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Daily Archives: December 27, 2007

=> ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Federal Minister for Informat

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecom Dr Abdullah Riar on Wednesday lauded the role of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) in developing the country’s telecom sector and termed it a model institution for other government organisations to follow. Appreciating the recent growth shown by the telecom sector of Pakistan, he said that the […]


=> PESHAWAR (APP): Security forces and police have ar

PESHAWAR (APP): Security forces and police have arrested eighteen miscreants from different locations in Swat during last 24 hours in the current search operation, said a release of Media Information Centre Mingora, Swat. These miscreants were involved in serious terrorist activities, it said, adding the militants hide outs were also engaged in general area Piochar […]


=> * 40 complaints against DCOs, 20 against teachers’

* 40 complaints against DCOs, 20 against teachers’ transfers and 10 against district nazims * ECP secretary Kanwar Muhammad Dilshad says ECP looks into the matter LAHORE: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has received 183 complaints so far from across the Punjab against the election-2008 code of conduct violation, ECP officials told Daily Times. […]


=> QUETTA, Dec 26: Mastung and Khuzdar were rocked by

QUETTA, Dec 26: Mastung and Khuzdar were rocked by powerful explosions on Wednesday. Police sources said that a device planted near a girls’ school in Mastung’s Hindu Mohalla exploded, causing damage to the main gate and a wall of the school, and shattering windows of several nearby houses. In Khuzdar, the blast took place near […]


=> ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: An intelligence report that ter

ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: An intelligence report that terrorists may strike in the capital and target politicians and religious leaders has led to a high alert in the city, sources told Dawn. A senior officer of the Islamabad administration said the city police and the administration had received a letter from the interior ministry that suicide […]


=> BANNU, Dec 26: Militants are reported to have kidn

BANNU, Dec 26: Militants are reported to have kidnapped 10 policemen after blowing up a checkpoint of the Haivad police station here on Wednesday evening. Officials and witnesses said that the militants first opened fire with Kalashnikovs on the Mazanga checkpoint and later blew it up with explosives. The kidnapped policemen included an ASI, a […]


=> BANNU: At least six persons were injured when a bo

BANNU: At least six persons were injured when a bomb planted by some unknown miscreants exploded and destroyed a police station. According to details, a bomb exploded in Mardan Police Station in Mirian locality which injured six people, namely Sheerin, Jehanzeb, Nasibur Rahman, Mohammad Hussain, Shakeelur Rahman and Ataur Rahman. Moreover, eight policeman of the […]


=> PESHAWAR: Unidentified terrorists blew up the offi

PESHAWAR: Unidentified terrorists blew up the offices of a cable network in Chanagha Colony here early Wednesday morning while another locally-made explosive went off besides the Arbab Niaz Stadium, a few hours before Benazir Bhutto addressed a large rally there. Police also arrested a 15-year-old suspect with explosive material when he was trying to enter […]