Women, child among 5 killed in Quetta operation

QUETTA: At least two alleged terrorists, two women and a child were killed in a joint operation carried out by police and Frontier Constabulary in Quetta’s Kharotabad area early morning, SAMAA reports Thursday.

The exchange of fire with militants also left 16 security men injured when the law enforcers raided a house in Kharotabad neighborhood of Quetta on a tip off that some militants were hiding there.

Two arrested after their vehicle hit a Pakistani envoy's car

New Delhi: The Delhi Police have arrested a woman and her nephew, who were travelling on the two-wheeler that hit a Pakistani envoy's car on Monday. Both have been accused of rash and negligent driving, among other charges.

The action came after Pakistan issued a strong statement seeking a thorough probe into the incident. Trouble began after Pakistan's First Secretary Zirgham Raza's car hit a woman and her nephew on a two-wheeler and an argument broke out.

Waliur Rehman buried, say intelligence officials

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Pakistani intelligence officials said the Pakistani Taliban's deputy leader has been buried after his death in a US drone strike.

The killing of Waliur Rehman has not been confirmed by the White House or the official Pakistani Taliban spokesman. But it would be a major blow to the militant group.

The US had accused Rehman of involvement in a 2009 suicide attack in Afghanistan that killed seven CIA employees.

Pak’s Punjab CM orders judicial probe into Sarabjit’s death

Pakistani authorities on Thursday ordered a judicial inquiry into the murder of Indian death row convict Sarabjit Singh. He died after being comatose for nearly a week following an assault by other inmates of Kot Lakhpat Jail.

Najam Sethi, the caretaker Chief Minister of Punjab province, ordered the judicial inquiry. He directed officials to ensure that the probe was completed in 15 days.

“Chief Minister Najam Sethi has directed the Home Department to prepare terms of reference for a judicial inquiry into the murder of Sarabjit Singh. The inquiry would be completed within 15 days,” a Punjab government spokesman said.

Taliban execute man in public

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The Taliban executed an Afghan in the Kari Kot village, about 10km south west of Wana Rustam Bazaar, in South Waziristan.

Mai-u-din, belonging to the Zedran tribe of Afghanistan, was brought handcuffed into an open place near the small bazaar of Kari Kot. The Taliban then fired him from the back and killed him in front of the public. The Taliban confirmed that the incident occurred on Monday.