No LeT, JeM operatives in Pak CID’s latest ‘Red Book’ of wanted terrorists

September 21st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistani law enforcement agencies are searching for 83 high profile terrorists wanted for various crimes, ranging from the attack on former president Pervez Musharraf to fanning the separatist movement in Balochistan. According to a list maintained by the Interior Ministry, 41 of the most wanted terrorists belong to Punjab, 21 to Sindh, 13 to Balochistan and eight to the NWFP.

September 13th, 2009 ABU DHABI - The Indian community in United Arab Emirates has paid a tribute to the founder of the nation, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, by publishing a book on him in the Malayalam language. The book was officially released at a special ceremony at the Indian Social and Cultural Centre here during a mass Iftar banquet Saturday, WAM news agency reported Sunday.

September 9th, 2009 RAWALPINDI - The Pakistani security forces continued on Wednesday the search and clearance operations in Swat and Malakand during in which seven terrorists were killed. According to a press release issued by Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the security forces conducted search operation in Charai near Malam Jabba and during exchange of fire with terrorists a soldier died and two others were injured.

August 20th, 2009 NEW YORK - The US Central Intelligence Agency in 2004 hired employees of private security firm Blackwater to help hunt down Al Qaeda terrorists, the New York Times reported Thursday, quoting current and former government officials. The CIA spent several million dollars on the programme which aimed at locating and assassinating top Al Qaeda operatives.

August 13th, 2009 ABU DHABI - Gulf countries should accelerate their anti-terror drives as they are high profile targets for terrorists who want their heinous acts to get wider publicity, WAM news agency reported, citing a UAE newspaper. Any bomb blast or other terrorist activity in the Gulf would give the terrorist much wanted publicity, the Gulf News said in its editorial Thursday.

August 4th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that officers of the rank of Major, who wanted to target army generals and elements in the intelligence agencies sympathetic towards terrorists, have been arrested. There have been some elements in the intelligence agencies who have had links with terrorists, including Baithullah Mehsud, Qari Ilyas and Qari Hussain and with banned organisations, Malik told a private TV channel on Monday.

July 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said she chose to stay at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai last weekend to make it very clear that India and the US "are going to work together to stamp out the scourge of terrorism". "I wanted to start in Mumbai and I wanted to stay here, and I wanted to show our sympathy and solidarity for the people who lost their lives and were injured in the terrorist attack and for those who courageously prevented more deaths and injury," Clinton said in an interview with Fox News recorded in Mumbai.

July 8th, 2009 ONBOARD SPECIAL AIRCAFT - Pakistani Intelligence agencies are assisting terrorists by spoofing the signals of Tharaiya phones through its powerful transmitters authoritative sources in government of India told ANI. Tharaiya phones are the kind of satellite phones, which are frequently being used by terrorist to communicate with their masters for executing attacks.

July 7th, 2009 VIRGINIA - The threat perception on vital installations in three coastal states Gujarat, Maharashtra and Goa has been increased manifold following intelligence reports of the banned Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) channelising huge amounts of money from its Gulf-based networks for terror strikes against the country. According to a report in the Terrorism Monitor, a periodical published by the Virginia based Jamestown Foundation, intelligence authorities have revealed that the LeT's marine wing is planning a repeat of the 26/11 Mumbai attack, and is on the look out for an incursion into India via the western sea-coast.

June 17th, 2009 LONDON - Wikipedia, the free online encyclopaedia that anyone can edit, has been turned into a book 5000 pages long and 1ft 7ins thick. Rob Matthews turned the encyclopaedia, written by volunteers, into a book containing 437-featured articles from the popular Internet resource, and it comes up to his knee when it is made to stand on the floor.

June 9th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan has placed a bounty of 17 million rupees on heads of 10 most wanted terrorists. According to the Daily Times, the Punjab government has released a list of terrorists who were involved in the recent suicide bombings in the province.

May 28th, 2009 NEW YORK - A Kentucky man who keeps suing people is suing the Guinness Book of World Records for naming him the world's most litigious man. It is believed that Riches has filed over 4,000 lawsuits around the world, reports Britain's Metro newspaper, against people and entities as varied as George W.

May 23rd, 2009 LONDON - The world's favourite detective fiction writer Agatha Christie keeps breaking world records even after her death. The latest record-breaker is the complete collection of Miss Marple stories with a spine that is over a foot thick.

May 15th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan has been registered in the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest militarized territorial dispute in the world. The Guinness Book of World Records used the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) world fact book to name the Kashmir issue, the longest dispute between two countries, The Daily Times reports.

March 10th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistani security agencies have identified a little-known militant, Muhammad Aqil, as the mastermind of the audacious attack on Sri Lankan cricketers here, but police have failed to nab him. Security agencies conducted raids at several places after identifying Aqil, who has links to a banned militant group.