SADDA/PARACHINAR: Thirty-two more people, including five children, a woman and two Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel, were killed and scores of others injured on Wednesday in continued sectarian violence in Kurram Agency on the fourth consecutive day. The death toll from the four days of clashes in the agency has risen to 47 while more than […]
KARACHI, Dec 26: Legal proceedings remained suspended on Wednesday at the City Courts and the Malir District Courts as lawyers responded to the Pakistan Bar Council’s (PBC) call for a strike to condemn the Dec 21 police action against the president of the Supreme Court Bar Association, Aitzaz Ahsan. Released on Dec 20 for three […]
RAWALPINDI, Dec 26: Lawyers in Rawalpindi and its adjoining areas on Wednesday observed a black day against manhandling of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president Aitzaz Ahsan a day before Eidul Azha by the Punjab police. The Rawalpindi Bar Association (RBA) in a general house meeting chaired by finance secretary SCBA Zaheer Ahmed Qadri condemned […]
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 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’ 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 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 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 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 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 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 […]
KARACHI: The Sindhi print media is mourning the martyrdom of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto and all Sindh language newspapers, including Kawish, Ibrat, Awami Awaz, Sindh and others have dedicated all their pages to this historic tragedy. “Shaheed Bhutto’s Pinky sacrificed her life for the restoration of democracy,” Daily Kawish said in the catch line of its […]
HYDERABAD, Dec 25: Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam vice-chancellor Dr Bashir Ahmed Shaikh has announced that under a project, an FM Radio service will be started for the benefit of haris, growers, farm workers and students. He was speaking at the concluding session of a 6-day training programme organised by the department of animal product technologies […]
PAKISTAN ELECTRONIC MEDIA REGULATORY AUTHORITY (PEMRA) Chairman and ex-policeman Iftikhar Rasheed said on Monday that the authority had barred television channels from live broadcasting of political rallies. He said PEMRA wanted to avoid the airing of “inappropriate remarks” in the election rallies. The “time delay” mechanism means that live transmissions “reach viewers after a gap […]
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