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Daily Archives: December 29, 2007

KHAR: Unknown miscreants blew up a girls college

KHAR: Unknown miscreants blew up a girls college in Bajaur Agency headquarters Khar late on Thursday, sources said. They said a bomb went off at around 11:00 pm and damage 11 rooms of the college. At several mosques in the agency, the militants have also left warning letters, written in Pashto, asking people to stop […]


=> ISLAMABAD: Women from a cross section of society o

ISLAMABAD: Women from a cross section of society on Friday widely condoled and condemned the assassination of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairwoman and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Most of the women while talking to Daily Times said that Bhutto’s assassination was an attack on women all across the world, especially the Muslim world. Muttahida […]


=> KURRUM AGENCY – Amidst the grave continued sectari

KURRUM AGENCY – Amidst the grave continued sectarian violence here in Kurrum Agency another five persons lost their lives in the wake of free usage of heavy weapons between the fighting factions. As per detail amidst the continued sectarian clashes between Shia and Sunni factions here in Kurrum Agency five persons more lost their lives […]


=> KARACHI: The Army was called out in Sindh, includi

KARACHI: The Army was called out in Sindh, including certain areas of Karachi, on Friday to control the law and order situation as 20 more people, including police officials and a five-year-old boy, were killed in the city, and hundreds were injured with riots and lawlessness continuing for the second consecutive day. The most gruesome […]


=> MINGORA: Eight people including former NWFP educat

MINGORA: Eight people including former NWFP education minister and district Nazim Swat Miangul Asfandyar Amirzeb were killed in a bomb blast at Manglawar village near here on Friday. Asfandyar Amirzeb was son of former MNA Miangul Amirzeb and nephew of Miangul Aurangzeb, former governor of NWFP and Balochistan provinces and grandson of the former Swat […]


=> ISLAMABAD: At least 27 people were killed and many

ISLAMABAD: At least 27 people were killed and many wounded in violence during a nationwide outpouring of grief and a protest strike over Benazir Bhutto’s assassination while army was deployed in 16 districts of Sindh and paramilitary forces elsewhere in the country. A complete general strike and funeral prayer congregations in all the country’s four […]


=> LARKANA, Dec 28: Overcome with grief and shock, th

LARKANA, Dec 28: Overcome with grief and shock, thousands of people converged on Garhi Khuda Bux to bury former prime minister Benazir Bhutto next to her father Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in her family mausoleum on Friday. Earlier, the slain opposition leader’s body was flown to Sukkur from Rawalpindi in a C-130 plane. Her husband, Asif […]


=> GUJRANWALA, Dec 28: The police launched a crackdow

GUJRANWALA, Dec 28: The police launched a crackdown on PPP workers late on Friday, arrested 150 of them and registered a case against another 1,000 for disturbing the law and order and attacking public and private properties. Police raids for the arrest of more workers were in progress when this report was filed at 10:30pm. […]


=> LAHORE: Cinemas across the country will remain clo

LAHORE: Cinemas across the country will remain closed for three days to mourn the death of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairwoman Benazir Bhutto. Pakistan Film Exhibitor’s Association (PFEA) chairman Jahanzaib Baig told Daily Times that Bhutto’s death was a tragic incident and the PFEA strongly condemned it. He urged the people to stand united and […]


=> LAHORE: Violent mobs roamed the city on Friday hol

LAHORE: Violent mobs roamed the city on Friday holding protests against the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, burning tyres, pelting stones at policemen, burning many government offices including the Fire BrigadeÂ’s and even looting two banks. Some protesters also held funeral prayers in absentia for the slain Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairperson. At Yateem Khana Chowk, […]