KARACHI: Mystery shrouded a massive blast that took place in a flat in the Defence area on Saturday evening that left at least one man injured. Police ruled out the possibility of terrorist activity and attributed the explosion to ‘a non-explosive chemical process’. The blast occurred on the fourth-floor apartment of a residential building in […]
By: Muhammad Irfan Mughal DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Seven people, three children among them, were killed and 27 others injured when a bomb exploded during a Muharram procession in Bannu Chungi area of the city on Saturday. Police sources said the bomb, laced with ball-bearings, was concealed in a garbage dump near a mosque along the […]
By: Kalbe Ali ISLAMABAD: Despite specific instructions from the interior ministry that mobile phone networks be shut down for up to 14 hours on Saturday and Sunday because of security concerns related to Muharram, the service remained open in Peshawar and some other towns in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Saturday. Although the province has borne the […]
By: Shazia Hasan KARACHI: Ardeshir Cowasjee, a Dawn columnist, philanthropist and shipping tycoon, died at a hospital here on Saturday afternoon. He was 86. Mr Cowasjee, who was in frail health after suffering a femur fracture in August, was admitted to the National Medical Centre due to pneumonia some 10 days ago. He was in […]
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