Turk terrorists may hijack Chinese airplanes: Pak intelligence

October 13th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's ISPR DG Major General Athar Abbas has revealed that the Taliban militants, who took 42 people hostage at the General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi on Saturday, were demanding the release of about 100 terrorists. "Their target was to take senior officers of the GHQ hostage and make demands.

September 30th, 2009 BEIJING - China's Vice-Foreign Minister Song Tao has said that the people of his country are increasingly becoming victims of foreign criminals and terrorists as China's profile on the world stage changes. "We are facing a more and more complicated overseas security situation.

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 5th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Australia's national security service is investigating Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, whose legitimacy had been debated by intelligence chiefs in the US, Britain and India, for employing technicians in Australia with direct links to the People's Liberation Army. The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) is investigating claims made by Huawei employees in Sydney and Melbourne, who are understood to have approached the security service with their concerns.

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 24th, 2009 DHAKA - China is a victim of terrorism like Bangladesh and India and wants to join the UN-led campaign against terror, a Chinese diplomat has said. Chinese special envoy Zhou Gang met the Bangladeshi leadership Thursday to brief them of the developments in China's Xinjiang province that recently witnessed protests by the Uighur community.

July 18th, 2009 NEW YORK - A former bodyguard of former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, has warned that the United States can expect another terror attack on the lines of 9/11 and or 7/7 in the next few months. The bodyguard also says homegrown, not foreign terrorists will carry out the next attack on America.

July 9th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan intelligence authorities have warned that the Taliban may hijack airplanes to carry out a terror strike similar to 9/11. Quoting from an intelligence report, a private television channel said that some detained Taliban operatives have revealed that their associates often use commercial airlines operating in the country to travel from place to another, and are on the look out to hijack the airliners to repeat the September 11, 2001 incident.

July 4th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan intelligence agencies have warned that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud may target Chinese nationals in the country, as he has dispatched disabled teenage suicide bombers for the purpose. The Interior Ministry has issued a circular warning to all the concerned authorities about the threat.

June 16th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States has urged Washington to respect Pakistan's sovereignty and not cause civilian casualties while launching drone against Al Qaeda leaders in its tribal regions. "There is no doubt that the drones have eliminated many top Al Qaeda terrorists.

June 15th, 2009 YEKATERINBURG - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Chinese President Hu Jintao Monday reiterated they would enhance cooperation in all areas and vowed to make progress on strategic partnership, the Online news agency reported. The two leaders met here Monday ahead of the 9th summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).

June 6th, 2009 RAWALPINDI - Terrorists in the guise of police personnel could target high-profile personalities and sensitive installations, especially those of law enforcement agencies in Rawalpindi, a security official has warned. Addressing a press conference here, City Police Officer (CPO) Rao Muhammad Iqbal, said that intelligence inputs suggest that militants are planning to strike in the city.

June 3rd, 2009 LAHORE - The security has been tightened in Lahore following inputs from Pakistani intelligence agency suggested that terrorists could once again target the city. A comprehensive security plan has been prepared to thwart off any terrorist attack, and security personnel have been deployed at the sensitive government buildings.

April 26th, 2009 RAWALPINDI - Security has been beefed-up here following intelligence reports about two suicide bombers trying to enter the city. According to a senior police official, two out of six suicide bombers could enter Rawalpindi, and the remaining four could trigger suicide blasts in Karachi.

April 4th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Days after intelligence agencies warned that over a dozen terrorists have entered Islamabad and Lahore in the garb of religious preachers, intelligence sources have now revealed that nine militants have sneaked into Punjab and are planning to carry out attacks similar to the Manawan police training academy strike. According to The Nation, the group of terrorists also includes two would-be suicide bombers aged 20 and 22 years respectively.