ISLAMABAD — U.S. missiles hit a suspected militant hide-out, killing 16 insurgents in a troubled Pakistani tribal region along the Afghan border before dawn Saturday, intelligence officials said.The strike came as the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, Adm. Mike Mullen, was in Pakistan. Mullen was expected to see Pakistan’s army chief, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, who was recently granted a three-year term extension in what some have welcomed as a sign of continuity in Pakistan’s battle against Islamist extremists.

The six missiles struck a compound in the Nazai Narai area of South Waziristan. The hide-out was known to be frequented by foreign fighters who were among the dead, two intelligence officials said.
The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to go on the record, said agents were trying to get more details about the identities and nationalities of the dead.
Army spokesmen were not immediately available for comment.
U.S. missile strikes regularly pound extremist targets in the northwest. South Waziristan has witnessed several major Pakistani military operations since the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States.
Washington has relied heavily on its covert missile campaign to take out al-Qaida, Afghan Taliban and their local supporters in North and South Waziristan tribal regions, which are hiding places for insurgents.
The vast majority of strikes have hit targets in North Waziristan – home to several militant networks that attack U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Although Pakistan publicly condemns the missile strikes, it has secretly helped Washington in previous attacks. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/23/AR2010072301251_pf.html

2.NATO oil tanker torched

CHAKWAL, July 22: An oil tanker transporting fuel to Nato forces in Afghanistan was completely gutted on Mianwali Road Thursday, police said, amid suspicion that the driver and his three helpers themselves set the vehicle on fire after misappropriating the pricey fuel.

The Tamman police said the oil tanker (TLA 854) coming from Karachi was torched near Wanhar village in Talagang tehsil. An official, who requested not to be identified, told Dawn that the police believed the truck was torched by “the people travelling in it”.
Preliminary investigation suggested that the driver and three other people riding sold major portion of the fuel to different people during the journey and set the vehicle on fire to conceal the theft. They fled the scene and are yet to be arrested. —http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/local/islamabad/nato-oil-tanker-torched-370

3. Rockets damage houses
PESHAWAR, July 23: The rockets fired from undisclosed locations landed in parts of Peshawar early on Thursday damaging two houses, police said.
An official of the Town police said that one of the rockets hit house of a deputy collector Customs Dr Nauman Wazir at Jamrud Road.
He said that the residents miraculously escaped, however, the building was damaged.
The second rocket landed in limits of Peshtakhara police station and destroyed wall of a house at Abdara Road.
An official said that the rocket had hit house of Mohammad Iqbal Khan but no loss of life was reported. http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/national/rockets-damage-houses-470

4. Activist dies in attack on MQM office in Karachi: report in Dawn, July 24

KARACHI: An activist of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement was killed and six others were injured when armed men attacked its office in Gulistan-i-Jauhar here on Friday night.

The incident sparked violence in the area and minutes later a bus was set on fire. Uninterrupted firing forced traders to pull down shutters and residents to stay indoors.www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/19-activist-dies-in-attack-on-mqm-office-470-hh-01

5.Constable killed in Lahore attacks:

LAHORE: A constable was killed and six other policemen were injured when militants set off two small bombs outside Lytton Road police station and opened indiscriminate fire on Gulshan Ravi police station late on Friday, sources said.

Two small bombs placed beneath two police vehicles near Lytton Road police station exploded, leaving four policemen injured and the vehicles destroyed.

In another attack, a policeman was killed when two motorcyclists opened indiscriminate fire at the Gulshan Ravi police station at about 11:50pm. www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/national/19-constable-killed-in-lahore-attacks-470-hh-04