Raja Tahir

Pakistan disciplines officers over base attack

Pakistan is to discipline three navy officers for negligence a year after a 17-hour militant assault on a military base in the heart of Karachi, a navy spokesman said on Tuesday.
 

Pakistan naval officers face court martial over raid

Three Pakistani naval officers are to face an unprecedented court martial for charges of negligence over a Taliban attack on an air base that took 17 hours to repel and left 10 military personnel dead.
 

Car bomb destroys police station in Pakistan, 6 dead

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber drove an explosives-packed car into a police station on Wednesday as the Taliban intensified attacks against Pakistan's security forces after the killing of al Qaeda's Osama bin Laden.
 

Pakistan removes base commander after Taliban attack

Pakistan on Wednesday removed the commander of a naval air base that took 17 hours to quell a deeply embarrassing Taliban attack that killed 10 security personnel and destroyed two US-made aircraft.
 

Car bomb destroys police station in Pakistan, six dead

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber drove an explosives-packed car into a police station on Wednesday as the Taliban intensified attacks against Pakistan's security forces after the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
 

Commander of attacked Pakistani naval base relieved of command

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The commander of the Pakistani naval base attacked by militants on Sunday was relieved of his command on Wednesday, the Navy said in a statement, a rare sign of accountability in the powerful military establishment.