Tag: Mohmand

Militants destroy girls’ school in Mohmand Agency

In yet another attack on schools, unidentified militants have blown up a primary school for girls in Saafi tehsil of Mohmand Agency in the...

3 soldiers killed in Mohmand blast

Three Frontier Corps soldiers were killed in a roadside bombing while unidentified militants blew up a school on Saturday. According to reports, three FC...

3 soldiers killed in Mohmand agency

Three Frontier Corps soldiers were martyred due to roadside bomb explosion here on Saturday. While some militants blew up a girl school. As per...

Two govt schools blown up in Peshawar, Mohmand

Anti-literacy militants blew up two government schools in Peshawar and Mohmand Agency with explosives early on Tuesday. According to details, unidentified miscreants had planted...

3 soldiers, 14 militants killed in Mohmand

Dozens of militants attacked a paramilitary checkpoint overnight, sparking clashes that left at least three soldiers and up to 14 militants dead, officials said...

Re-engaging with America

Pakistan is trying to redefine the terms of engagements with the US after last year’s devastating NATO air attack at a border outpost in...

FDMA repatriates 145,338 displaced families

The FATA Disaster Management Authority has so far managed to repatriate 145,338 families to their permanent dwellings of a total of 298,715 families displaced...

The Afghanistan factor

Last year was terrible for Pak-US relations which are in a state of free fall since a US contractor, Raymond Davis, gunned down two...

Unacceptable: Pakistan formally rejects NATO enquiry

Pakistan has formally rejected the US-NATO enquiry into the airstrikes on the two border posts in Mohmand Agency on November 26, on the grounds...

Mohmand, Memogate and the Mullah

It’s all interconnected While some see no link between the Mohmand incident and the Memogate affair, it would be unwise to think so. This line...

Mohmand Marble City to be completed by September 2014

The first phase of Mohmand Marble City is scheduled to be completed by September 2014. The work contract is set to be awarded in...

US drone strikes in Pakistan on longest pause

The covert US drone programme that hunts al Qaeda and allied terrorists operating in Tribal Areas has entered its longest pause since the strikes...

To our super-patriots

Discretion is the better part of valour Thank goodness the nationwide frenzy stirred by our super-patriotic but lazy anchors, members of establishment and others on...

Govt has clear stance against Mohmand attack, says Gilani

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Tuesday said the NATO attack on Pakistani posts was an unacceptable infringement on the territorial integrity of Pakistan...

Nato attacks

One incident; many perspectives Over the past two weeks, the sizeable community of analysts in this country has been grappling with the question as to...

Reality check needed

Pragmatism over populism As American leadership remains reluctant to extend an apology to Pakistan over the November 26 strikes on the army posts in Mohmand...

Cornered in

As usual Our current phase of tensions with the outside world is going to get worse before it gets better. For starters, the attack on...