CCTV footage of Lahore bomb blast released

Police has arrested owner of the vehicle used in the parade Line mosque suicide attack from E-11.

According to a private TV channel, the car used by the attackers was bearing a fake number plate.

The police has arrested the registered owner of the car from a posh sector of the federal capital E-11 and took him to an undisclosed location for interrogations.

The government has approved to give RS 0.5m to each martyred Jawan of Frontier Constabulary (FC) and Rs 1 million to each officer under "Shuhada Package" while Finance department has issued funds for recruitment of seventy-five new platoons.

According to a notification issued by Finance department here on Saturday jawans of FC have played role of front line in war against terrorism so government has approved RS 500,000 for each jawan of FC who has embraced martyrdom and Rs 1million for officers under "Shuhada package".

It has also been approved to build Intelligence unit and Commando medical unit in Frontier Constabulary while, Frontier Constabulary is being equipped with latest technology, salaries and facilities for FC personals and officials are being increased in this regard.

Seventy-five new platoons would be recruit in NWFP and tribal areas for maintaining law and order situation in the areas.

Funeral of martyred of Friday's barbaric act of terrorism at a mosque in Rawalpindi that claimed 40 innocent lives were held at various placed in the country

Funeral prayers Major General Bilal Umar, Waleed Mumtaz and Hashim Masood were held at Chakala Garrison on Saturday.

Waleed Mumtaz and Hashim Masood were sons of Brig Mumtaz and Corps Commander Peshawar, Lt. General Masood Aslam respectively.

The funeral was attended by Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and Chairman Joint Chief of Staff Committee, General Tariq Majeed .

Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani prayed for the departed souls and expressed his sympathy with grieved families.

Federal Interior Minster Rehman Malik, Defence Minister Chuadhary Ahmed Mukhtar, Governor NWFP Owais Ahmed Ghani and Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti, Deputy Chairman Senate Jan Muhammad Jamali, former DG ISI Hameed Gul and retired and in-service officers and people attended the funeral in a great number.

After the funeral prayers Major Gen Bilal Umar was laid to rest at Army graveyard with full military honors. while the dead bodies of Omar Hashim Masood and Waleed Mumtaz were sent to their native areas for burials.


Meanwhile Major Rashid Qureshi was laid to rest in his native area Kalar Syedan Rawat and Major (retd) Shoaib who was the administrator of the parade land mosque was laid to rest in Lahore.

16 year old Hafiz Zafran and Mohammad Zamin, son of Army engineer Mohammad Akmal, were laid to rest in Lahore.

Funeral prayers of Lt Col Farooq Awan's father Mohd Anwar Awan was held in Karachi, Brigadier Abdul Raouf in Renala Khurd, Lance Nail Abdul Rehman in Mianwali, Mohd Arshad in Malkwal.

All the funeral prayers of these martyred were held with full military honors and were attended by senior army officers and nobles of the respective areas.

A raw video of Bomb blast in a mosque in Parade Lane Peshawer Road Rawalpindi Pakistan.

Following brutal clashes in Liyari, additional police force is deployed at all sensitive places while orders of 'Shoot to Kill' militants have been issued.

It is pertinent to mention that police the other day raided various areas in lyari and had to bear the brunt from a stiff resistance of anti state elements who fired rockets at vehicles and opened shelling and fire on police.

Police officials say that additional police is deployed in the war torn area while Shoot to Kill on site orders have been issued if police spots any militant.

A wave of fear and tension has gripped the entire area of Liyari.

Civil and Judicial Magistrate Rai Afzal Ahmed Kharal on the appearance of Federal Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervaiz Ashraf before the court has canceled his arrest warrants

The court also restored his bail and on the minister's request exempted him from appearing before the court

The federal minister appeared before the court with his counsel and requested the court that he could not appear before the court due to his hectic schedule and therefore he be exempted from court proceedings. The court granted him his request and exempted him.

The court also cancelled his arrest warrants and restored his bail. The hearing has been adjourned till December 12.

It is pertinent to mention here that cases were filed against Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Naheed Khan and other PPP members in thana airport on charge of misbehaving with staff of High court and agitation in 1998.

The Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani visited Karachi Thursday and attended a session of Army War Games organized to determine the operational preparedness of the formations.

Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman also attended the session.

Earlier, on arrival at Karachi, Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani was received by the Corps Commander Lieutenant General Shahid Iqbal.

According to sources, COAS expressed his satisfaction over the results of the army war games and said that war games would continue as schedule for the improvement of army professionalism and training capabilities.

Air Chief Rao Qamar Suleman also congratulated Corps Commander Karachi on holding of successful games and said that such exercises would improve the capabilities of the armed forces