Secret govt document reveals scores of civilians killed in US drone strikes

A classified Pakistani government document has revealed that scores of civilians died in dozens of CIA-led drone strikes between 2006 and late 2009 in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) and that Pakistani officials were “aware of those deaths for many years”.

The secret government document was quoted by the London Bureau of Investigative Journalism (LBIJ) in a report and reveals for the first time the Pakistani government’s evaluation of numerous drone strikes. It was prepared through field research by government officials and field agents stationed in Fata.

Pakistani lawmaker’s guards clash with police

Islamabad: Private security guards of a Pakistani provincial lawmaker Thursday clashed with policemen at the entrance of the Balochistan assembly, a media report said.

The clash between guards of Sardar Sanaullah Zehri and policemen led Balochistan Chief Minister Malik Baloch to suspend the city’s superintendent of police, Dawn News reported.

Though as per the directives of the assembly speaker, private armed men are not allowed to enter the assembly premises, the chief minister said that since Zehri had tribal disputes therefore his private security guards stood close to him.