Bollywood's showman lives it up at IFFI Nov 24, 2008
INTERNATIONAL: G-20 Summit: US President Bush defends the free-market system n US President-elect Barack Obama to step down from Senate on Sunday n Canadian Journalist kidnapped in Peshawar, Pakistan ANAND JON GUILTY: Indian-born designer Anand Jon found guilty in sex abuse cases n Jon could face life in prison after being convicted of rape of minors n Crimes include rape and sexual abuse of older models as well CHHATTISGARH POLLS: First phase of polling in Chhattisgarh ends across five... (Times Now.tv)
Pakistan's war on Taliban swells refugee camps Nov 24, 2008
(11-22) 19:21 PST Peshawar ... The Kacha Gari camp on the edge of Peshawar ... The refugees account for roughly 30 percent of the population living around Peshawar, according to Sitara Imran, the minister for social welfare in Northwest Frontier province. (San Francisco Chronicle)
US Kills Al-Qaeda Suspect Nov 23, 2008
Pakistani students burn a U. S. flag to condemn a suspected American missile strike at Taliban and militants' hideouts in Pakistani tribal areas along Afghanistan at a rally in Peshawar, Pakistan on Friday, Nov 21, 2008 ... Opposition party supporters chant slogans during a rally in Peshawar, Pakistan, to condemn U.S. missile strikes in the nation's tribal areas. (Washington Post)
Pakistan revives Afghan camps for its own people Nov 23, 2008
"I never thought I would become a refugee in my own country. Never ever," Ghulam Ahmed told Reuters at Kachagari camp on the outskirts of the city of Peshawar ... A few years back, authorities began dismantling camps in and around Peshawar in a bid to persuade the Afghans to go home ... Peshawar had been a focal point for Muslim volunteers for the guerrilla war, covertly funded by the United States and Saudi Arabia, to drive the Soviet Union out of Afghanistan. (International Herald Tribune)
Nicholas D. Kristof: The Pakistan test Nov 23, 2008
The major city of Peshawar is now controlled in part by the Taliban, and this month alone in the area an American aid worker was shot dead, an Iranian diplomat kidnapped, a Japanese journalist shot and American humvees stolen from a NATO convoy to Afghanistan. I've been coming to Pakistan for 26 years, ever since I hid on the tops of buses to sneak into tribal areas as a backpacking university student, and I've never found Pakistanis so gloomy. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Reports: Airstrike kills suspect in jet bomb plot Nov 22, 2008
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A suspected U.S. missile strike killed the alleged ringleader of a plot to blow up trans-Atlantic jets, Pakistani television and intelligence officers said on Saturday. Rashid Rauf, a British Islamist militant with links to al-Qaida, was among five victims of an attack launched by a suspected U.S. pilotless drone aircraft in the North Waziristan tribal region. (Huntington WSAZ-TV, WV)
Riot Erupts After Bomb Kills 8 at Pakistan Funeral Nov 22, 2008
The missile strikes have coincided with several attacks and kidnappings targeting foreigners in the northwest, including the fatal Nov. 12 shooting of an American aid worker in the regional capital, Peshawar. The U.S. Embassy said in a statement issued late Thursday that it had moved some staff from its consulate in Peshawar to Islamabad while it weighs how to deal with "heightened threat conditions.". (Fox News)
Witnesses give conflicting accounts on nature of blast Nov 22, 2008
PESHAWAR: An angry mob torched shops and vehicles and pelted police with rocks in Dera Ismail Khan on Friday after a bomb exploded at the funeral procession of a Shia cleric killed on Thursday night, police said. Ten people were killed while at least 40 others were injured in the blast. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
India's tour to Pak in trouble Nov 22, 2008
The sources cited the recent terror attack on a national sporting event in Peshawar to cite the example of the security situation in Pakistan. Top cricket nations, including Australia, have refused to tour Pakistan in recent times because of the security situation in the strife-torn country which has not hosted a major international tournament since the Asia Cup in June this year. (India Times, India)
PM hopes attacks would stop once Obama steps into White House Nov 21, 2008
Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid MNA Amir Muqam also strongly condemned Wednesdays attack in Bannu, and feared the US could attack Islamabad and Peshawar as well. He claimed US spy planes had also been seen hovering over Swat. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
NATO says Operation Lionheart aimed at co-ordinating operations with Pak forces Nov 21, 2008
He warned that if the Mohmand-based Taliban were not reined in, Peshawar and Charsadda would be in grave danger. The channel also quoted military sources as saying that locals in Mohmand Agency were ready to form lashkars against the Taliban. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Pak teen with Bollywood dreams freed Nov 21, 2008
Nasir was a class 10 student in the Government School in his village Chukiatan in Dir district of Peshawar. 00004000. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Captive Canadian's fate lies with warlord Nov 21, 2008
Criminal gangs, under the guise of Taliban, are thriving, lurking on the outskirts of cities in the northwest, including the provincial capital, Peshawar ... A large number of the supporters of the Taliban are criminal elements, said Mehmood Shah, a former top security official for the tribal area, now an analyst based in Peshawar ... On her first visit to Bannu, which lies around 200 kilometres south of Peshawar, Ms. Giesbrecht made a trip to Lakki Marwat, an area farther south, to talk to... (Globe and Mail -- International)
Funeral bombing kills seven in Pakistan: police Nov 21, 2008
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) - A bomb ripped through a funeral procession Friday in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least seven people and wounding at least 40 others, police and hospital officials said. The funeral in the town of Dera Ismail Khan was for a local Shiite figure shot dead Thursday, in what appeared to be sectarian violence between Sunni and Shiite Muslims. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Taliban, US wrestle for the upper hand Nov 20, 2008
Thirteen containers full of arms and ammunition, military vehicles and food were looted by the Taliban, forcing an entire NATO convoy from the southern port city of Karachi to stop in Peshawar, the capital of North-West Frontier Province ... In an important development, they are now active in and around Peshawar, where they are engaging the Pakistani security forces. (Asia Times Online)
People fleeing from Bajaur and Mohmand agencies due the ongoing military operation in the agencies are coming to Peshawar through Afghanistan Nov 20, 2008
Tribal people coming to Peshawar via Afghanistan ... We had to cross into the bordering areas of Afghanistan and cover a long distance to reach the border because security forces have blocked roads leading from the two agencies to Peshawar, a senior citizen from Mohmand Agency told Daily Times. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Pakistan backed raid, says Nato Nov 18, 2008
The BBC's M Ilyas Khan in Peshawar says such acknowledgement by foreign forces has often embarrassed Pakistan because it would not like to be seen to be cooperating with Western forces against Pakistani people. The US and Nato have called on Pakistan to do more to curb militants operating in the border area. (BBC News)
At least three troops were killed when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into a security checkpost in Swat`s Khawazakhela area on Monday Nov 18, 2008
The jirga will now talk to the NWFP government in Peshawar ... In Peshawar, two suspected Taliban from Adezai area of the city surrendered to the police and swore not to pick up arms again, but later denied in a press conference they were Taliban. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
100 troops escort two convoys g New quick response force to protect consignments Nov 18, 2008
PESHAWAR: About 100 Frontier Corps (FC) and Khasadar (tribal police) troops escorted Afghanistan-bound container trucks and oil tankers crossing the troubled Jamrud sub-division of Khyber Agency, as supplies to NATO and US forces resumed on Monday ... Hundreds of vehicles had been stranded in Peshawar and Jamrud after supplies to Afghanistan were stopped because of security concerns. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Convoy brings winter relief to Nato forces Nov 18, 2008
About 50 vehicles carrying oil, food and military hardware made its way to the frontier from the northwestern city of Peshawar, escorted by 100 Pakistani soldiers and paramilitaries in vehicles mounted with heavy machineguns ... Another 450 lorries were stranded in Peshawar, where they have been waiting since last week, as Pakistani authorities reviewed security on the road to Afghanistan. (Times Online)
Cochise College Events Nov 18, 2008
As part of the Strong Oak Historical Society guest lecture series, join JoEllen Gorg, foreign service officer from the U.S. Consulate in Peshawar, as she narrates her experiences living and working in Pakistan for the past year. Free and open to the public. (Douglas Daily Dispatch, AZ)
Truck ban hampers Afghan supply line Nov 17, 2008
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Container trucks and oil tankers bound for US and NATO troops in Afghanistan have suspended deliveries after militant attacks prompted Pakistan to block a major supply line, highlighting the vulnerability of the mountain passage. The ban in northwest Pakistan, confirmed yesterday, was intended to allow for a review of security in the famed Khyber Pass. (Boston Globe)
Truck halt on Pakistan pass may hurt U.S. Nov 17, 2008
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Container trucks and oil tankers bound for U.S and NATO troops in Afghanistan were forced off the road on Sunday after militant attacks prompted Pakistan to block a major supply line, highlighting the vulnerability of the mountain passage ... The suspension left dozens of trucks and oil tankers stranded along a main road near Peshawar, the regional capital. (MSNBC -- International)
NATO supplies via Khyber to resume today Nov 17, 2008
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar-Torkham road will be reopened today (Monday) for moving NATO supplies to Western forces in Afghanistan, political administration officials said, adding a shoot-to-kill order had been issued for those trying to disrupt the supplies ... The trailers loaded with armoured vehicles, edibles and other logistics were seen parked along Peshawars Ring Road and in several areas of Jamrud and Landikotal tehsils without any security ... Sources said the Peshawar-Jamrud road was also... (Daily Times, Pakistan)
* Pakistan halts oil to Afghanistan Nov 17, 2008
IMF HELP: Pakistani leaders had hoped their country could rely on help from countries fighting the War on Terror rather than take out a large loan from the IMF AGENCIES, KABUL AND HERAT, AFGHANISTAN AND PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN Monday, Nov 17, 2008, Page 5 ... Denied entry to the route, dozens of the trucks and oil tankers were parked along a main road near Peshawar, the regional capital. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
On the front line, in war on Pakistan's Taliban Nov 16, 2008
The convoys leave the border city of Peshawar - which has its own problems ... It's going to be a bloody few weeks and months,' said Iqbal Khattak, a Peshawar newspaper editor ... They are men from economically and socially marginalised elements in tribal society,' said a Peshawar-based expert and former senior bureaucrat, Khalid Aziz. (guardian.co.uk)
War on Taliban sparks refugee crisis Nov 16, 2008
Yesterday 300,000 Pakistani men, women and children, many of them driven from farms in the Bajaur region, were sheltering in eight makeshift camps on the outskirts of their nearest city, Peshawar ... Aid officials had hoped to transfer some refugees to Jalozai, an area near Peshawar that was once an Afghan refugee camp, but on Friday they had to abandon their plans because of security concerns ... The level of displacement is unprecedented in Pakistan, said Mohammed Adar, the beleaguered head of... (Times Online)
Over 2700 foreigners arrested for suspected militant links so far Nov 16, 2008
PESHAWAR: Law enforcing agencies have so far arrested more than 2,700 foreigners for their suspected links with Al-Qaeda or other militant organisations in Pakistan or Afghanistan ... He claimed that the WPRCP had so far got 2,500 arrested foreigners released from Pakistani prisons through the Peshawar High Court after the law enforcing agencies failed in proving their suspected links with Al-Qaeda and producing solid evidences against them in the court ... Citing the case of two Muslim-convert... (Daily Times)
$7.6-billion IMF loan for Pakistan Nov 16, 2008
On the heels of the killing of an American working for USAID and the kidnapping of an Iranian diplomat in Peshawar earlier this week, a Japanese and an Afghan journalist were injured on Friday in what was apparently an attempt to kidnap them while they were travelling in the Khyber Agency neighbouring Peshawar. Motoki Yotsukura of Asahi Shimbun and Sami Yousufzai of Newsweek had bullet injuries after being shot at by three men. (Hindu)
Miss Ireland upstages lady in red Nov 16, 2008
Militants have shot and wounded two foreign journalists on the outskirts of Peshawar, and US missiles killed 12 people in a strike on a Pakistani Taliban commander's stronghold in tribal lands bordering Afghanistan. Saturday, 15 November 2008. (Yahoo News -- Beauty Pageants)
Canadian journalist kidnapped by two tribes in Pakistan, paper reports Nov 16, 2008
VANCOUVER A Canadian journalist kidnapped in Pakistan last week was taken by tribes involved in criminal activity, according to a news report from Peshawar. And negotiations are under way for the release of Beverly Giesbrecht and two assistants kidnapped with her, The News, a Pakistani newspaper, reported Saturday. (Globe and Mail)
B.C. journalist kidnapped by two tribes in Pakistan, paper reports Nov 16, 2008
VANCOUVER A Canadian journalist kidnapped in Pakistan last week was taken by tribes involved in criminal activity, according to a news report from Peshawar. And negotiations are under way for the release of Beverly Giesbrecht and two assistants kidnapped with her, The News, a Pakistani newspaper, reported Saturday. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Official: Pakistan suspends trucks from using pass Nov 16, 2008
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - An official says Pakistan has temporarily suspended oil tankers and trucks with sealed containers from using a key passage into Afghanistan - a move that could affect a critical supply route to U.S. and NATO troops ... Barred vehicles were told to wait Sunday on a main road near Peshawar city. (ABC 7 News, DC)
Pakistan agrees to $7.6 billion IMF bailout Nov 16, 2008
Security concerns are currently focused on Peshawar, a strategically vital city on the edge of the wild tribal belt where militants stage attacks on U.S. and NATO troops across the border in Afghanistan and increasingly are threatening the city itself ... On Saturday, officials said militants fired a mortar shell into the village of Michni, just north of Peshawar, killing one soldier and wounding another, while police killed a suspected suicide bomber by firing a rocket at his explosives-filled... (USA Today)
Journalists hurt in abduction try in Pakistan Nov 15, 2008
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A Japanese journalist and an Afghan colleague were shot and wounded in an attempted kidnapping in the northern city of Peshawar yesterday after conducting interviews with Taliban fighters in the nearby tribal region, the police and local journalists said. The attack occurred amid a surge of militant violence in Peshawar, including the assassination of an American aid worker Wednesday and the kidnapping of an Iranian diplomat on Thursday ... The bureau chief of the Japanese... (Boston Globe)
Japanese journalist shot in Pakistan Nov 15, 2008
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A Japanese journalist was shot Friday in the frontier city of Peshawar the third attack on a foreigner there in three days, and missiles apparently fired by U.S. unmanned aircraft near the Afghan border killed at least 12 people, including several foreign militants, Pakistani officials said. The Japanese journalist was traveling with a Pakistani assistant in a car in Peshawar when gunmen opened fire, said police officer Mohammed Khan ... Security appears to be crumbling... (MSNBC -- International)
Pakistan torn over its tribal areas Nov 15, 2008
Much of the population moved to the capital of NWFP, Peshawar, and other places, allowing the Taliban to open up fronts in the towns of Sabqadar and Michini, situated on the northern edges of Peshawar. In the past few days the Taliban have infiltrated into Peshawar, where they have killed a worker of USAID, the American government's development arm, and abducted an Iranian diplomat. (Asia Times Online)
Canadian Reporter, War Critic Abducted in Pakistan Nov 15, 2008
"As a woman, I have already had a few close calls in the tribal areas as kidnappers and thieves are running loose even in Peshawar.". News of Giesbrecht's kidnapping comes only days after Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reporter Mellissa Fung, 35, was safely released in Afghanistan after being held by kidnappers for a month. (Fox News)
Gunmen kill American aid worker in Pakistan Nov 15, 2008
By Zulfiqar Ali and Laura King November 13, 2008 Reporting from Istanbul, Turkey, and Peshawar, Pakistan -- In a methodical attack Wednesday, gunmen with automatic weapons cornered and killed an American aid worker and his Pakistani driver in the capital of Pakistan's volatile northwest region ... The tribal areas lie between Peshawar, the regional capital, and the Afghan border ... The killing came less than three months after gunmen tried unsuccessfully to assassinate the senior U.S. diplomat... (Los Angeles Times)
Japanese, Afghan reporters hurt in Pakistan ambush Nov 15, 2008
Security appears to be crumbling in Peshawar, a city of 2 million where an Iranian diplomat was kidnapped Thursday and an American aid worker was killed Wednesday ... Peshawar and the nearby lawless tribal area have seen a rise in attacks on foreigners. (ABC 7 News, DC)
US aid worker slain in Pakistan Nov 15, 2008
Pakistani police officers escorted the ambulance carrying the body of Steve Vance, an American aid worker, in Peshawar on Wednesday ... On Wednesday, as he was arriving at his office in a residential area of turbulent Peshawar, he was shot and killed by gunmen, becoming the most prominent casualty of an increasingly troubled effort to use economic aid to undercut the hold of Al Qaeda and the Taliban on Pakistan's tribal areas ... He was confined to Peshawar, where he lived with his wife and five... (International Herald Tribune)
Pakistan says missiles kill 12 near Afghan border Nov 15, 2008
Also on Friday, a Japanese journalist was wounded in an apparent kidnap attempt in the frontier city of Peshawar the latest in a spate of attacks and abductions of foreigners in the city, police said. The Japanese journalist was travelling with a Pakistani assistant in a car in Peshawar when gunmen opened fire, said police officer Mohammed Khan ... Gunmen abducted an Iranian diplomat in Peshawar on Thursday, a day after an American aid worker was ambushed and killed in the city. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Militants kill Pakistani soldier near Peshawar Nov 15, 2008
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A Pakistani official says militants killed a soldier with mortar fire near the troubled frontier city of Peshawar ... Michni lies 14 miles from Peshawar, the provincial capital, where security has deteriorated dramatically. (ABC 7 News, DC)
Iranian diplomat nabbed in Pakistan Nov 14, 2008
Pakistani police officers hold their weapons as they stand guard at the site where U.S. citizen Stephen Vance was killed in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Wednesday ... PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Armed men kidnapped an Iranian diplomat in Pakistan's northwest, a day after the slaying of an American aid worker heightening fears that Islamic militants are hunting down foreigners ... The Iranian and his Pakistani bodyguard were driving over a narrow bridge in Peshawar when two gunmen blocked their way... (MSNBC -- International)
Foreigners shot in Pakistan as missiles hit militants Nov 14, 2008
Militants shot and wounded two foreign journalists on the outskirts of Peshawar on Friday, and U.S. missiles killed 12 people in a strike on a Pakistani Taliban commander's stronghold in tribal lands bordering Afghanistan ... The shooting of a Japanese and an Afghan journalist on Friday was the latest incident involving foreigners in Peshawar ... In Peshawar, journalist Sami Yousafzai recounted how he and a journalist from Japan's Asahi newspaper were attacked by three gunmen on foot at the... (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
Taleban bring new fear to Peshawar Nov 14, 2008
Peshawar has seen many bombings and suicide attacks since last year. The city of Peshawar in north-west Pakistan faces a heightened threat from Islamist militants barely five months after a military operation cleared them from its outskirts ... The perpetrators were widely believed to be criminal gangs connected to the tribal underworlds operating out of Darra Adamkhel and Khyber tribal regions - both lying just outside the administrative boundaries of Peshawar. (BBC News)
* World News Quick Take Nov 14, 2008
Gunmen kidnapped an Iranian diplomat after killing his guard yesterday in Peshawar, a day after a US aid worker was shot dead in the city, officials said. The Iranian diplomat was driving on a narrow bridge when two armed men blocked his way with their car and opened fire, said Banaras Khan, a police investigator in Peshawar who cited a witness. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Miss Ireland upstages lady in red Nov 14, 2008
An American aid-worker involved in a US government-run project in north-west Pakistan was shot dead by gunmen today as he made his way to work in the city of Peshawar. His Pakistani driver was also shot dead. (Yahoo News -- Beauty Pageants)
Abducted BC journalist was working for Al Jazeera Nov 14, 2008
"Allah knows that I really dislike having to ask but please know how hard we work for Allah. We have managed to get very good material out of the country to our production group but our physical safety is now paramount. I make this personal and urgent appeal to you to send whatever [c]ontribution you can to assist us to return to Canada and Britain (I am Canadian, our other member with me is from Britain and we also have some local Pakistanis who cannot leave the country I am afraid). "As a... (Globe and Mail)
Pakistan: Missiles kill 12 in northwest Nov 14, 2008
The journalist was traveling with an Afghan colleague in a car in the regional capital, Peshawar, when gunmen opened fire, wounding both men and their Pakistani driver, police said ... Security appears to be crumbling in Peshawar, a strategically vital city and a hub for Western-funded relief work in the region. (USA Today -- News)
Afghan Attack On U.S. Convoy Kills 21 Nov 13, 2008
Meanwhile, unidentified gunmen kidnapped an Iranian official and killed his bodyguard Thursday morning in an attack near the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, a day after an American aid worker was killed while leaving his home in the same area, reported CBS News' Sami Yousafzai from Peshawar ... The man taken, Hashmatullah Atharzadeh, was a commercial attache at the Iranian Consulate in Peshawar ... The group was implementing U.S. government-funded programs to pump $750 million over five... (CBS News)
Ambush of US worker underlines perils of policy Nov 13, 2008
Yesterday, as he was arriving at his office in a residential area of turbulent Peshawar, he was killed by gunmen, becoming the most prominent casualty of an increasingly troubled effort to use economic aid to undercut the hold of Al Qaeda and the Taliban on Pakistan's tribal areas ... He was confined to Peshawar, where he lived with his wife and five children, ages 1 to 13 ... But he traveled in an unarmored car, unlike American diplomats working at the US consulate in Peshawar, who are required... (Boston Globe)
Iran envoy abducted in Pakistan Nov 13, 2008
Areas close to Peshawar are known to be Taleban strongholds. Gunmen have kidnapped a diplomat from Iran and killed his guard in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, police say ... A police officer told the AFP news agency that the diplomat was travelling to the consulate in Peshawar when the gunmen attacked his car. (BBC News)
Pakistan forex raidjust the start Nov 13, 2008
Following the KKI arrests on Friday, money changers in Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, had gone underground, according to The Daily News ... About 400 currency dealers operate in Peshawar, primarily in the markets of Andar Shehr and Chowk Yadgar. (Asia Times Online)
U.S. aid worker shot dead near Pakistan tribal areas Nov 13, 2008
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- Gunmen shot and killed an American as he was traveling to work for a U.S.-funded aid program aimed at chipping away support for al-Qaida and Taliban militants in Pakistan's lawless tribal regions. Stephen Vance was killed along with his Pakistani driver in an upscale neighborhood of Peshawar, a sprawling and increasingly lawless city on the eastern edge of northwestern tribal areas bordering Afghanistan ... Also in Peshawar early Thursday, gunmen kidnapped an Iranian... (Sioux City Journal, IO)
American aid worker gunned down in Pakistan ambush Nov 13, 2008
"Law and order has deteriorated sharply in Peshawar, the capital of the North West Frontier Province, with kidnappings of locals for ransom on the rise. The city is on the edge of the lawless tribal area, making it vulnerable. The Afghan ambassador-designate to Pakistan was abducted in Peshawar earlier this year, and kidnappers are holding a Polish engineer and several Chinese workers in the northwest."The suburbs of Peshawar are not safe," said Mehmood Shah, a former senior government official... (Anchorage Daily News)
Explosives-laden bus targets school where troops were stationed Nov 13, 2008
PESHAWAR: Five people were killed as a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-filled bus into the gates of a school in Charsadda district on Wednesday. Two others died as troops fired in retaliation. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Gunmen shot and killed an American aid worker and his driver in one of Peshawar`s high security zones on Wednesday Nov 13, 2008
US aid worker shot dead in Peshawar high security zone. PESHAWAR: Gunmen shot and killed an American aid worker and his driver in one of Peshawars high security zones on Wednesday, dealing a blow to plans to pump hundreds of millions of dollars into the impoverished Tribal Areas ... A diplomat at the US Consulate in Peshawar told Daily Times investigation was in progress and they were coordinating with the authorities. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Miss Ireland upstages lady in red Nov 13, 2008
An American aid-worker involved in a US government-run project in north-west Pakistan was shot dead by gunmen today as he made his way to work in the city of Peshawar. His Pakistani driver was also shot dead. (Yahoo News -- Beauty Pageants)
Suicide blast kills 11 in Afghanistan - US military Nov 13, 2008
A policeman looks into the car belonging to an Iranian diplomat after he was kidnapped in the Hayatabad area of Peshawar November 13, 2008. Gunmen kidnapped an Iranian diplomat in northwestern. (AlertNet)
Pakistan approves big dam project Nov 13, 2008
Page last updated at 16:55 GMT, Wednesday, 12 November 2008. By Syed Shoaib Hasan BBC News, Islamabad. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Iranian diplomat kidnapped, guard killed in Pakistan: police Nov 13, 2008
AFP Pakistani policemen inspect a bullet-riddled car of a kidnapped Iranian diplomat in Peshawar, northwestern. PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) Gunmen kidnapped an Iranian diplomat and killed his local guard in northwestern Pakistan Thursday, police said, in the latest of a series of attacks in the region ... Hashmatullah Atharzadeh was on his way to the consulate in Peshawar, the capital of North West Frontier Province bordering Afghanistan, when unknown assailants attacked his car, police officer... (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
U.S. aid worker and driver killed in Pakistani tribal region Nov 13, 2008
Pakistani police officers escorted the ambulance carrying the body of Steve Vance, an American aid worker, in Peshawar on Wednesday ... The ambush in the increasingly lawless city of Peshawar was the latest in a string targeting foreigners in Pakistan and was likely to further dent confidence in a nuclear-armed country that is also battling an economic crisis ... The American, Steve Vance, and his Pakistani driver were shot as their car approached the house in Peshawar where Vance ran a program... (International Herald Tribune)
England and UAE offer to host Pakistan v India series Nov 13, 2008
Reuters Published: November 13, 2008. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) would consider shifting next year's series against India to England or the United Arab Emirates if the Indian government does not clear the tour over security worries, a senior official said. (International Herald Tribune)
Militants seize supplies meant for US-led forces Nov 12, 2008
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Suspected Taliban fighters hijacked trucks carrying Humvees and other supplies for US-led troops in Afghanistan, authorities said yesterday after a brazen attack near Khyber Pass that underscored the militants' grip across key mountain strongholds. In a separate attack today in nearby Peshawar, gunmen shot dead a US aid official along with his driver as he left his home, a senior police official said. (Boston Globe)
