Tag: Rocket

Four killed in Kurram rocket attacks

PESHAWAR - At least four persons were killed when rockets were fired at a passenger vehicle in Kurram Agency early Sunday morning.
the militants fired four rockets at a passenger van in Shahdan Dhand border area, killing four people, including a woman.
The victims are Afghans, who were returning to their country from Kurram Agency.

Holiday saves all as rocket attacks madressa in Malir

KARACHI - Adopting a new strategy for attacking the people of Karachi, terrorists fired two rockets at a madressa in the Malir area on Wednesday. A rocket hit the walls of an Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) madressa near the Jamia mosque, whereas a second rocket landed in the Ghazi ground a few minutes later. The walls of the madressa were damaged in the attacks; however, no casualties were reported as a result.
The rocket attacks spread panic in the area while the law enforcement

ASWJ madrassa damaged in Karachi rocket attack

KARACHI - Adopting a new strategy to harass the people of Karachi, terrorists fired two rockets at a madrassa in Malir area on Wednesday. A rocket hit the walls of the madrassa run by Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) near Jamia mosque, while a second rocket landed at Ghazi ground a few minutes later. The walls of the madrassa were damaged in the attacks.
However, no casualties were reported. The rocket attack spread panic across the area and law enforcement officials cordoned off

Six of a family killed in Jaffarabad rocket attack

QUETTA - Six persons, including four children, belonging to a same family were killed as a rocket hit their house in Jaffarabad district. According to the police sources, the rocket landed on the residence of Pehalu Khan Bugti in Goth Hyer-ud-Din. As a result, the house owner and his wife besides four young daughters lost their lives.
The attack was carried out on the night between Friday and Saturday from the nearby mountains while the victims were asleep. Following the attack,

Motoring – Make your own pocket rocket

LAHORE - If you are the sort of a person who remembers every drag race sequence from the fast and the furious movies. And if every time you watch those drag race sequences you crave to be behind the wheel of a modified car while thinking about the adrenaline it will give you. Well, this article is meant for you. Most of us petrol heads in Pakistan face one major issue while trying to acquire a fast car which is that most of us are on a very tight budget.
Mostly the cars with

3 soldiers killed in rocket attack

MIRANSHAH - A rocket attack by Taliban militants on Tuesday killed at least three soldiers and injured three others in North Waziristan, while a US drone strike in the same tribal agency killed five militants, security officials said. The rocket attack took place at a security forces camp in Razmak area of the agency.
"At least three soldiers were martyred and three others were wounded in a rocket attack," a senior security official said. "This is the work of Taliban militants,"

Indian satellite rocket explodes after lift-off

BANGALORE - An Indian space rocket carrying an advanced communications satellite was destroyed by mission control on Saturday following a malfunction after lift-off, officials said.
Live television pictures showed the rocket exploding in a plume of smoke and fire moments after taking off from the Sriharikota launch site, some 80 kilometres from the southern city of Chennai.
The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) veered from its intended flight path and was