Explosions reportedly caused by missiles fired from drone aircraft hit a house and seminary linked to a key Taliban commander in northwest Pakistan on Monday, killing at least nine people, officials and witnesses said.
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At least 21 people including women and children were killed Monday in a missile strike by suspected US drones on a Pakistan tribal town near the Afghan border, officials told AFP.
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KARACHI: Four people have been injured when a truck loaded with vegetables has been overturned at Super Highway in Karachi.According to hospital sources, a truck has been overturned due to over speeding near Katohar injuring Ali Nawaz, Gul Hasan, Wali Muhammad and Fida Bux. The injured were shifted to Fatima Baqai Hospital through Edhi ambulance where Gul Hasan was reported in a critical state.
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NEW YORK: Roger Federer won his 13th Grand Slam crown and fifth consecutive U.S. Open title, defeating sixth seed from Britain Andy Murray with 6-2, 7-5, 6-2.Federer is now just one Slam title shy of the all-time record. Twenty-seven year old Federer thrilled a sell-out crowd of over 23,000 at Arthur Ashe Stadium by defeating his opponent easily.Federer’’s 56th career crown moved him into sole possession of second place on the all-time Slam title list one more than Roy Emerson and one below the career record 14 won by Pete Sampras.After winning the final, an overjoyed Federer said one thing is for sure that he was not going to stop at 13.Federer became the first man to win five Slams in a row at two different events, having also completed the feat last year at Wimbledon. No one had won five US titles in a row since Bill Tilden in 1924.
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Missiles fired by U.S. drones killed 23 people, mostly relatives of a Taliban commander close to Osama bin Laden, in a region of Pakistan near the Afghan border on Monday, witnesses and intelligence officials said.
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Pakistan News
Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, will be sworn in as Pakistan’s new president.
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US President George W. Bush was to describe Pakistan Tuesday as a major war on terrorism battleground, like Afghanistan or Iraq, and urged Islamabad to shoulder its “responsibility” to fight extremists.
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Sept. 9 (Bloomberg) — Pakistan is set to extend an August curb on equity trading as concern grows that an end to the limits may cause the benchmark KSE 100 Index to plunge anew after the Karachi Stock Exchange lost a third of its value this year.
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Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta said Monday the battle against insurgents in his country must be taken to its “breeding ground” in neighbouring Pakistan.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 8 — At least 20 people were killed and 25 were injured Monday when missiles fired by U.S. Predator drones hit a religious school and the house of a powerful Taliban commander in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border, according to witnesses and a Pakistani security…
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