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=> ISLAMABAD (January 02 2008): The Supreme Court of

ISLAMABAD (January 02 2008): The Supreme Court of Pakistan disposed of 586 cases during the month of December 2007 whereas 644 new cases were instituted. The backlog of cases in Supreme Court on 1st January 2008 is 15,189. As 644 new cases were instituted during the month of December 2007, the total of pending cases […]


=> KARACHI: Caretaker Sindh Minister for Home Affairs

KARACHI: Caretaker Sindh Minister for Home Affairs Brigadier (retd) Akhtar Zamin has taken serious notice of falsely implicating political workers and citizens in cases registered in relation to incidents of violence following Benazir Bhutto’s assassination. According to an official handout, the caretaker minister took notice of this after receiving various complaints. A number of political […]


=> QUETTA, Dec 31: Two explosions rocked Dalbandin la

QUETTA, Dec 31: Two explosions rocked Dalbandin late on Monday evening. According to police, the first blast occurred near the office of the district election commission, damaging a portion of the office. It was followed by another blast near the office of a law-enforcement agency, damaging the windows of nearby buildings. Source: Dawn Date:1/1/2008


=> ISLAMABAD (December 31 2007): Two suspected suicid

ISLAMABAD (December 31 2007): Two suspected suicide bombers were killed on Sunday when their bomb exploded prematurely near the residence of a former minister, police said. The attackers were travelling by motorbike to target the residence of Ijaz ul Haq in Haroonabad, said local police chief Zafar Abbas Bokhari. Ijaz ul Haq, a senior leader […]


=> LONDON, Dec 30: President Pervez Musharraf agreed

LONDON, Dec 30: President Pervez Musharraf agreed on Sunday to “consider” international help for a probe into the death of Benazir Bhutto in a conversation with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Downing Street said. Mr Brown spoke to President Musharraf Sunday after a previous call on Friday and stressed the need to hold the January […]


=> PESHAWAR (December 31 2007): More than a dozen peo

PESHAWAR (December 31 2007): More than a dozen people have died in fresh clashes between heavily armed rival tribes in Parachinar, plagued by sectarian violence, security officials said on Sunday. Sunni and Shiite tribes perched on hills in villages outside the town of Parachinar are using heavy weapons including rockets, mortars, missiles and cannons to […]


=> 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 […]


=> 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 […]


=> 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, […]