From May 11, 2009 and onward

May 11, 2009: PESHAWAR/MINGORA: Three civilians were killed in strafing by gunship helicopters and a paramilitary soldier was shot dead by militants in the Malakand Agency. A large number of bodies were found near Ramotai Loisar. It was reported that a mortar shell hit a house in Shagai area in which a minor, son of Rahim was killed while his wife sustained injuries. Houses of Union Council Nazim Haroonur Rasheed, Shamzai, Said Nabi and Hazrat Nabi were partially damaged when security forces targeted the suspected hideouts of the militants in Rosakai village. To express resentment over Maidan military operation, ‘Black Day’ was observed in Balambat by Timergara Grand Qaumi Jirga. The protest was led by Haji Muhammad Rasool Khan. The protesters chanted slogans against the operation and hoisted black flags. Our Dargai correspondent adds: Three civilians were killed in strafing by gunship helicopters while a paramilitary soldier was shot dead in the first attack of its kind by the militants in the Malakand Agency.
For the second successive day, civilian deaths occurred in action by security forces. Sources said shells, reportedly fired by the Army’s gunship helicopters; hit a house in Thana area, killing three members of a family, including women and children, while eight others sustained injuries. On Saturday, four civilians were killed and six injured when mortar shells hit a house in Thana area. Those injured in the incident at Thana were taken to the Civil Hospital Batkhela and later shifted to Mardan for treatment. http://www.thenews.com.pk/print3.asp?id=22058

May 11, 2009: WASHINGTON: General David Petraeus, chief of the US Central Command, on Sunday reaffirmed Pentagon’s confidence in the safety of Pakistan’s nuclear assets as he also acknowledged a much broader backing for Islamabad’s ongoing anti-Taliban operation in Swat. “So there is a degree of unanimity that there must be swift and effective action taken against the Taliban in Pakistan,” http://www.thenews.com.pk/print3.asp?id=22063

May 11, 2009: WASHINGTON: Zardari stayed in the $5,000 per night (approximately Rs 410,000) presidential suite, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was given a separate suite, which cost $2,600 per night. http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=176853

May 11, 2009: MARDAN: Eleven-year-old Shaista from Mingora town in Swat valley tells a heartrending tale of the catastrophe that struck her house on a fateful Thursday night when she lost her mother, sisters and a brother.
 Lying on a bed in an ill-equipped health centre in Mardan, Shaista told your correspondent on Saturday that she was lucky to have survived after a mortar shell, reportedly fired by the security forces, exploded in the courtyard of her small house. She sustained severe injuries to her legs.
Her father is perhaps still unaware of the doom that fell upon his family as Shaista is still looked after by the people she never met before. The traumatised Shaista said the mortar shell struck a room she was asleep in. Short of breath, Shaista said her mother, two sisters and a brother were killed in the incident - plunging her into a lifelong trauma.
According to her doctor, Shaista seems to lose her memory occasionally and she sometimes starts crying, apparently because of the shock she has suffered.Children seem to be the worst sufferers among the estimated one million people displaced by the ongoing fighting between the armed forces and Taliban militants in the northern districts of Buner and Swat. In the same hospital, more than a dozen people had been admitted from Buner district with multiple injuries that they had suffered in artillery shelling by the security forces.  “We don’t know what’s our crime that prompted our own armed forces to target us. On the one hand, the government is asking us to vacate our houses, while on the other they imposed curfew and blocked all roads in Buner,” complained Sher Badshah from Suwarai village. He said thousands of people were still trapped in Buner and could not come out due to curfew and blockade of roads. Badshah complained that he was taking his family to Mardan when an artillery shell hit one of the trucks, killing five members of his family and injuring three others, including his aged father. “Now, tell me what crime did we commit?” his son questioned.
He alleged the troops had been targeting innocent people fleeing to safer places, instead of eliminating the militants.He claimed that several people travelling to safer places via mountainous routes had been killed by indiscriminate shelling and their bodies were still lying there. A noted psychiatrist, Prof Dr Syed Mohammad Sultan, said majority of the children from the militancy-plagued zone were suffering from severe psychological disorders like acute trauma reaction (ATR) and post-traumatic stress and disorder (PTSD). He said the violence badly affected children and developed in them serious pathological grief and acute phobic anxiety, and might cause them behavioural problems in future. http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=176945

May 11, 2009: Mardan: Khalil Ahmed, from Rahimabad area of Swat, said his village was the focus of bombardment and rocket attacks. Narrating his ordeal, he said the shelling destroyed their houses and other property. He said he had seen bodies lying on the streets in Rahimabad. http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=176948

May 12, 2009: The sources said that three civilians were killed and eight others injured in Chakdara area of the district. Two persons were killed when a vegetable-laden vehicle was targeted. Another person identified as Sohail was killed when a mortar shell landed on his house in the same area. Eight persons were wounded when a shell hit a vehicle of Al-Khidmat Foundation in Chakdara.
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May 12, 2009: ISLAMABAD: The Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam (JUI-F), while denying having endorsed the cabinet decision to go ahead with a military action in Swat, has criticised the use of force in parts of the Malakand Division.
“Neither are we part of the cabinet decision nor do we accept Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s announcement to go ahead with the operation in the Malakand Division,” a key JUI-F leader told The News here on Monday. http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=22083

May 13, 2009: ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Army on Tuesday dropped heliborne troops, including commandos. 751 militants had been killed in the ongoing operation while 29 personnel of security forces were martyred and another 77 received injuries. Gen Abbas said 402 militants were killed only during the operation, which began on May 8. Since the start of the operation in Swat, 18 security personnel were killed and 47 others injured. http://www.thenews.com.pk/print3.asp?id=22100

May 13, 2009: Mardan: It does not take long before tears start to stream down the faces of the displaced people gathered at the Shahzad Town camp, now a tented village located on the outskirts of Mardan. Parwez Khan, 26, recalls how his family started their journey in three trucks from Babaji Kandau, a village near Ambela in Buner District. “On the first day, two of the trucks were targeted and all the men, women and children died,” says the young man holding back his tears, adding, “Today, I have only half of the family.” But the tears are not only of sorrow, they are of frustration too. It takes two days to have a card made that entitles one to such basic necessities such as a tent and food. Now they are stranded in an alien place with no one to share their sorrows. Politicians and government officials come and go. There is a stall set up by the ANP but it has nothing to offer except promises of help. On Saturday, PML-N leader Zafar Iqbal Jhagra visited the camp. But he spent an hour talking to reporters and 20 minutes talking to the refugees. Jhagra and other leaders come and go. Of animals and properties abandoned in the desperate rush to get out. “I am sure much of what we have left will be looted,” says another displaced man, who says he saw lines of cars and trucks burnt out on the road out of the valley. “There were corpses rotting on the road. No one stopped to bury them.” In all this, there is a feeling amongst the people here of being abandoned by the people and the government of Pakistan. http://www.thenews.com.pk/print3.asp?id=22103

May 13, 2009: WANA: Twelve people were killed in yet another US drone attack in South Waziristan Agency (SWA) near the Pak-Afghan border on Tuesday morning. It was the second US drone attack in three days. Many people were killed in a similar attack in the SWA on Saturday. AFP: No high-value targets were killed in the strike. http://www.thenews.com.pk/print3.asp?id=22104

May 13, 2009: DAGGAR: Despite the fact that the security forces now control about 70 per cent of the area in Buner, villages in the once busy and thriving district are virtually ghost towns and those still remaining are considering to leave due to the feeling of insecurity and lack of basic services.
During a visit to Ambela, Chinarh, Swarai, Daggar and other villages on Monday, one was struck by the emptiness of towns and villages that normally were crowded places bustling with life. It was sad to observe the unpeopled bazaars and streets, closed shops, absence of traffic and desolate mosques. The sight of families abandoning lush green and picturesque Buner and heading into the dusty and hot plains of Peshawar valley was heart-breaking. Fear of military action, lack of electricity and absence of basic civic services were cited as reasons by those shifting their households out of Buner. Some complained that educational institutions were closed, hospitals weren’t functioning properly, telephones didn’t work, banks were out of business, and gas and petrol stations were shut. Others thought it would be long before normal life could be restored in Buner. people, though, complained of excessive checking at the checkposts near Daggar, which is Buner’s principal town closest to the Taliban-controlled areas of Sultanwas, Pir Baba, Jiwar, Khalabat, etc. “We were made to disembark from vehicles, remove our shirts, raise our hands and walk a long distance on foot before being allowed to ride the vehicle again for the onward journey,” complained a bearded young man while requesting anonymity. Desertions from service by policemen and personnel of the Frontier Constabulary and absence from duty of civil administration officials was said to be hampering efforts to bring normalcy to Buner district. Mohammad Yahya Akhubdzada, the district coordination officer (DCO) of Buner who took charge about 10 days ago, pointed out that only 58 policemen were reporting for duty out of the 700 cops who were in service in Buner in early April 2009 when Taliban fighters intruded into the district from neighbouring Swat. http://www.thenews.com.pk/print3.asp?id=22106

May 13, 2009: ISLAMABAD: The government came under attack in the National Assembly Tuesday for signing in Washington a memorandum of understanding (MoU) regarding Afghan transit trade that will allow India to use the Pakistani land route for trade with Afghanistan. http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=177338

May 13, 2009: JALALA CAMP, Mardan: Mian Sikandar Shah and his 13-year-old son, both exhausted after a three-day non-stop travel on foot from Qambar village (Swat), had just arrived at the camp but his struggle would not end here, rather it is a beginning of an upheaval task for the elderly man and his poor family to get themselves registered and receive relief goods.
Also, almost all the people accommodated at the Jalala camp criticised the government and its countless departments for their failure to ensure availability of basic amenities like shelter, food and healthcare. Sikandar said he lost his family members, including his wife, elder son, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren on their way to Mardan. “They were given a lift by people travelling in a truck from Kabal area in Swat while I and my younger son decided to take the cattle. They told us we would meet at the refugee camp here in Jalala but I could not locate them so far,” the elderly man complained.  http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=177346

May 14, 2005: India confirms Pakistani troop reduction at border LAHORE: New Delhi has confirmed that Pakistan has shifted troops from its border with India to its border with Afghanistan, Hindustan Times (HT) has reported. The paper quoted a top government official as saying, “There has been a 'thinning' of troops but they have 'many more' which can be moved out.” It said it was “the first official confirmation from India of Islamabad moving out troops from its border with India”. “This is a unilateral decision (by Pakistan) and has nothing to do with a similar reduction by India. We are under no pressure from the US,” the official said.daily times.  http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\05\14\story_14-5-2009_pg7_8

May 14, 2009: WASHINGTON: In a significant move, Pakistan has reportedly allowed armed US Predator drones to fly inside its geographical territory for the first time to carry out air strikes against the Taliban and other extremist groups. Under the new partnership, the US drones will be allowed to venture beyond the borders of Afghanistan into Pakistan’s territory under the direction of Pakistani military officials, the Los Angeles Times reported on Wednesday. http://www.thenews.com.pk/print3.asp?id=22126

May 14, 2009: ISLAMABAD: The PML-N on Wednesday came down hard on the government over the military action against extremists and militants in Swat and Malakand and questioned the reason for the operation while fearing that if it failed, it would put Pakistan’s stability at risk. http://www.thenews.com.pk/arc_news.asp?id=2

May 14, 2009: Asif Ali Zardari’s ongoing foreign visits a nearly 21-day stay abroad. http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=177449

May 14, 2009: PESHAWAR: Despite throwing all its weight behind the ongoing military operation in Swat, Buner and Dir Lower, the Awami National Party-led NWFP government is being kept in dark about the latest situation, particularly the human casualties. The military has launched operation in three districts of the Frontier province but the NWFP government has so far no exact data on human casualties or material losses. http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=177522

May 14, 2009: Misplaced Swat Families: (Entire report is worth crying) http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=177524

May 14, 2009: Miseries of IDP’s at Lalala Camp: ( “  “  ) http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=177528

May 15, 2009: PESHAWAR: The NWFP government has said that it is hosting over two million internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the province. http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=177562

May 15, 2009: HASAN ABDAL: The Gurdwara Panja Sahib, located in Hasan Abdal, has so far received 340 displaced families from places as far away as Swat and Malakand. Many of those who turned up at the Gurdwara fled their homes with only their clothes on their back. When asked about the Jiziya tax that the Taliban were believed to have imposed on the Sikhs living in areas controlled by the militants, Dr Singh said these reports were untrue. “I have not been approached. In fact, the Taliban came to my area on April 4 and for almost a month, we lived under their control. We only fled when the fighting intensified.” http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=177565

May 15, 2009: PESHAWAR: While a human tragedy of unfathomable magnitude is unfolding in militancy-hit NWFP, the Awami National Party’s top leaders — Asfandyar Wali Khan and Afrasiyab Khattak — are absent from the scene to console the internally displaced persons (IDPs). Similarly, the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) provincial leadership has been conspicuous by its absence, and the PPP leaders are seen only when the party’s central leaders visit the camp. NWFP Health Minister Syed Zahir Shah, who is also PPP provincial president, has so far not bothered to pay a visit to any IDP camp individually. Being a health minister and the party’s provincial chief, Zahir Shah had, in fact, an increased responsibility on his shoulders, which he altogether failed to perform. http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=177695

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May 17, 2009: PESHAWAR/MIRAMSHAH: Forty people, were killed and several others critically injured in two successive attacks by US spy planes at Khaisur village of Mirali subdivision of North Waziristan Agency on Saturday morning. Tribal sources said two US spy planes were seen flying over Khaisur village, 20 kilometres south of the Mirali subdivision, the second major town of militancy-wrecked North Waziristan tribal region. http://www.thenews.com.pk/print3.asp?id=22177

May 17, 2009: Asif Ali Zardari said on Saturday In an interview with veteran British journalist David Frost on Al-Jazeera TV, the president said that the Swat deal was not a Sharia law and that Sufi Muhammad was selling it as such to his followers for his vested interests. He said the deal was for the enforcement of Nizam-e-Adl, aimed for the provision of speedy justice. http://www.thenews.com.pk/print3.asp?id=22181

May 17, 2009: ISLAMABAD: The Army operation in Swat would be concluded in six to eight weeks after achievement of the set goals, the national leadership was told in Fridayís in-camera briefing. http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=178041

May 17, 2009: Victims of military action compensated: MIRAMSHAH: The political administration Saturday paid Rs19.35 million in compensation to 80 pe sons affected by the military operation in North Waziristan. Those who suffered the loss of family members were handed cheques of Rs0.5 million each while the seriously injured were given Rs300,000 each. Those with minor injuries received Rs50,000 each. Assistant Political Agent Asghar Khan distributed the cheques at a ceremony. Asghar Khan said some of the affected persons had already been paid the compensation, while the rest would be compensated in the coming days. http://www.thenews.com.pk/arc_news.asp?id=7

May 18, 2009: WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: US President Barack Obama has voiced confidence in the safety of Pakistan’s nuclear assets. But at the same time, he made it clear that he could consider all options to secure the nuclear weapons, if the country got less stable. http://www.thenews.com.pk/print3.asp?id=22184

May 18, 2009: PESHAWAR: Security forces launched an operation against militants in Dir Upper on Sunday as warplanes dropped bombs in five villages of the remote Doog Darra area to target suspected hideouts of the militants, Sources said the strikes killed a child and a woman and injured several people but there was no word about the militants’ casualties. The jetfighters carried out two more strikes in Doog Bala, Panaghar, Maluk Khuar, Miana and Shatkas, the five villages of Doog Darra. As the attacks were launched in the evening and the area was a remote one, sketchy information was coming out about the human and material losses. It is learnt that two mosques, one of them also serving as a seminary, two houses and a health facility came under attack from the warplanes. There were also reports that the bazaar was also pounded where some shops were damaged. People said that smoke was seen billowing from the area after the aerial attacks. A woman and child were reported killed in the strikes while six others were wounded. The injured were rushed to hospitals. However, residents of the area said that the district headquarters hospital was poorly-equipped to cope with the emergency situation. There were also shortage of doctors due to which the critically injured were referred to Timergara and Peshawar. After the aerial strikes, thousands of people of the area moved out to safer places. They were not able to take along with them their belongings due to fear of bombardment. Locals said that they were moving towards Sheringal, a main town on the Kohistan strip. There was no word from the military sources on the casualties in these strikes. The security forces were checking all vehicles going in and coming out from the area at Khwago Oba entrance to Kohistan region where Doog Darra is situated. http://www.thenews.com.pk/print3.asp?id=22191

May 18, 2009: BISHAM: Two persons were killed when security forces allegedly opened fire on the house of a local lawyer in Lelonai area of Shangla district on Sunday. This was the first action by security forces in the area. http://www.thenews.com.pk/print3.asp?id=22194

May 18, 2009: LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said the PTI doesn’t favour Taliban or operation against them but only values the aspirations of the people of Pakistan. http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=178143

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May 19, 2009: PESHAWAR: Several persons, including women and children, were killed and a number of others sustained injuries when families fleeing the military operation in Swat’s Matta town were shelled while crossing a mountainous path to reach Karo Darra in Dir Upper on Monday, eyewitnesses and official sources said.
Eyewitnesses, who escaped the attack or were able to reach Wari town of Dir Upper in injured condition, said they were targeted by gunship helicopters. However, police officials said they might have been hit by a stray shell. Local people said they saw some 12 to 14 bodies on a mountain on the Swat side but could not go near to retrieve them or help the injured for fear of another aerial attack.
Talking to local journalists, an eyewitness Bacha Zada claimed that a number of families were going to Dir Upper from Matta and Kabal areas of Swat when they were attacked by a helicopter. He said as they rushed to the help of the victims, the gunship helicopter re-appeared and again fired at them. He said at this stage all of them ran away and abandoned the dead and the injured.
It was learnt that some of them with minor injuries were being treated in Wari while seriously wounded persons were rushed to Timergara. A woman Sardara, whose son Rahmat Sher was killed in the incident, said she left the body of her child on the mountain and fled to save her life. The woman, who managed to cross into Wari while injured, said her son breathed his last in her lap.
Though information from the area was sketchy, villagers put the number of those killed by in shelling by helicopter at 12 to 14. Some of the dead were identified as Rahmat Sher, Amanul Mulk, Irfanullah and Hasina.
Among the injured included Sardara, Ajab Khan, Azam, Lakhtay, Ismail, Raham Bibi, Muhammad Sher, Zahir Mina, Bakht Rawan, Shagai, Nawab Sher, Begum, Shtamand and Dost Muhammad. Meanwhile, thousands of residents of Doog Darra, which was attacked by warplanes on Sunday, fled the area. http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=22211

May 20, 2009: LAHORE: MAINSTREAM opposition parties on Tuesday accused the government of misleading the nation by falsely claiming of unanimous support to Swat military operation by all the political parties in the government’s APC held in Islamabad on Monday. They warned the rulers against blind pursuit of US agenda at the cost of national security and integrity, and said it was dishonesty of PPP government to misinform the nation that at least seven parties outright opposed military operation in Swat, adding that such deceptive attitude would force opposition parties to refrain from any government APC in the future. Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Syed Munawwar Hasan said the PPP government deserved extreme condemnation for deceiving whole nation for the sake of US agenda, and alleged that all parties in the ruling coalition were part of the US game plan. Jamiat Ahle Hadith President, Senator Sajid Mir accused the government of crossing all limits of shameful US slavery by making false claims of unanimous support to Swat military operation by all parties at the APC. Pakistan Tehrik Insaf (PTI) Information Secretary Omar Sarfraz Cheema demanded resignation of the federal information minister for misleading the nation about support to military operation in the APC. http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=178484

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May 21, 2009: Athar Abbas said that a total of 1,057 militants had been killed in Swat, Dir and Buner since April 27, while 58 security forces’ personnel were also martyred. He said the foreign nationals so far arrested by security forces included Afghans, Uzbeks and Arabs. “The strategy is to kill the maximum number of terrorists. The militant leaders are paying $50 to 60 per day to the fighters,î he said. He added the Pakistan Army would try its best to end the ongoing operation as soon as possible. http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=22250

May 21, 2009: MARDAN: Villagers and internally displaced persons (IDPs) staged a demonstration here Wednesday to protest the attack by a military helicopter in Buner on Tuesday in which a teenaged girl was killed and several other civilians were injured. The protestors mostly came from Mohib Banda, a village in Garhi Kapoora area near Mardan that served as temporary home for the IDP families that suffered human losses in the Buner helicopter attack. The protestors complained that innocent civilians were being targeted during the military operation against the militants. They argued that the government on the one hand was asking the IDPs to return to Buner but the army was attacking the displaced families that were going back to their villages.
The family of Mir Kamal from Koga village in Buner suffered the most in the shelling by gunship helicopter. His 15-year-old daughter Zainab was killed while his two other daughters Saira and Hida and his wife Zamina, along with his three sons Ayaz, Fayyaz and Imtiaz sustained injuries.
The unfortunate Mir Kamal, who survived the attack, told reporters that his family along with several others was returning to Buner from Mohib Banda, Mardan to harvest their wheat crop when the helicopter shelled their vehicle. He wondered as to why the civilians were attacked. He added that several other people too were wounded in the attack and some of them were taken to Peshawar for treatment.
The dead and injured were transported to Mardan Tuesday night via Katlang. The number of injured was around 26, though some needed first-aid only. Some of the injured were identified as Hidayat Bibi, Shah Zahoor, Ahmed, Fahim, Nasir and Muhammad Arif. http://www.thenews.com.pk/print3.asp?id=22270

May 22, 09:  A family, which managed to move out from Swat, said that eight persons were killed and 13 others injured when mortar shells landed on three houses in Shagai area of Mingora on Wednesday night. Two of the dead were identified as Abdul Satar and Usman. Four persons were kidnapped from Fatehpur area of Khwazakhela. We have traced conversation between the Taliban commanders in which the commander of the Swat Taliban is appealing to his counterpart in Waziristan to send Uzbek and Tajik fighters. a senior intelligence official told IslamOnline, wishing not to be named. We cannot say with authority at the moment that if these foreign militants will join the Taliban fighting in Swat, but we are fully prepared,î he said, adding ìAdditional troops have been sent to the bordering areas of South and North Waziristan to tackle the foreign militants if they try to move towards Swat. http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=22275

22-05-09: The military has been engaged in the operation against the militants in Maidan for the last 27 days and it had claimed to have killed over 200 militants so far.  http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=22278

22-05-09: PESHAWAR: A Swati family that lost nine members when its house was bombed in the ongoing military operation in Swat has appealed to the security forces to differentiate between the militants and common citizens and make proper arrangements to rescue helpless people from the troubled areas. The ill-fated family, whose three women were killed earlier by the militants for supporting security forces, lost another nine members in the military operation. The family also appealed to the militants to first investigates the case before awarding “Islamic punishment” to anyone.  Jan Nawab of Gat Shoqeen area of Matta tehsil of Swat district was not present in his house on May 10 when jetfighters bombed the house, killing his wife, Zahira, sister of his wife Iqbal Begum, his daughter Salma Bibi (15), Asma Bibi (9), Kayenat Bibi (18-month old), Rehman Ali (13), two granddaughters Mehnaz (15-month old), Naheeda (16-month old).  Another two women including Sardara wife of Nadir and son of Akhtar Mohammad were also killed. Two daughters-in-law and three daughters of Jan Nawab were injured but now all of them have been shifted to a government school with other IDPs in Sardheri, Charsadda. Shamsul Qamar, the cousin of Jan Nawab, also lost his son Syed Qamar in the operation. His second son Pakhtun Qamar, who is disabled, survived an attack. Shamsul Qamar, who was a security guard in Hussain Sugar Mills, Jaranwala, Faisalabad, burst into tears when he recalled that his son had been requesting him to recruit him somewhere in an industry. Earlier, his sister Zar Bibi, niece Farzana and her mother-in-law Zarmina were killed by militants in Dagai, Choparial.
Narrating his ordeal, he alleged the security forces had turned his houses into rubble. “We found only a steel-made glass safe,” he said. http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=178856

May 23, 2009: TAKHT BHAI: Two persons, including a minor, sustained injuries when security forces opened fire at a Suzuki van on the main Malakand Road near Shago Naqa checkpost on Friday. Sources said that Fazal Ihsan and his minor son Hammad Khan, residents of Totakan area, Malakand Agency, were injured when a troops of a military convoy opened fire at their vehicle, injuring both of them. They were shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital Mardan. http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=178999

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May 23, 2009: According to the most recent IRI opinion poll 72 per cent of Pakistanis support a peace deal with the Taliban, 52 per cent are against the army action in Swat and 61 per cent are against co-operating with the US in its "war on terror". http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=178986

May 25, 2009: On Sunday morning in the Orakzai tribal region, helicopter gunships pounded suspected militant targets in multiple locations, including a religious school, local government official Mohammad Yasin said. At least six civilians were among the 18 dead.

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May 26, 2007: Trapped civilians in different parts of the valley were still striving to move out from the war zone to save their lives, but could not do so due to fighting and curfew.The recently arrived people from Swat said that fighting could be seen in few towns and villages, with intermittent artillery firing.
“Two farmers were harvesting their crop in Kalla Killay. They were hit by mortar shells and one of them was killed,” said a young resident of Deolai area of Kabal. The young man, wishing not to be named, reached Peshawar a day ago after an arduous journey through rugged mountains, using unfrequented paths as the security forces did not allow people to use main roads even during relaxation in curfew. Two civilians were killed and 10 others injured when the security forces allegedly fired at the residents in Warsak, Kharkanai and Nasafa areas of Dir Lower for violating curfew. One of the dead was identified as Muhammad Fayyaz. The other one, whose name could not be ascertained, hailed from Deolai area of Swat. Incessant curfew in Malakand Agency and Chakdara has been multiplying the problems of the people.Meanwhile, the Adenzai Qaumi Jirga threatened to hold a demonstration on May 30 if the army did not stop what it said targeting innocent people during curfew. Chairman of the jirga Bakht Baidar Khan said the army operation was triggering public anger as continuous curfew for the last 10 days had made life miserable for the people.During the curfew relaxation, a large number of vehicles flooded the roads, making movement just impossible. A large number of vehicles carrying IDPs from Kanju, Kabal and Aligrama have been stranded at Chakdara for the last three days. http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=22350

May 26, 2009: PESHAWAR: Almost 75 per cent desertion has been reported in Buner district police force while over 40 per cent are staying off the duties in Swat after deterioration in the law and order in Malakand division, a source confided to ‘The News’. Over 30 per cent of the total strength of Malakand police has either quit jobs or cops are not reporting to their police stations concerned and offices for the past several months. Not only the constabulary but senior officers are also avoiding posting in Malakand for the past two years. “Almost 310

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May 26, 2009: Sahibzada Bahauddin’s two-storey building was destroyed in the airstrikes by the Pakistan Air Force jetfighters in Inayat Killay bazaar.The house structure consisted of four shops, including his well-furnished office on the second floor of the building. It has a value of Rs6 million and was lone source of income for the senior reporter. http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=179614

May 27, 2009: Our Bisham correspondent adds: five civilians were reportedly killed and 10 others injured in shelling by the military gunship helicopters in Shangla district. Sources said the forces, backed by gunship helicopters, entered the militants-infested area of Jabar, Amnavi and Achar early in the day. The sources added these areas were heavily shelled and security forces on the ground continued the search and cordon operation. Five civilians were also reportedly killed, who were identified as Muhammad Hussain, brother of one Sherzada, Nosheray, Lal Sher and an unknown person. http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=22376

May 27, 2009: Human Rights Watch and UNCHR:  “People trapped in the Swat conflict zone face a humanitarian catastrophe unless the Pakistani military immediately lifts a curfew that has been in place continuously for the last week,” said Brad Adams, the group’s Asia director. “The government cannot allow the local population to remain trapped without food, clean water and medicine as a tactic to defeat the Taliban,” he said.He urged Islamabad to lift the curfew in the under-siege Swat Valley and nearby districts. .“Bodies lay unburied and the critically-injured faced likely death as all medical facilities in the valley had shut down and medicines were unavailable,” the group’s statement said. Only 200,000 of the 2.38 million people estimated to have fled the Swat violence are living in camps, he said, adding: “The vast majority of people are staying with friends, relatives, taking care of themselves, even renting accommodation.”

http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=22385

Note: List of events and other reports will be submitted for records as soon as those will be available.

Part 3: Articles already published with preliminary list of war criminals:

Laser Bombs killed 300 villagers, UNO must track genocide http://www.makepakistanbetter.com/Why_how_what_forum.asp?GroupID=5&ArticleID=6280

Largest movements after 2nd world war, Pakistan moved half of its Army

http://www.makepakistanbetter.com/Why_how_what_forum.asp?GroupID=5&ArticleID=6128

http://www.dictatorshipwatch.com/2009/05/05/largest-movements-after-2nd-word-war-%e2%80%93-pakistan-moved-half-of-its-army.html

We lifted our burqas and held up the Qur'an to beg for mercy but..

http://www.makepakistanbetter.com/Why_how_what_forum.asp?GroupID=9&ArticleID=6200

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Global Human Right Groups, Anti-War Groups, Anti-Fascism Movements, leading Journalists and Media Groups.  Ambassadors and Politicians.