Fifteen suspected militants killed in Kurram, Orakzai assualt

PESHAWAR: Security forces on Monday bombarded militant hideouts in Orakzai and Kurram agencies, killing 15 suspected militants, FTNews reported. According to security officials, armed forces carried out heavy shelling on militants safehouses in the Mamozai and Khadizai areas, leaving 7 suspected militants dead. Meanwhile, in the ongoing operation against insurgents in the region, heavy shelling was also carried out on militant targets in the Musazai and Jogi areas of Kurram Agency. Eight suspected insurgents were reported dead in the assaul...

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Participants in PTI rally hope for change

KARACHI: Representing from the elite to labour classes and every district of the city, people attending the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf rally at the Quaid’s mausoleum on Sunday sounded optimistic about the beginning of ‘change’ in national perspective and ‘non-violent politics’ in Karachi. Young men and women enthusiastically waved PTI flags as national and party songs were played at the rally, called by PTI leaders ‘a message of unity for Karachiites’. People from different walks of life at the rally expressed the hope that the PTI would actually deliver. Though portrayed on the broadcast media as one of the biggest political shows in Karachi, it remained below the expectation in terms of numbers as a large area of the Bagh-i-Quaid...

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