The deteriorating security situation in Pakistan will have a bearing on India, the countrys Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday. According to a report in the Indian Express, Mukherjee also appeared to draw Pakistans attention to the danger of terrorism recoiling on it, saying no state should accept the policy of sponsoring terrorism or encouraging terrorism or indulging in terrorism. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Obama's Drone Attacks Help Pakistan TV-Show Hosts Fan Anti-U.S. Sentiment Oct 23, 2009
Since Oct. 10 guerrillas have attacked the armys headquarters in Rawalpindi, carried out commando-style raids on police stations in Lahore and bombed an Islamabad university. Since President took office nine months ago, there have been 39 attacks in Pakistan using drones, or unmanned aircraft, Reuters on Oct. 12, compared with 32 in 2008. (Bloomberg -- US)
Top Al Qaeda leader Abu Musa al-Misri, expert at preparing suicide vehicles, was killed in North Waziristan Oct 22, 2009
Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan. Thursday, October 22, 2009. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Suicide attacks kill two at Pakistan university Oct 21, 2009
A day earlier, militants attacked two police training centers and the country's Federal Investigation Agency in Lahore in eastern Pakistan. At least 30 Pakistani police officers and civilians were killed in those attacks. (CNN -- World)
Infotainment Oct 21, 2009
Nandita Das was recently in Lahore to take part in the South Asian Women in Media (SAWM) regional conference. She delivered a keynote address on womens role in media. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Younus is ready to lead Pakistan cricket team again Oct 21, 2009
The matches are officially home games, with Pakistan forced to play all their games abroad following the March gun and grenade attack on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore. AFP. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
An insurgency swells, but Pakistan focuses on India Oct 20, 2009
PAKISTAN REELS from almost daily bombings, and its cities, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, and Islamabad are cited in news reports as once were Ramadi, Najaf, Samarra, and Baghdad when Iraq was on the boil. The Pakistani army is now engaged in the frontier tribal areas as never before, and its intelligence officers are admitting to an increasingly coordinated threat from the Taliban and Punjabi militants, both with links to Al Qaeda. (Boston Globe)
Hopes for peace Oct 20, 2009
BASMA KHAN, 22, SOFTWARE ENGINEER, LAHORE ... The lack of security is affecting all of us in Lahore ... There are so many security forces here in Lahore that I actually feel more unsafe now. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Army review: Troop use in Ala. shootings broke law Oct 20, 2009
Teams of gunmen attacked three security sites Thursday in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore while a suicide bomber hit a northwestern town, killing a total of 26 people in an escalating a wave of terror aimed at scuttling a planned offensive into the militants' heartland on the Afghan border. The assaults paralyzed one of the nation's most vibrant cities and showed the militants are highly organized and able to carry out sophisticated, coordinated strikes against heavily fortified facilities,... (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Pakistani security forces killed at least 60 militants in the last 24 hours in the military operation in the country's tribal area of South Waziristan, the military said Sunday.• 7 foreigners among 73 suspects arrested across Pakistan Oct 19, 2009
The private NNI news agency quoted sources as saying that law enforcement agencies conducted raids in cities including the Pakistani capital of Islamabad and the eastern city of Lahore, where a United Nations office and police stations were recently attacked by suicide bombers ... In Lahore, secret agencies raided near Azadi Chaok Yadgar and arrested three persons and recovered a huge cache of weapons, cartridge and fake national identity cards from their possession ... Osman, mastermind of the... (Xinhuanet, China)
Pakistan Under Siege Oct 19, 2009
Tariq also said the Taliban were behind three commando-style raids on law enforcement agencies in the eastern city of Lahore on Thursday that killed around 30 people as well as the deadly bombing of a police station in the northwestern city of Peshawar a day later. Accounts from residents and those fleeing South Waziristan on Sunday suggested that the 30,000 Pakistani troops were in for a bloodier time than in the Swat Valley, another northwestern region that the army successfully wrested away... (Fox News)
Pakistani army pushes into militant stronghold Oct 19, 2009
Tariq also said the Taliban were behind three commando-style raids on law enforcement agencies in the eastern city of Lahore on Thursday that killed around 30 people as well as the deadly bombing of a police station in the northwestern city of Peshawar a day later. Accounts from residents and those fleeing Sunday's fighting suggested that the 30,000 Pakistani troops were in for a bloodier time than in Swat Valley, another northwestern region that the army successfully wrested away from... (Florida Today)
Taliban vow to defeat Pakistan offensive Oct 19, 2009
Taliban spokesman Tariq said the insurgents were also behind the two latest attacks: three commando-style raids on law enforcement agencies in the eastern city of Lahore on Thursday that killed about 30 people, as well as the deadly bombing of a police station in the northwestern city of Peshawar a day later. More on. (MSNBC -- International)
Pakistan launches hit on Taliban, al-Qaida Oct 19, 2009
LAHORE, Pakistan -- Pakistani military forces Saturday launched a ground offensive against the mountainous frontier stronghold of Taliban and al-Qaida extremists. The operation, which the army will be racing to complete in the next six to eight weeks, before the winter snows, targets Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Movement of Pakistani Taliban, a group of some 10,000 armed militants based in South Waziristan, a lawless region that borders Afghanistan. (Albany Times Union)
It's a monster that cannot be put back in the cage Oct 19, 2009
But members of these groups are now increasingly supporting Taliban groups from the tribal regions to conduct complex attacks in cities such as Islamabad and Lahore. Lashkar-e-Taiba also orchestrated the terrorist siege in India's financial hub, Mumbai, last November, in which more than 160 people died. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Killed at prayer: man of peace dies in bloody suicide attack Oct 19, 2009
Dr Naeemi, the principal of Jamia Naeemi madrassa in Lahore, advocated peace and accused the Taliban of being anti-Islam ... " But the madrassa now operates with extraordinary security. Before Friday afternoon prayers at Jamia Naeemia, the three roads leading to the entrance were barricaded by police who searched all those who attended. Members of Lahore's elite anti-terrorism commando squad, who wear black shirts with "No Fear" written across their shoulder blades, were among the 35 heavily... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Pakistan Army takes fight to Taliban in South Waziristan Oct 19, 2009
In the eastern city of Lahore, three private schools were closed due to security threats. Army encircles Taliban stronghold town. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
Taliban strike Pakistan at will Oct 18, 2009
ISLAMABAD: A wave of audacious terror attacks in Pakistan -- three in the country's cultural and political hub of Lahore and one each in the northwestern cities of Peshawar and Kohat -- on Thursday left 39 people dead and several others injured ... The Taliban who draw recruits mainly from the Pashtun tribes in the northwest are believed to have found allies in Punjabi terrorists who can easily melt into the crowds in areas like Lahore, barely 30km or a 15-minute drive from Amritsar ...... (India Times, India)
Pakistan Begins Offensive Against Taliban Oct 18, 2009
Other similar episodes have included a brazen armed attack on 3 police offices in Lahore, Pakistan's second largest city. Pakistani officials have warned that the Taliban themselves or other groups loyal to their cause will likely try to stage more terrorist attacks across Pakistan in the coming days, to dent public support for the military. (CBS News -- World)
The Punjab government on Saturday declared Bhakkar district a Red Zone, following apprehensions that the Taliban Oct 18, 2009
LAHORE: The Punjab government on Saturday declared Bhakkar district a Red Zone, following apprehensions that the Taliban, under attack in South Waziristan, could enter Punjab from there, a private TV channel reported. The channel said the provincial government has deployed security personnel on both banks of the Indus River running through Bhakkar and set up checkposts to monitor possible Taliban infiltration. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
