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The Express Tribune (blog)
June 19, 2017
Forget sawaiyan and prepare yourself to feast on three sumptuous cinematic delights this Eid instead. We have got the Salman Khan starrer Tubelight vying for our attention against two local offerings. While Yasir Nawaz's Mehrunnisa V Lub You might sound like a safe bet, owing to its over the topÃâà...
Newsline
May 19, 2017
Unlike Waar – a previous war-epic that Rana produced –Yalghaar is based on real people and is the story of the 76-hour military operation conducted in the Peochar valley of the Swat district. Touted as the most expensive Pakistani film to date ($ 4.9 million), the film spared no expense in trying to captureÃâà...
The Express Tribune
July 17, 2015
While Waar and Operation 021 were based on a sequence of true events dramatised for screen, Yalghaar is said to based on the 48-hour long Peochar operation conducted during the Swat offensive in 2008. It focuses on the lives of men and women involved in the operation, who individually hold uniqueÃâà...
The News on Sunday
May 30, 2015
Mussarat Ahmed Zeb, who lives in Saidu Sharif and who was witness to the loss of the paradise called Swat and then its regaining by Pakistan Army, had stories to tell of Peochar and its tunnels. Thence she led Haroun Rashid and me. It was a journey in first week of May this year that made us relive theÃâà...
DAWN.com
December 13, 2014
Highly anticipated film Yalghaar starring Shaan Shahid and Adnan Siddiqui is headed to its final phase of production, with more than half of the film's shooting reportedly complete. Screenshot of one of the scenes in 'Yalghaar'. — Photo courtesy: Yalghaar's official Facebook page. Written, directed, andÃâà...
The Express Tribune
November 9, 2013
Elsewhere, seven passengers were severely injured when a pickup plunged into a roadside ditch in Gut Peochar. The injured were rushed to Tehsil Hospital, Matta where they are presently admitted, stated a police report. The wounded were identified as Rahim Khan, Munir, Fatima, Suleman, Barak Allah,Ãâà...
The Express Tribune
November 10, 2012
In Operation Rah-e-Raast in Swat, the notably successful action by the SSG was its surprise assault on the Peochar heights, a dominating position occupied by the insurgents. Descending from helicopters, the commandos quickly secured the heights, then attacked downhill, forcing the insurgents toÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
October 17, 2012
If our intelligence agencies were working properly and keeping an eye on those coming and going from Swat, then [this would not have happened]." It is a view echoed by Muhammed Sher Khan, a tribal elder from the Peochar area of the valley, where the Taliban operated numerous training camps duringÃâà...
Long War Journal
May 29, 2009
The Pakistani government has drastically raised the bounty for Swat Taliban chieftain Mullah Fazlullah and a host of leaders operating in the insurgency-plagued district in the Northwest Frontier Province. The move comes as the military claims to have secured the Taliban stronghold of Peochar and to beÃâà...
CNN
May 23, 2009
Security forces said they have made gains in the Peochar Valley, Matta and Dir areas of North West Frontier Province. One militant was killed in Matta and nine others were killed in Dir, the military said. "Security forces have successfully secured the vital Wanai Bridge linking Matta with Peochar," the militaryÃâà...
Al-Arabiya
May 9, 2009
Fifteen militants are reportedly killed in the engagement," the military said in a statement. It added that several Taliban hideouts were targeted and their main headquarters were destroyed. "Militant hideouts were also engaged in Peochar, Qambar, Banababa, Ziarat, Mushkomai and Chamtalai areas inÃâà...
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