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Daily Archives: September 23, 2012

185 face trial for riots over hate film

KARACHI: Courts in Rawalpindi, Karachi and Lahore granted remand of at least 185 people on Saturday in cases pertaining to riots and arson attacks that took place during the protests against the anti-Islam film made in the United States. Twenty-three people lost their lives in Karachi and Peshawar while over 200 were injured on Friday […]


Floods cause Rs18 billion losses in Balochistan

By: Saleem Shahid QUETTA: Standing crops suffered a loss of Rs18 billion after torrential rains and heavy floods devastated about 19 per cent areas of Nasirabad and Jaffarabad districts in Balochistan. This was disclosed at a meeting held in Dera Murad Jamali to review the flood situation in the two districts. The meeting observed that […]


A perplexing case of honour killing

By: Munawer Azeem ISLAMABAD: In another case of honour killing in the city, a man and a woman from Swabi — who had eloped — were murdered in the capital, here on Saturday, police said. The incident came to light when the woman’s father and uncle approached the police and informed them about the double-murder. […]


Peshawar cinemas in bad shape after Friday riots

By: Sadia Qasim Shah PESHAWAR: Friday’s riots sparked by production of an anti-Islam film in the US came as a serious blow to the provincial capital’s moribund cinemas. Violent mobs stormed Shabistan, Shama and Naz cinemas and tried to set them on fire. Capital Cinema, which was set up shortly after the country’s independence, too, […]