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Daily Archives: July 1, 2012

President won’t bow before third class Swiss magistrate: PM Ashraf

LAHORE: Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf made it unequivocally clear on Saturday that come the next Supreme Court hearing, the government’s stance on not writing a letter to the Swiss authorities will remain unchanged, adding that the “PPP leaders and workers would not let their first class president capitulate before a third class Swiss magistrate, […]


Payment of advertisement dues to newspapers from July: Sharjeel

KARACHI: Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon has said that dues of advertisements would be paid to newspapers in the coming financial year starting from July. He stated this while chairing a meeting of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) here on Saturday. Sharjeel said that a committee would be formed that will look into the […]


Acid victim woman dies

KHANPUR: An acid victim woman succumbed to her injuries in a hospital here on Saturday. Her husband Sajjad had thrown acid on Zohra Bibi last month. The accused is already in the police custody and had confessed the crime. The couple had solemnised marriage four years back and had a girl. The News


Underage marriage bid foiled, four held

FAISALABAD: Factory Area police on Saturday foiled an underage marriage attempt and arrested four people, including the girl, at Sohailabad. Those taken into custody by the police have been identified as 11-year-old Kalsoom, her father Sohail, 30-year-old groom Siddique and Nikah Khawan Ghulam Mujtaba. Reports said the police were informed that the marriage of Siddique […]


Doctors beat up newsmen

RAHIM YAR KHAN: Doctors allegedly beat up reporters and cameramen of different news channels in emergency ward of Sheikh Zayed Medical College Hospital (SZMCH) who were covering the helpless patients here on Saturday. Office-bearers and members of striking Young Doctors Association (YDA) – Abdul Ghaffar, Mohsan Bilal, Faraz and Zohaib Baloach – along with their […]


Man kills mother

LARKANA: A man killed his mother and another man on Saturday on the pretext of karo-kari in Nazar Mohalla. Ashique Khakhrani shot dead Haji Hashim Jagirani, 45, near his house and his own mother in deceased house where she was staying as a guest. Later, he surrendered to police. Police handed over the bodies to […]


Girls school, grocer’s shop blown up in KP

MARDAN/PESHAWAR: Militants blew up a government girls school and grocery store in Mardan and Peshawar areas. According to police officials, building of the Government Girls Higher Secondary School located in the Shahbaz Gari area of Mardan was partially damaged when an improvised explosive device planted by unidentified militants inside the school exploded on the night […]


Honour killing claims life

SHAHDAD KOT – A man killed his cousin in the name of honour and escaped in Shahdad Kot on Saturday. Accused Pervez Sario gunned down his 18-year old cousin Bashira, daughter of Bashir Ahmed Sario, in the name of honour in village Bakhsho Sario. She died on the spot. Police reached there and took the […]


Search warrant of Ali Musa Gilani issued

RAWALPINDI: ANF has obtained search warrant of former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani’s son, Ali Musa Gilani’s, to make his arrest possible in the infamous ephedrine case. Earlier, a Rawalpindi court had issued arrest warrant of Musa Gilani. But after failure to nab the accused, ANF approached the special court, which on Saturday, issued search […]