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Security forces seize NATO goods

LANDIKOTAL - The security forces along with Khyber Agency's political administration, in a raid on two godowns in the Gagra area of Landikotal, seized four cars, charas and wood and arrested two people allegedly involved in damping NATO's stolen items on Sunday.
Reportedly, the security forces and the political administration raided two godowns and recovered four parked motorcars, a huge quantity of charas and wood stolen from NATO containers.

Taliban fighters seize Afghan district in remote east

ASADABAD - Taliban insurgents seized a district in Afghanistan's remote northeast after a brief battle with police, provincial officials said on Tuesday, underscoring the difficulty Afghan and foreign forces face in securing the increasingly violent region.
Hundreds of Taliban fighters had captured the Waygal district centre in mountainous Nuristan province in the pre-dawn hours on Tuesday, said Mohammad Zarin, a spokesman for the provincial governor. Nimatullah Mazabyar, the

Taliban seize remote district in east Afghanistan

ASADABAD - Taliban insurgents seized a district in Afghanisan's remote northeast after a brief battle with police, provincial officials said on Tuesday, underscoring the difficulty Afghan and foreign forces face in securing the increasingly violent region.
Hundreds of Taliban fighters had captured the Waygal district centre in mountainous Nuristan province in the pre-dawn hours on Tuesday, said Mohammad Zarin, a spokesman for the provincial governor.
Nimatullah Mazabyar,

Pirates seize oil tanker carrying 17 Pakistanis

BRUSSELS - Pirates armed with rocket-propelled grenades on Monday hijacked a Kuwaiti oil tanker carrying 29 sailors including 17 Pakistanis southeast of Oman, the European Union's naval forces said.
The Zirku crude oil tanker was seized some 250 nautical miles southeast of the Omani port of Salalah at around 0900 GMT, the EU Navfor anti-piracy mission said in a statement.

Rebels seize key Libyan towns

BENGHAZI - Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi were retreating on Saturday after rebels recaptured the key eastern town of Ajdabiya in their first significant victory since the launch of the Western-led airstrikes a week ago. US President Barack Obama said the international mission had saved countless innocents from a "bloodbath" threatened by Gaddafi, and the rebels thanked France for its role in the military blitz but said "outside forces" could now leave the country.

Police seize 160kg explosives from TTP hideout in Gujranwala

GUJRANWALA - Police have recovered 160 kilograms of explosives, suicide jackets, 4 hand-grenades, 3 Kalashnikovs maps, jihadi literature and pictures of TTP commanders from four bungalows in Gujranwala. CPO Ghulam Mahmood Dogar told the media on Monday while addressing a news conference. He said no arrest could be made as the terrorists had escaped soon after a blast early Monday morning. He, however, said police apprehended 3 people who helped terrorists renting the buildings. He

Egyptians seize first taste of democracy after Mubarak

CAIRO - Egyptians turned out in droves on Saturday to get their first taste of democracy after president Hosni Mubarak was forced to relinquish his 30-year grip on power last month in the face of mass protests. Long queues formed outside voting centres throughout the first half of the day, something unheard of in the Mubarak era, when turnout was always miniscule as voters assumed their ballots would make no difference. Hordes of voters flocked to polling stations across Cairo from

Bears seize control of LSE

LAHORE - The Lahore Stock Exchange (LSE) remained bearish on Wednesday with further improvement in the volume. The LSE 25-shares index lost 71.52 points and closed at 3,407.44 points against its opening at 3,478.96 level on Wednesday. Out of total 88 active scrips, 12 went up, 48 went down and 28 closed without any change in their opening values.
The volume of the market remained 7.2 million shares, which witnessed an increase of 0.77 million shares. Bank of Punjab was emerged as

Patrolling police seize 193 liquor bottles

DASKA - Sambrial patrolling police seized a heavy quantity of liquor from a car in the jurisdiction of Bagowala Police Station. Reportedly, the police were tipped off that two people were taking a heavy quantity of liquor to Sialkot in a car. The police signaled them to stop but the accused ran away leaving 193 bottle of liquor on the spot.
C&W seeks early construction of roads: Provincial Communication and Works (C&W) Secretary Azam Salman took strict notice of the slow pace of

FIA asks UK govt to seize Moonis, Mohsin’s accounts

LAHORE - The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Wednesday requested the British government to seize the bank accounts of Moonis Elahi and Mohsin Habib Warraich, both involved in the Rs 2.5 billion National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) scam.
The FIA also requested the UK government to extradite Warraich. According to FIA sources, Moonis' name was included by the FIA investigators in Abdul Maalik's statement. Maalik was Moonis' manager. Sources said Moonis' bank account

Police arrest two car thieves, seize six cars

LAHORE - Lahore City Division Anti Vehicles Lifting Staff (AVLS) on Monday arrested two members of the Ijaz Ali Khan gang including its ringleader Ijaz Ali Khan and Khawaja Tehseen Mustafa, data operator Excise Office, Kasur, involved in fake registration and preparing bogus documents of stolen vehicles after tempering, and recovered six cars from their possession. The criminals have confessed to abovementioned crimes during preliminary interrogation.
According to details, on

Coast guards seize 34kg of hashish

KARACHI - Pakistan Coast Guards (PCG) foiled an attempt to smuggle a consignment of hashish and heroin in Windar, Balochistan.
According to a PCG statement issued on Saturday, PCG officials stopped a car at Naka Khari check post and upon searching it found 34 kg hashish and 11 kg heroin from the car.
Seizing the drugs, PCG authorities has started investigation into the matter, the statement added.

Forces seize 89 missiles, arrest 4 militants in kP

PESHAWAR: The security forces have seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition including 89 missiles during a successful raid in Khyber Agency, and also arrested four militants in the process.
Colonel Sadiq of the Frontier Corps (FC) told journalists at the FC Fort Shahkus on Sunday that 89 missiles, 31 40-MM rocket launchers and light-machine guns were seized by the security forces during a raid carried out in the Akakhel area.
The Russian-origin arms were brought to the

Militants seize district in volatile Afghan province

GHAZNI: A large number of insurgents attacked and seized a district in an Afghan province on Sunday night, officials said, the latest in a string of assaults on foreign and government targets.
Mohammad Yaseen, police commander for Khogyani district in Ghazni province, southwest of Kabul, told Reuters the militants had set fire to the district headquarters and police had suffered casualties defending the area.
Yaseen, who fled to the provincial capital, Ghazni city, did not

Punjab govt will seize sugar stock of defaulting mills: Sana

Law minister says 142 FIRs registered against owners and GMs of defaulting mills
LAHORE
Punjab government has decided to seize the stock of sugar mills for defaulting on the payments to sugarcane growers.
Punjab government has decided to attach the defaulting sugar mills stock with the payments to sugarcane growers as guarantee.
On Friday, Sana told the Punjab Assembly that sugar mills have paid around 97 per cent of total outstanding amount to the growers. "Out of