Diplomatic Cross

Pakistan army soldier stands guard the site of a plane crash in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. AP Islamabad-A Pakistani military plane crashed into a residential area before dawn on Tuesday, killing at least 19 people, most of them in their homes on the outskirts of the city of Rawalpindi, officials said. Fires, damaged houses and debris were visible in Mora Kalu village near Rawalpindi after daybreak. Victims’ relatives were seen wailing and crying as rescuers loaded charred bodies into ambulances. Rescue officials said 14 civilians, including children, and all five crew aboard the aircraft were killed, including the two pilots. Farooq Butt, an official at the state-run rescue  emergency service, said 14 people were also injured in the crash. He said the death toll could rise as some were in critical condition. “Most of the victims received burn injuries,” Butt said. The cause of the crash wasn’t immediately known. The military said the army aircraft was on a routine training fl...

BY-Salahuddin Salarzai Mir Ali-Several cases of target killing and violence had reported in Tribal district and KPK - in a fresh incident of target killing in North Waziristan tribal district, two persons were shot dead in Mir Ali area on Friday. Official sources said unknown armed men shot dead two persons in Mir Ali sub-division. The district administration has launched the investigation into the incident. The incidents of target killing have increased in Waziristan since the return of the temporarily displaced persons. Recently, the people of North Waziristan had staged a sit-in in protest against increasing incidents of target killing in the tribal district. In a separate incident in Ghulam Khan Tehsil of North Waziristan, one person was killed when two rival groups clashed over a land dispute. The district administration has arrested four persons after the clash and initiated investigations. Last month several cases of target killing occur in Bajaur tribal dist...

PESHAWAR: Corps Commander Peshawar Lt General Nazir Ahmad Butt has said on Tuesday that some of the demands of Pakhtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) are genuine and revealed that an apex committee formed in a high-powered jirga, comprising politicians and local elders, will hold talks with the movement leaders. Talking to media at the Corps Headquarters Peshawar, Lt General Nazir Ahmad Butt said that the decision was taken in light of PTM’s five-point demand. He said that demands of the PTM are genuine and Pakistan Army is ready to address all their demands within the purview of the Constitution. The Corps Commander maintained that Manzoor Pashtun is our own child who got education from Army school at Bannu Cant. He said that the activist is an innocent child adding that Pashteen is not wrong in saying that security personnel’s behavior at check posts is harsh. He said that they are wholeheartedly welcoming Manzoor Pashtun. The military officer said that landmines are as seri...