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Daily Archives: December 18, 2007

=> KOHAT, Dec 17: At least 12 army recruits were kill

KOHAT, Dec 17: At least 12 army recruits were killed in a suicide attack in the heart of the Kohat cantonment area near the Army Public College on Monday morning. According to hospital sources, two soldiers were injured. Military authorities sealed the area after the blast, leaving parents of students of the college in panic […]


=> ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister of Information and Bro

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister of Information and Broadcasting Senator Nisar A Memon said on Monday that escape of Rashid Rauf, a British national, from the police custody was a human error and the government should not be blamed for it. Talking to a group of local and foreign editors and senior journalists at a luncheon meeting, […]


=> KARACHI: The City District Government Karachi (CDG

KARACHI: The City District Government Karachi (CDGK) has yet to complete the Shahrah-e­Quaideen project that it has been delayed for the last 18 months. The project to rehabilitate Shahrah-e-Quaideen from Shahrah-e-Faisal to Mazaar-e­Quaid was announced early 2006 but work on different areas, especially between ‘Khudadad Colony and Mazaar-e-Quaid, ‘is still taking place. The slow pace […]


=> ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: Rashid Rauf, the Briton suspect

ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: Rashid Rauf, the Briton suspected of a plane bombing plot who escaped from custody in Islamabad, got away after police let his uncle drive him back to jail following a court appearance, a security official said on Monday. Rauf, a British national of Pakistan origin wanted for an alleged plan to blow […]


=> ISLAMABAD: The journalists of Rawalpindi and Islam

ISLAMABAD: The journalists of Rawalpindi and Islamabad continued their protest on the 45th day on Monday to press the government to remove curbs on media and judiciary. The protesting journalists staged a sit-in in front of the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Press Club camp office. Tehreek-e-Insaaf Chairman Imran Khan also joined the journalists to express solidarity with them. […]


A woman strangled to death by her husband

SUKKUR: A woman was strangled to death by her husband and his accomplices over a domestic scuffle, in village Razi Bhutto, in Naudero police station jurisdiction, on late Sunday night. Following some domestic scuffle, accused All Hassan along with his accomplices, strangled and killed his wife Mukhtiar Khatoon and fled. Her body was shifted to […]


One person shot dead over karo-kari

SUKKUR: One person was shot dead by the armed persons, over a karo-kari dispute in village Gullo Ghoto, near Ghotki on Monday. According to the reports, Mour s/o Usman Ghoto 22 was working at agricultural field, when some armed persons appeared on the scene, shot him dead and fled. On information, the police removed the […]


A 12-year-old girl kidnapped and raped

LAHORE: Even though Sattukatla police have named an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) and five others including a woman for the kidnap and rape of a 12-year-old girl, nobody has been arrested yet. The incident took place three weeks ago, but the FIR was registered six days ago. The police said Safdar, a labourer living at Butt […]


A newly-married woman raped

KARACHI, Dec 18: A newly-married woman was allegedly raped by a man who had kidnapped her from outside the shrine of Abdullah Shah Ghazi on Monday. The woman (X) in her mid-20s was married to (Y) four months ago and had come to visit the city three days back from Lahore and they were staying […]


=> SWABI, Dec 17: District president of the women’s w

SWABI, Dec 17: District president of the women’s wing of Awami National Party (ANP) Dr Yasmin Jaseem has urged the women to exercise their right to vote at all cost. Speaking at a meeting of the women wing of the party here on Monday, she said the candidates should reach out to the voters and […]


=> SUKKUR: A woman was strangled to death by her husb

SUKKUR: A woman was strangled to death by her husband and his accomplices over a domestic scuffle, in village Razi Bhutto, in Naudero police station jurisdiction, on late Sunday night. Following some domestic scuffle, accused All Hassan along with his accomplices, strangled and killed his wife Mukhtiar Khatoon and fled. Her body was shifted to […]


=> SUKKUR: One person was shot dead by the armed pers

SUKKUR: One person was shot dead by the armed persons, over a karo-kari dispute in village Gullo Ghoto, near Ghotki on Monday. According to the reports, Mour s/o Usman Ghoto 22 was working at agricultural field, when some armed persons appeared on the scene, shot him dead and fled. On information, the police removed the […]


=> A woman burnt herself after her husband told her t

A woman burnt herself after her husband told her that he was getting married again. Robina, 27, burnt herself alive in Saeedabad police limits. The police said that they received information that a burnt dead body of a woman was lying in a house situated near Bismillah Chowk, Sector-4H, in the restroom of the house. […]


=> LAHORE: Even though Sattukatla police have named a

LAHORE: Even though Sattukatla police have named an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) and five others including a woman for the kidnap and rape of a 12-year-old girl, nobody has been arrested yet. The incident took place three weeks ago, but the FIR was registered six days ago. The police said Safdar, a labourer living at Butt […]