Pak announces 17 million bounty for nabbing 10 most 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 11th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's military said Friday it has arrested a Taliban spokesman in the Swat valley, where troops have spent five months fighting Islamist insurgents. Muslim Khan was captured with four colleagues including key militant commander Mehmood Khan, Geo news channel reported, citing army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas.

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 29th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan Punjab province's Crime Investigation Department (CID) has released its 12th 'Red Book' containing names of most wanted high profile terrorists. The book, which also includes the names of those involved in sectarian violence, mentions a combined head money of 54 million rupees announced by the Punjab government for the militants.

August 10th, 2009 KARACHI - Rehamn Dakate, a gangster who orchestrated the Lyari gang war, has been killed in an encounter with the police here. Police said Dakate's body with has been moved to Jinnah Hospital.

August 8th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Following the death of Pak-Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud in a US drone strike, an interesting question has cropped up-Will Islamabad offer the promised bounty money of 50 million rupees to the CIA for killing Pakistan's enemy no. 1? The US government had also announced a 5-million-dollar bounty on Mehsud.

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 29th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A bombing outside a courthouse in north-western Pakistan Wednesday killed at least one person and wounded three, police said. The explosion took place in a parking lot adjacent to courtrooms in Dera Ismail Khan, located close to Pakistan's lawless tribal region near the Afghan border.

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.

June 28th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Government has revised the bounty on the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud increasing it to a whopping 50 million rupees. In its latest advertisement, the government has announced a reward of 50 million rupees for the arrest (dead or alive) of Mehsud, besides announcing rewards on 11 other most wanted militants in the country.

May 31st, 2009 PESHAWAR - In yet another gaffe committed by the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) government, the list of the 21 most wanted militant commanders released by it recently also included the name of a person who is already languishing in jail. According to The News, the list of NWFP government's most wanted extremists also included the name of one Taliban commander Liaqat.

May 29th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A day after the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Information Minister Iftikhar Hussain claimed that Swat Taliban chief Mullah Fazlullah has been killed in a military operation being carried out in the Valley, top security officials have denied the report. Senior security officials claimed that all the militant commanders including Mullah Fazlulah would be either killed or arrested by the Army, The News reports.

May 28th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan has claimed that Swat Taliban chief Mullah Fazlullah has been killed in a military operation being carried out in the SwatValley. Announcing a whopping four million rupees bounty on Fazlullah, the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Information Minister Iftikhar Hussain said the Army has confirmed the deaths of several top militant commanders.

May 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden's former Tanzanian cook is coming to New York to face charges for his role in the bombings of two U.S. embassies in East Africa 11 years ago, President Obama announced Thursday.

March 31st, 2009 LAHORE - Salman Taseer, the governor of Pakistan's Punjab province, Tuesday announced compensation of Rs.20 lakh each for the families of the eight policemen killed in the terror attack on the Manawan training academy near here, even as 50 people have been arrested for their suspected role in the assault. This apart, the salary and other benefits would be paid till the time they would have otherwise retired, he said after attending the funeral prayers of the slain policemen.