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Daily Archives: November 15, 2007

Militants eager to launch suicide attack on military targets

ISLAMABAD (November 15 2007): Militants loyal to Swat-based Taliban commander Maulvi Fazlullah are eager to launch suicide bombing on military targets, a spokesperson for the hardline cleric threatened on Wednesday as army prepared for a final ground offensive to wipe them out. “We have suicide bombers. They are many and they are young diehards (of […]


City Nazim bans gathering around examination centres

KARACHI – The City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has imposed ban on any type of gathering within a radius of two hundred yards of the examination centers in Karachi for the final examinations of the Allama lqbal Open University for spring Semester 2007 being held from November l2 to January l2, 2008 at Government Sir […]


Blast damages girls’ school in Adina

SWABI, Nov 14: An explosive device planted near a girls’ primary school in Adina, some 18km west of here, went off on Wednesday morning, damaging its boundary wall and windows. No group has claimed responsibility for the blast, but about 10 days ago a letter sent by the local Tehrik-i-Taliban to non-governmental organisations and schools […]


Violence in Lyari against Benazir’s house arrest

KARACHI (November 15 2007): City remained under the grip of tension as disturbances in Lyari, District South, and adjoining areas continued on Wednesday. The PPP workers took to streets to agitate against the house arrest of their leader Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto in Lahore. The protesters and the police played hide and seek throughout the day […]


Scholar awarded for work on Shah Latif

HYDERABAD, Nov 14: Shah Abdul Latif Award Committee of Pakistan Academy of Letters has decided to award the “Shah Latif and Tasawwuf Award 2006” to Ms J.A. Manghani for her original work on Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai during the year 2006 published by Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai chair, University of Karachi. The committee, which met […]


Lyari still restive as protests continue

KARACHI, Nov 14: Some parts of the city remained tense on Wednesday as workers of the Pakistan People’s Party burnt tyres, resorted to firing into the air and lobbed tear-gas shells on the second consecutive day of protest against Benazir Bhutto’s detention in Lahore. Lyari was at the focus of the unrest as normal life […]


CPNE meeting

The Action Committee of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) has decided at a meeting held at the CPNE Secretariat to highlight the importance of the international Solidarity Day by the media associations with the Pakistani media on the present emergency situation. Therefore, we invite your good self to kindly participate in the broad […]


Influential held in gang rape case

Karachi:The Investigation regarding the gang rape case entered its fourth day and, on the orders of senior officers, the Investigation police held three suspects including the owner of the house where the incident took place. They also sent some cloth pieces of the victim for a DNA test. On Wednesday, it was reported that after […]