London, May 12 (IANS) Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, who arrives here Wednesday from New York on his way back from his first official visit to the US, will hold talks with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown soon after his arrival on a two-day visit.
“The two leaders will meet at 10 Downing Street in the afternoon and will focus on bilateral issues as well as the regional security. The recently announced revised UK strategy on Pakistan and Afghanistan will also come up for discussion,” APP reported.
Islamabad, May 12 (IANS) With the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) fleeing the fighting in Pakistan’s restive northwest crossing 500,000, the government has released Rs.1 billion ($12.4 million) for their immediate relief, as the UN relief agency appealed for massive international aid to cope with the crisis.
The relief agency said in Geneva Tuesday it had so far registered 501,496 IDPs who had fled the fighting in three districts of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP).
Mardan, May 12 (ANI): The number of refugees fleeing from the Sawt Valley in northwestern Pakistan lifted to 1.3 million people after the Pakistani Army dropped commandos behind Taliban lines to end their resistance.
Islamabad/New York, May 12 (IANS) At least 751 Taliban have been in the security forces’ operations in Pakistan’s restive northwest, the military said, as Britain and France Tuesday fully backed Islamabad in its efforts to root out extremism.
Chief military spokesperson Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas told reporters in Islamabad that 751 militants had so far been killed in Operation Raah-e-Haq that began April 26, while 29 security personnel had lost their lives and 77 were injured.
Geneva, May 12 (DPA) The UN refugee agency said Tuesday it has registered 501,496 people so far in a new influx of displaced people fleeing violence in northwest Pakistan.
They join 550,000 people displaced late last year who have since not returned home.
Rawalpindi, May 12 (ANI): The Pakistani Army has so far killed 751 militants and lost 29 security men in operation Raah-e-Haq, which is underway in Swat and other parts of the Malakand division against the Taliban.
Washington, May 12 (ANI): The United States has expressed full faith in the Government of Pakistan after President Asif Ali Zardari assured Washington that Islamabad is fully capable of protecting its nuclear weapons. “We were assured by President Zardari that they have complete command and control of the nuclear weapons in Pakistan. We have full faith and confidence in President Zardari,†US State Department spokesperson Ian Kelly said.
Islamabad, May 12 (ANI): Pakistan security forces on Tuesday claimed to have killed at least 28 more Taliban operatives, at a key militant stronghold in the Swat Valley of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP).
Mardan (Pakistan), May 12 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif has said the Taliban insurgent, who are responsible for the displacement of thousands from the war-torn Swat region, do not deserve any sympathy.
Urging everyone to come forward and support internally displaced persons (IDPs), Sharif stated that a handful elements could not destabilize Swat.
Washington, May 12 (ANI): The United States is working with the United Nations to rehabilitate hundreds of thousands of NWFP residents, fleeing the region because of the Pakistani Army’s offensive against the Taliban, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said.