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The protesters were asked to get off their vehicles when they reached Azadi Chowk and
requested to go to Data Darbar on foot.
However, MNA Fazl Karim, former federal minister Haji Hanif Tayyab and Sunni Tehrik’s
Sarwat Ijaz Qadri were allowed to go to Data Darbar on their vehicles.
Outside the shrine, the Ulema delivered short speeches vowing to oppose those creating
lawlessness in the name of Jihad. They also pledged to resist repeal of the blasphemy
law. (Dawn)
A US drone attack targeting a vehicle travelling in Pakistan’s lawless northwestern tribal
belt near the Afghan border killed four militants on Sunday, local security officials said.
The unmanned aircraft targeted the vehicle in Hasan Khel village, around 30 kilometres
east of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan tribal district, and a known hub of
Islamic militants.
“US drone fired two missiles, the vehicle is still on fire, we have reports that three
militants were killed in this attack,” a local security official in Miranshah told AFP.
A security official in Peshawar also confirmed the incident and the toll.
Another security official in Miranshah said that identities of those killed in the strike
were not immediately known.
A covert US drone campaign in Pakistan has been stepped up over the last few months
with strikes in the tribal belt, which Washington considers as the most dangerous place
on earth, taking place with increasing frequency.
More than 250 people have been killed in 47 strikes since September 3, heightening
tensions with Islamabad over reported US criticism of Pakistan’s failure so far to launch a
ground offensive in North Waziristan.
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