Stung Pakistani army may soon start building new HQ in Islamabad

October 10th, 2009 RAWALPINDI - Pakistani commandoes stormed a building Sunday morning in an army compound here, freeing more than two dozen hostages held by militants, an Army spokesman said. Explosions and gunfire were heard from inside the premises when the troops moved into the building shortly before dawn.

October 10th, 2009 Gunmen attack Pakistani army headquartersISLAMABAD — A Pakistani military official says gunmen have opened fire near the army's headquarters outside the capital of Islamabad. The assault Saturday morning sparked an intense shootout that was ongoing Saturday.

October 7th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has claimed that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Hakeemullah Mehsud is dead and the man who appeared in a recent video claiming to be Mehsud might be his look-alike. Talking to reporters after visiting the persons who were injured in the suicide attack on the UN building here, Malik said the man in the video might be Mehsud's brother.

October 5th, 2009 Blast at UN office in PakistanISLAMABAD — An explosion inside the offices of the World Food Program in the Pakistani capital wounded six people Monday, police and witnesses said. Media reports said a foreigner had been killed.

October 3rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The United States has reportedly established a secret military training camp just a few kilometers away from Islamabad. According to The Nation, just 30 kilometers away from Islamabad, situated in the heart of an industrial estate, exists a creepy structure surrounded by high walls.

August 19th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - U.S. Central Command chief General David Petraeus has arrived here to hold discussions with Pakistan's military leaders on expediting delivery of US equipment to Pakistan so it can expand its offensive against Taliban militants.

August 18th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistani Army has said that it would require months to prepare for a ground offensive against the Taliban in their South Waziristan stronghold on the Afghan border. Lieutenant-General Nadeem Ahmed, Commander of the 1 Strike Corps in Mangla in Pakistan Kashmir, said this while reacting to comments made by visiting US envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke.

August 3rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistani Army has captured 19 militants during search operations in northwestern part of the country, officials said Monday. In the past 24 hours to Monday evening, the security forces have captured 19 militants in the Swat and Buner regions of Pakistan, the army said in a statement.

August 1st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Six people, including three members of a family, were killed when a five-storey building collapsed in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, a media report said Saturday. The building collapsed Friday night in the Mithadar area of the city, Geo TV reported.

July 3rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistani police have arrested a terrorist considered to be an expert in making suicide bomb vests, a media report said Friday. Zahid Iqbal was captured in a joint operation by the police and the Crime Investigation Department (CID) in the Pakistani capital.

June 18th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least 34 Taliban militants were killed and seven others captured in an operation carried out by the Pakistani Army in North West Frontier Province (NWFP), the army said in a statement Thursday. The army said five soldiers were also injured in the operation in Malakand Division of the NWFP in the past 24 hours to Thursday evening.

June 6th, 2009 Blast at police building in Pakistani capitalISLAMABAD — A suicide bomber attacked a police building in Pakistan's capital Saturday, blowing himself up in a courtyard after being shot by officers as he ran toward them, officials said. The bombing in Islamabad is the latest in a string of attacks in Pakistani cities that officials blame on militants taking revenge for the military's month-old offensive to oust the Taliban from the Swat Valley in the country's northwest.

May 16th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistani forces have killed 47 Taliban fighters, including two important commanders, in the northwestern Swat valley and three neighbouring districts over the last 24 hours, a spokesman for the Pakistani Army said Saturday. Major General Athar Abbas told reporters in Islamabad that some areas of the Swat valley adjoining Shangla district have been cleared of the rebels.

May 9th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Stung by a military operation launched against the Taliban in Pakistan's troubled northwest, the militants Saturday threatened to kill President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. 'We will eliminate not just them but also their families,' a Taliban commander in Swat was quoted as saying.

January 21st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer Thursday pledged to work with Pakistan to fight terrorism. 'Pakistan and NATO share common strategic objectives,' Scheffer said at a joint press conference with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi in Islamabad.