1. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assessment - 2011
At least 17 persons were killed and over 20 others injured when a suicide bomber rammed his
explosives-laden vehicle into a hospital under construction in the Pas Kalay area of Hangu
District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP, formerly known as North West Frontier Province) on
December 10, 2010. Local officials said the hospital, Al-Zohra, was run by a private Shia trust,
which also operated a nearby Shia mosque and seminary. Again, on December 14, three
caretakers of the Ghazi Baba shrine, identified as Mohammad Ali, Ghazi and Aslam Khan, were
shot dead by militants in the Badbher area of Peshawar, the Provincial capital of KP. These were
far from isolated incidents. According to partial data compiled by the South Asia Terrorism
Portal (SATP), a total of 1,204 persons, including 597 civilians, 511 militants and 94 Security
Force (SF) personnel, were killed in 213 incidents of killing in 2010 (all data till December 31).
This, however, represented a dramatic decline in fatalities as against 2009, when 5,497 persons,
including 3,797 militants, 1,229 civilians and 471 SF personnel were killed in 351 such incidents.
This reflected a decline of 51.42 per cent in civilian killings, 80.04 per cent in SF killings and
86.54 per cent in terrorists killed in 2010, as against 2009.
Fatalities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 2009- 2010
Year Civilians SFs Militants Total
2005 2 0 2 4
2006 60 13 27 100
2007 393 221 372 986
2008 868 255 1078 2201
2009 1229 471 3797 5497
2010 597 94 511 1202

2. Database Data: Till December 31, 2010
The year witnessed 86 major incidents (each resulting in three or more killings) in 2010, as
against 183 in 2009. Prominent among the major incidents of 2010 were:
December 8: A suicide bomber blew up a passenger van at a bus stand in Tirah bazaar (market)
of Kohat in the Lower Orakzai Agency, killing 19 persons and injuring 32.
September 21: More than 42 militants were killed in ongoing operations against the Tehreek-e-
Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in the Frontier Region of Peshawar.
April 19: At least 24 people, including a child and Police official, were killed, and 49 were injured,
in twin bombings, hours apart, at a school and a crowded market in Peshawar.
April 17: Two burqa (veil)-clad suicide bombers targeted a crowd of Internally Displaced Persons
(IDPs) waiting to get themselves registered and receive relief goods at the Kacha Pakka IDP
camp on the outskirts of Kohat, killing at least 44 and injuring more than 70
April 5: At least 45 persons were killed and over 100 sustained injuries when a suicide bomber
blew himself up at a public meeting of the Awami National Party at the Timergara Rest House in
Lower Dir District.
January 1: At least 90 persons were killed when a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden
pickup truck in the middle of a volleyball game in the Shah Hasan Khel village of Lakki Marwat
District in the Bannu Division of KP.
On December 8, 2010, KP Information Minister Iftikhar Hussain disclosed that 647 citizens and
298 Police personnel, and 157 terrorists were killed through 2010. He noted, further, that about
3,600 people had been killed and 1,200 had been injured, since 2007.
KP, like Pakistan’s three other Provinces (Balochistan, Sindh and Punjab), and the Federally
Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), continued to experience rampant suicide and sectarian
attacks. According to SATP data, a total of 489 persons were killed and 767 were injured in 26
suicide attacks in 2010, as compared to 503 persons killed and 1,221 injured in 47 incidents of
suicide attacks in 2009, suggesting a significant surge in the lethality of such attacks. Pakistani
Terrorism expert Amir Mir, on December 29, 2010, claimed that the year 2010 had proven to be
the bloodiest, since 2001, for the people of Pakistan, in terms of suicide attacks, and this was true
of the people of KP as well. Of the 1,271 persons who lost their lives in suicide hits in Pakistan in
2010, the largest number, 416, that is, 34 per cent of the total dead, were killed in KP in 25
attacks [Mir’s data]. These figures were confirmed by the report of the Federal Investigation
Agency’s Counter-Terrorism Wing on November 28, 2010, which also disclosed that the Province
had recorded a total of 141 bomb blasts during the year.
The Province, which has an extended history of sectarian violence, witnessed 139 fatalities in 12
incidents of sectarian attack, as compared to 108 fatalities in such attacks in 2009. The sectarian
attacks included a mix of suicide attacks. Data on fatalities in sectarian violence over the past five
years indicates a near continuous escalation, with the exception of 2007. Though the number of
such attacks has fluctuated, fatalities have grown consistently over this period.
Worryingly, the Government seems to have lost the plot in tackling sectarian violence. On
December 8, 2010, the KP Government declared almost half of the Province ‘sensitive’ and
approved added security measures, involving deployment of the Army and helicopter gunship’s,
to maintain law and order during Muharram (the mourning period observed by the Shias,
commemorating the tragedy of Karbala). According to the Muharram Security Plan, 12 Districts
were declared sensitive, requiring extraordinary security arrangements to be put in place. The
Minister of Information, Mian Iftikhar Hussain stated that special measures were being taken to
protect mosques and Imambargahs (Shia place of worship). In addition to the Police, he added,
109 platoons of the Frontier Reserve Police, 39 platoons of the Elite Force and 800 retired Army
personnel were deployed in the sensitive areas. Similarly, 41 platoons of Frontier Constabulary
and 1,500 personnel each of the Frontier Corps and Pakistan Army were deployed in the
province according to the Plan. Despite all these arrangements, however, a suicide bomber blew
up a passenger van at a bus stand in the Tirah bazaar incident of December 8, which left 19
dead. Within the span of a week, there were another three incidents of sectarian attack in
different parts of KP, in which 24 persons lost their lives and 35 suffered injuries, making a
mockery of the Government’s efforts to prevent sectarian violence.
While almost all the 24 Districts of the Province remain terrorism affected, it was the Swat and
Peshawar Districts which bore the brunt of attacks. The fight against TTP terrorism in the Swat

3. Valley is the principal element of the Pakistan Army’s offensive in KP. Since 2007, TTP terrorists,
initially under the command of Maulana Fazlullah (he was eventually killed on May 26, 2010) had
established effective control of Swat Valley. On April 26, 2009, the Pakistani Army
started Operation Black Thunderstorm, with the aim of retaking Buner, Lower Dir, Swat and
Shangla Districts in KP, from the TTP. On June 14, the operation was declared over, with the
Army claiming it had ‘regained control’ of the region. Pockets of TTP resistance, nevertheless,
remained, and the military continued with ‘mopping up’ operations. On October 8, 2009, General
Officer Commanding (GOC) Major General Ashfaq Nadeem once again declared victory, claiming
that peace had been restored to "95 per cent areas" of the District. On March 17, 2010, KP
Minister of Information Mian Iftikhar Hussain ruled out the possibility that the TTP would
reorganise in Swat: "The militants cannot dare reorganise. Their network has been smashed."
However, Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) General Ashfaq Kayani, while on a visit to the valley on
December 21, 2010, declared that the Army would stay on in Swat until the people’s confidence
was restored. This is indicative of the fact that the valley, the epicentre of terror in KP, is still out
of the reaches of the SFs, belying the often repeated false claims of the Government Forces.
Significantly, the official ‘peace’ notwithstanding, at least 234 persons, including 194 militants, 35
civilians and five SF personnel lost their lives in 68 incidents of killing in 2010. This, however, was
significantly lower than the 2,196 fatalities, including 1,913 militants, 190 civilians and 93 SF
personnel in 175 incidents of killing in 2009. Meanwhile, a Government survey on January 6,
2010, reported that up to 8,000 houses were damaged in the Swat District during the preceding
two years of militancy and military operations.
Peshawar, the provincial capital, recorded at least 135 fatalities in 35 incidents of killing in 2010,
as compared to 434 fatalities in 49 incidents of killing in 2009. Of these, the April 17 suicide
bombing at the Kacha Pakka IDP camp outside Kohat was the worst incident, leaving at least 44
dead. The city witnessed six suicide attacks, 46 incidents of explosion and 12 sectarian attacks.
The tourism sector in KP was badly affected by terrorism, and the Province suffered an estimated
loss of USD 400 million. Worse, the damage caused by massive flooding in July- August was still
to be fully assessed. Since the Federal Government earned 70 per cent of its revenue from the
tourism sector in this province, they needed to pay out 50 million dollars per year to cover the loss
in the Province. However, the Federal Government has failed to do so, according to KP Provincial
Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sports Syed Aqil Shah. The floods in Pakistan began in July
following heavy monsoon, and submerged wide swathes of territory in KP, Sindh, Punjab and
Balochistan, affecting the entire Indus River basin. At one point, nearly a fifth of the country’s
landmass was under water.
The violence in KP has had a disastrous impact on education. An October 6, 2010 media report
quoted official sources as saying that 700 schools, most of them for girls, were targeted and
damaged in different parts of KP over the preceding two years. Militants destroyed some 400
schools in the Swat Valley alone. Partial data compiled by the SATP indicates that at least 52
schools – 25 for Girls and 27 for boys – were destroyed in 33 incidents in 2009; while 37 – 18 for
girls and 19 for boys – were destroyed in 30 such incidents in 2010. Such is the fear that at least
205 primary schools for girls have been shut down in different parts of KP, sources in the
Elementary and Secondary Education (E&SE) disclosed. These included 21 in Peshawar, 36 in
Thor Ghar, 54 in Swat, 16 in Bannu, 56 in Shangla, 16 in Hangu, five in Dera Ismail Khan and
one in Kohat. The closure of these schools has deprived thousands of girl students of education
in a region where women suffer multiple and crushing disadvantages. Significantly, a wider
campaign was also launched by the extremists to destroy institutions that propagated any ideas
opposed to the Maulana Fazalullah led TTP in Swat. Unsurprisingly, TTP militants targeted
schools across KP.
Ominously, there is visible evidence of linkages between the militants, sections of the wider
population and Government officials. 29 officials in the KP Education Department were sacked for
their alleged links with militants on January 22, 2010. Another 68 suspected officials were being
investigated for their alleged involvement in such activities. On January 26, 2010, the KP
Government had sacked 55 employees for their links with the TTP. Again, on March 3, 2010, the
KP Education Department terminated the services of five teachers in Lower Dir for their alleged
links with the TTP.

4. On January 7, 2010, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani had unveiled a relief package for the
militancy-affected areas of KP, announcing tax concessions, rebates in duties and relief in utility
bills – in addition to allocating an additional one per cent share to the Province from the Federal
Divisible Pool. Under the relief package, the province was to be divided into three categories:
areas ‘worst affected’, ‘affected’ and ‘least affected’ by militancy. Malakand, Swat, Buner,
Shangla, and Upper and Lower Dir from PATA; and Hangu, Bannu, Tank, Kohat and Chitral from
settled areas, were categorised as the worst affected areas. The Federal Government announced
an exemption from income tax, until June 30, 2011, for areas falling in ‘the worst affected’ and
‘affected’ categories. The Chief Minister (CM) Ameer Haider Hoti, on February 4, 2010, approved
the creation of an institutional framework to provide support to the victims of terrorism. A Press
statement from the CM’s House declared, "The Chief Minister has, in principle, approved the
establishment of an institute for the welfare of such affected families." The Prime Minister had
already announced the provision of PNR 50 million for the fund.
The impact of the relief packages has been dubious at best, and terrorist disruption continues,
with the militants simply moving from one place to another. KP Police Chief Malik Naveed Khan,
on April 9, 2010, stated that Kala Dhaka had emerged as the new base for the TTP, who had fled
the 2009 Army operations in Swat and other Districts in Malakand. He expressed concern over
the new base of the TTP’s Swat chapter, fearing it could make a comeback if not immediately
contained. Again, on June 27, 2010, KP Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain conceded that
the TTP was in the process of reorganising itself around Peshawar, and was planning to carry out
major attacks in the city. "Thousands of terrorists may be gathering in small groups around the
areas adjacent to Orakzai Agency, Mohmand Agency and Khyber Agency of FATA", he stated.
Federal Minister of Interior Rehman Malik, meanwhile, told the Senate that some 1,800
suspected terrorists had been arrested from different parts of KP on various charges during
military operations, and that 12 teams were investigating charges against them. The massive
and indiscriminate Army operations in KP have certainly impacted on the scale and intensity of
militancy – even as they have inflicted enormous suffering on the general population in the
Province. The many premature declarations of victory by Islamabad notwithstanding, the TTP
remains a major force in the region, constantly shifting base and reinventing its strategy and
tactics to cope with the military onslaught against it. Like much of Pakistan, the possibility of an
enduring peace remains remote in KP.
Terrorism-related Incidents in Islamabad - 2011
No Date Incident
1 January 4 Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer was assassinated by
one of his guards, Malik Mumtaz Qadri, in Islamabad, the
capital of Pakistan. According to sources and witnesses,
Salmaan Taseer, who was residing in a guest house of his
company located in sector F-6/3, after visiting the
Presidency and Parliament House, had a meeting with the
Information Minister and came back to F-6 and had lunch
at a restaurant in the Kohsar Market. After having lunch,
the 65-year-old Taseer came out of the restaurant, but his
guard Malik Mumtaz Qadri shot a burst with an SMG gun,
due to which the Governor died on the spot

5. Major incidents of Terrorism-related violence in Pakistan - 2011
• January 7: A US drone fired four missiles at a vehicle in Datta Khel town of North
Waziristan Agency in FATA, killing six suspected militants.
• January 7: Three persons, travelling in a car, were shot dead by unidentified assailants
on Mastung Road near Sheikh Zaid Hospital of Quetta, the provincial capital of
Balochistan.
• January 6: Six militants, including three 'commanders', were killed in a clash with the
Qaumi Lashkar in Saifaldar town, near the Afghanistan border, of Orakzai Agency in
FATA. Three militants were injured in the clash.
• January 5: Three persons were killed when their vehicle hit roadside IEDs near Badragai
village in Shakai tehsil of South Waziristan Agency in FATA in the afternoon.
• January 1: Three US missile strikes hours apart killed 18 persons in a terrorist stronghold
near the Afghanistan border in North Waziristan Agency of FATA.
• January 1: At least 11 suspected militants were killed in two US drone attacks in North
Waziristan Agency of FATA. One of the drone attacks fired four missiles at a house and
vehicle in Mir Ali tehsil.
Bomb Blasts in Pakistan, 2011
Date Place Killed Injured
Samar Bagh / Timergara
1 January 2 /Lower Dir / Khyber 0 3
Pakhtunkhwa
Ali Masjid / Landikotal /
2 January 3 0 0
Khyber Agency / FATA
3 January 4 Turbat / Balochistan 0 6
Badragai / Shakai / SWA /
4 January 5 3 0
FATA
Hassan Garhi / Peshawar /
5 January 6 0 1
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Sariab / Quetta /
6 January 6 0 0
Balochistan
Doozakh Market /
7 January 7 Charsadda / Khyber 0 4
Pakhtunkhwa
Qandharo / Safi / Mohmand
8 January 8 0 4
Agency / FATA
Mahmadghat / Mohmand
9 January 8 0 1
Agency / FATA
Khan Banda / Mian Issa /
10 January 8 Charsadda / Khyber 0 1
Pakhtunkhwa
11 January 9 Dera Bugti / Balochistan 0 0

6. Total 3 20
Pakistan Timeline - 2011
Date Incidents
January 01 Three US missile strikes hours apart killed 18 persons in a terrorist stronghold near
the Afghanistan border in North Waziristan Agency of FATA. A total of 118 such
strikes, carried out by unmanned aircraft, were launched in 2010 in the Tribal areas,
killing up to 2,100 people, most of them terrorists, according to the Washington-based
policy think-tank New America Foundation.
At least 11 suspected militants were killed in two US drone attacks in North
Waziristan Agency. One of the drone attacks fired four missiles at a house and
vehicle in Mir Ali tehsil.
January 02 Two militants were killed in an encounter after a roadside bomb went off near a
Police mobile van at Samar Bagh Police Station in Timergara town in Lower Dir
District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
A SI of BC was shot dead by unidentified assailants in his home in Zarghoon Road
area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.
A Khasadar Force personnel, Raees Khan, was injured during search operation
against militants in Ziarai Mountain of Landikotal in Khyber Agency of FATA.
The Police arrested eight suspected high-profile terrorists, along with their leader
Tanvir Abbas, involved in series of target killings, from different parts of Karachi, the
provincial capital of Sindh.
A suspect associated with the TTP and said to have connection to the November 11
bombing of the CID offices in Civil Lines area of Karachi was arrested by Security
officials in Rahimyar Khan District of Punjab while he was returning from Karachi.
January 03 One person was killed and another injured when SFs opened fire on a suspected car
in Sheratala area of North Waziristan Agency in FATA. The driver, who received
bullet injuries, and another person in the car were arrested.
TTP chopped off a hand of a tribesman, Abdul Khaliq, after a Sharia (Islamic Law)
court found him "guilty" of committing a theft in Qureshan Chowk in Mamozai area of
Orakzai Agency.
TTP attacked a NATO oil tanker with a remote control bomb near Ali Masjid area in
Landikotal tehsil of Khyber Agency, destroying it completely. However, no loss of life
was reported.
A senior MQM 'leader' Adil Jaffri was shot dead in Nazimabad area of Karachi, the
provincial capital of Sindh, by unidentified assailants.
Seven suspected SMP militants, identified as Tanveer Abbas Rizvi alias Kashif, Abrar
Husain Rizvi, Syed Pervaiz Zaidi, Rifat Raza alias Jehangir, Hasnain Abbas alias
Faisal, Syed Sikandar Rizvi and Syed Ali Mehdi, were remanded in Police custody till
January 6 in two murder cases.
Police seized a vehicle laden with explosives and arrested two suspected militants,
Mohammad Safdar and Azhar Mehmood, on Thatta Khalil Road near Taxila in
Punjab.
Former CPO Saud Aziz and former Rawal Town SP Khurram Shehzad charged in
former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto murder case filed a bail plea on the grounds of
lack of evidence to prove their involvement in the murder in an ATC.
JWP leader Shahzain Bugti and his 26 co-accused, who were arrested on December
22, 2010 by the FC at the Buleli checkpost in Quetta, Balochistan with a cache of
arms and ammunition, were remanded to judicial custody by a judicial magistrate.
An anti-terrorism court judge started the trial of TNSM 'chief' Maulana Sufi
Muhammad amid tight security in the Central Prison of Peshawar, the Provincial

7. Capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The CoAS General Ashfaq Kayani said strong, stable and thriving Balochistan
remained an utmost dream of the Army as it could help make Pakistan prosperous.
A total of 2,043 people, mostly civilians, were killed in US drone attacks during the
last five years, while 929 causalities were reported only in 2010 in FATA, the Conflict
Monitoring Centre (CMC) research report. The yearly report of CMC released on
January 1 reveals some eye-popping details about the CIA's notorious drone hit
campaign in north-western parts of Pakistan.
January 04 Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer was assassinated by one of his guards, Malik
Mumtaz Qadri, in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan.
Malik Mumtaz Qadri and nine other personnel of the Elite Force were arrested from
the scene of the crime and shifted to the Kohsar Police Station.
More than 500 religious scholars belonging to the Barelvi school of thought paid rich
tributes to the assassin of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer, Malik Mumtaz Qadri,
and urged 'Muslims across the country' to boycott the funeral ceremony.
A bomb blast in a school bus, injured at least five children in Turbat of Balochistan.
The bus was taking more than 30 children of FC personnel to a school in Turbat.
TTP militants attacked a convoy carrying food items, medicines and other goods to
Parachinar at Denari near Sadda town in Kurram Agency of FATA and torched seven
vehicles.
A group of militants attacked a checkpoint in the Bhai Corr area of Mohmand Agency
along the Afghanistan border, triggering a brief encounter and prompting SFs to
arrest 39 militants.
January 05 Three persons were killed when their vehicle hit a roadside IEDs near Badragai
village in Shakai tehsil of South Waziristan Agency in FATA in the afternoon.
TTP militants chopped off the hand of a man, Abdul Khaliq (31), convicted of theft in
a self-appointed Sharia court in Orakzai Agency. The TTP court found Abdul Khaliq
guilty of stealing from a shop on December 23.
SFs bombed suspected positions of militants and arrested 23 tribesmen following an
attack on a convoy taking medicines, foodstuff and other goods to Parachinar in
Khuram Agency on January 4.
Two bullet-riddled bodies of leaders of the BSO-A were recovered in a deserted place
near Pasni Road in Turbat city, around 800 kilometres away from Quetta, the
provincial capital of Balochistan. The victims were identified as Qambar Chakar,
deputy Organiser of BSO-A Shal zone, and Ilyas Baloch, a student of the University
of Balochistan.
Police arrested eight suspects involved in target killings in different parts of Karachi,
the provincial capital of Sindh. Speaking to the media, Karachi CCPO Fayyaz Leghari
said that the suspects had been arrested near belonged to a banned outfit and had
so far confessed to killing 12 persons.
Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer's assassin Mumtaz Qadri was remanded in Police
custody for one day by the area magistrate.
January 06 Six militants, including three 'commanders', were killed in a clash with the Qaumi
Lashkar in Saifaldar town, near the Afghanistan border, of Orakzai Agency in FATA.
Three militants were injured in the clash.
A caravan of 500 IDPs families reached their native town Chagmalie from Tank and
Dera Ismail Khan Districts in the second phase of repatriation plan, under tight
security arrangements by the Government.
The Mardan District ANP Information Secretary Jehar Khan Hoti was killed in an
ambush in Mardan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
A minor child received injures in a bomb blast occurred in Hassan Garhi ground on
the outskirts of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the
morning.
A bomb blast on the gas supply line in the Sariab area of Quetta suspended gas
supply to many parts of city. The gas supply to the Habibullah power plant and some
areas on the outskirts of Quetta city was suspended.
Judicial magistrates at the Karachi city courts remanded seven suspected militants in
Police custody in nine murder cases and extended their remand in 11 other cases till
January 11.

8. TTP claimed responsibility for the assassination of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer
saying that the "man who killed him was from among us".
ATC Judge Malik Akram Awan rejected a Police plea for a 12 day physical remand of
Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer's killer Mumtaz Qadri and settled for only a five-
day physical remand with the direction to have his medical checkup.
January 07 A US drone fired four missiles at a vehicle in Datta Khel town of North Waziristan
Agency in FATA, killing six suspected militants.
Unidentified militants set on fire two empty NATO oil tankers at Landikotal bypass in
Khyber Agency while they were on the way back to Peshawar after delivering NATO
fuel at Bagram airbase of Afghanistan.
SFs arrested 46 militants from the Durrani area of Lower Kurram Agency. Nine
hideouts were destroyed and 1,800 bags of fertilizers (used for making explosives)
were recovered from their possession.
Three persons, travelling in a car, were shot dead by unidentified assailants on
Mastung Road near Sheikh Zaid Hospital of Quetta, the provincial capital of
Balochistan.
At least four persons, including two Police personnel, sustained injuries when a low-
intensity bomb exploded in CD market, known as Doozakh Market in Umerzai Bazaar
(Market place), in Charsadda District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the evening.
A militant outfit, named, Mawviya group, is planning to launch a suicide attack in the
Sheikhupura District prison where blasphemy convict Asia Bibi is under detention.
Lieutenant-General retd Abdul Qadir Baloch of PML-N warned the Government in the
National Assembly that its indifference towards Balochistan would augur well neither
for the province nor for the country's integrity.
January 8 A senior leader of MQM, Syed Yawar Abbas (32), son of Syed Ali Sardar was shot
dead by unidentified militants in Pir Elahi Bux Colony of Karachi.
Four FC personnel were injured in a roadside landmine blast and mortar attack in
Qandharo area of Safi tehsil in Mohmand Agency of FATA.
One FC trooper was injured when militants fired a mortar shell at the FC camp in
Mahmadghat tehsil of Mohmand Agency.
The headless bodies of two local tribesmen were found at a deserted place in
Zakhakhel Bazaar area of Khyber Agency. They were identified as Mian Khel son of
Gula Khan and Shala Baz Torkhel.
A watchman, identified as Gul Habib, was injured when militants blew up the basic
health unit in Khan Banda of Mian Issa area of Charsadda District in Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa.
Police arrested six persons, including two cadres of a banned sectarian outfit, during
a raid at the residence of one Mahboob Bareech in the Satellite Township of Quetta,
the provincial capital of Balochistan.
A special committee of the PAC in a meeting informed that terrorist hideouts in the
FATA were insignificant in number because terrorists were constantly on the run due
to the war on terror by the Government of KP.
January 9 Two gas wells were blown up in Dera Bugti District of Balochistan. Sources said that
explosive devices had been planted in well numbers 19 and 83 which were detonated
by unidentified militants.
A trailer carrying supplies for NATO forces in Kandahar was set ablaze near Khuzdar.
Sources said that unidenfied assailants on a motorcycle intercepted a Chaman-
bound trailer and set it on fire.
A Policeman attached to PM Yousaf Raza Gilani's Security detail was detained along
with an official of the country's electronic media in connection with Punjab Governor
Salman Taseer's assassination on January 4.
Sunni Tehreek activists gathered at Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Road and staged a
protest at Liaquat Bagh area of Rawalpindi in Punjab demanding release of Malik
Mumtaz Hussain Qadri.
The Tehreek-e-Namoos-e-Risalat and the All-Religious Parties Alliance held a
massive rally from Numaish Chowrangi to Tibat centre in Karachi (Sindh), demanding
the Government not to touch the country's blasphemy law and to abolish the
committee set up to review the law and withdraw the proposed blasphemy bill from
the National Assembly.

9. Saudi Arabia issued global arrest warrants for 47 suspected al Qaeda militants
believed to be hiding in Pakistan, Yemen, Afghanistan, or Iraq who it said had tried to
build cells inside the top oil exporter.
Note:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.
Faheem Ul Hasan