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Daily Archives: December 30, 2007

=> LANDI KOTAL, Dec 29: Three CD shops were blown up

LANDI KOTAL, Dec 29: Three CD shops were blown up in Wazir Dhand area of the Khyber Agency here on Friday night, witnesses said. They said that some unidentified men had planted explosives near the shops, adjacent to the Karkhano Market of Peshawar, which went off in the middle of the night. The political authorities […]


=> TIMERGARA, Dec 29: Elections for the local press c

TIMERGARA, Dec 29: Elections for the local press club were held here on Saturday. Muhabat Shah, Haleem Asad, Ziaur Rahim, Mohammad Ishaq and Bahramand Sayed were elected as chairman, vice-chairman, general secretary, finance secretary and office secretary, respectively for 2008-9. Hanifullah, Haroon Rashid, Ismail Anjum, Sahib Zada and Ali Shah were elected members of the […]


=> ISLAMABAD – Interior Ministry official spokesman B

ISLAMABAD – Interior Ministry official spokesman Brig (Retd) Javed Iqbal Cheema Saturday ruled out PPP demand to carry out the probe into Benazir’s murder case by the international investigation team under the umbrella of the United Nations. Addressing a press conference, Brig (Retd) Javed Iqbal Cheema said, that Benazir’s murder case probe is difficult for […]


=> * Investigators say four to five kg explosives use

* Investigators say four to five kg explosives used, two pistols seized from the crime scene ISLAMABAD: Initial investigations into Benazir Bhutto’s assassination has revealed that suicide bomber who blew himself up close to the former prime minister was a clean-shaven youth unlike traditional bombers who sport beards, it is learnt. Sources close to investigators […]


RSF hails UNSC resolution to protect journalists

PESHAWAR: International press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontiers, RSF) has welcomed the unanimous passing of a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution condemning all worldwide acts of violence against journalists and calling for their protection in war zones. The Paris-based organisation, which had collaborated with the French Foreign Ministry to draft the […]