Top Taliban commander captured in Karachi

KARACHI: An operational head of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, who is on the most wanted list of terrorists in the country, was captured from the outskirts of this southern port city, police said on Thursday. Police arrested Irfan Khan from his hideout in Sohrab Goth near Karachi. Senior Superintendent of Police (Special Investigation Unit) Umar Khatab said: “He is in the five most wanted terrorists list.”

Visited Pak to clear the air: Hillary

WASHINGTON: Describing her recent visit to Islamabad as the one aimed at clearing the air, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said Pakistanis had a “sort of pent-up frustration” with the US over its policy in the region, including on the war on terror, which she tried to address. “The whole purpose of my trip was to try to clear the air with the Pakistani people and government, to reassert our support for Pakistan,” Hillary told National Public Radio.

Indian, 2 Lankans beheaded in Jeddah

DUBAI: An Indian and two Sri Lankans have been beheaded in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia for robbing a house and murdering a woman four years ago. Mohammad Naushad, who was executed on Wednesday along with the two Sri Lankans, was from Kerala, Indian consulate sources in Jeddah said. “Although there has been no communication from their (the authorities) end... we have got confirmation from the Arabic media that he has been executed,” they said.

Cambridge shoe for John Howard

LONDON: An angry man threw a boot at former Australian Prime Minister John Howard during a debate at Britain’s Cambridge University, the quick-thinking student who caught the shoe said on Thursday. Andrew Chapman, a senior officer at the Cambridge Union Society which organised the debate, said he stepped in to stop the boot thrown by an Australian man who had earlier branded Howard a “racist”. Howard “took it amazingly well“, the 20-year-old student said.

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