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=> PESHAWAR, Dec 26: Unidentified people blew up the

PESHAWAR, Dec 26: Unidentified people blew up the office of a cable TV network situated on the Agha Mir Jani Shah Road in the early hours of Wednesday. Sources said that the owner of the office, Ejaz Hussein, had been threatened to close the business. The bomb went off in the office at around 4.30am […]


=> DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Over a dozen shops were damaged

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Over a dozen shops were damaged in a blast in Bazaar Kalan on Wednesday. The blast occurred in Imran Video Centre. Fourteen other shops were also badly damaged in the explosion. The incident has spread terror among the citizens, as the spot is located close to a police post. Source: The News […]


=> PESHAWAR, Dec 24: Two CD shops were blown up in Su

PESHAWAR, Dec 24: Two CD shops were blown up in Surezai area of the city early on Monday. A police official said that threatening letters had been sent by unidentified people to owners of the CD centres a few weeks ago asking them to close their business or face the consequences. The Badhber police said […]


=> MARDAN: The city’s major cable network here was bl

MARDAN: The cityÂ’s major cable network here was blown up on Eid day, which was completely turned into ashes, while the walls of surrounding shops badly damaged, however no casualty could be happened. Police said that some miscreants had planted explosives near Mardan Cable Network, which were exploded on Eid day due to which not […]


=> LAHORE (December 24 2007): Mobile phones and CDs w

LAHORE (December 24 2007): Mobile phones and CDs worth thousands of rupees were burnt when fire broke out in two electronics shops at Hall Road here on Sunday. On receiving information, three trucks of rescue-1122 fire service reached the spot and controlled the fire after hectic efforts. However, no loss of life was reported. Cause […]


=> NOWSHERA: Two shops and a warehouse were destroyed

NOWSHERA: Two shops and a warehouse were destroyed in bombing incidents in the Razakhel Piyan and Jehangirabad areas on Sunday. The first blast occurred outside a CDs’ shop late on Saturday in Farman Market. Wajid, the shop owner, told police that all merchandise, including CDs and computers, was destroyed in the blast. In the second […]


=> MARDAN, Dec 23: An explosion at the office of a ca

MARDAN, Dec 23: An explosion at the office of a cable operator has prompted other cable operators to close down their services in protest. The explosion, besides destroying the cable operator’s office also partially damaged the nearby election office of the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party. The owner of the Mardan Cable Network, Javed Khan, has […]


=> NOWSHERA, Dec 23: A CD shop was blown up in the Ir

NOWSHERA, Dec 23: A CD shop was blown up in the Irfan Market in the Lower Azakhel area on Sunday night. Police said the blast was of low intensity and it caused no casualties or damage to adjacent shops. In another incident, a blast damaged a grocery shop in the Jahangira area. The store was […]


=> PESHAWAR, Dec 20: An internet cafe and two CD shop

PESHAWAR, Dec 20: An internet cafe and two CD shops were blown up in various areas of the provincial capital on Thursday. According to police, owners of the destroyed shops lodged complaints against unidentified people. Explosives had been planted inside the shops. A high-ranking police official said the explosion left police with no other option […]


=> MARDAN, Dec 20: The police on Thursday morning foi

MARDAN, Dec 20: The police on Thursday morning foiled an attempt to blow up CD shops and internet cafes in the Takhtbai bazaar by removing and defusing an explosive device. Officials said that some miscreants had planted an explosive device in the China Market in the bazaar to blow up CD shops and internet cafes, […]


=> PESHAWAR – A powerful bomb explosion damaged a sho

PESHAWAR – A powerful bomb explosion damaged a shop of electronic goods while a rocket hit a police check-post in another incident here Wednesday. Police sources said that a powerful bomb went off in the wee hours of Wednesday outside an electronic goods shop, located in Pandu Chowk, reducing a number of TVs, VCRs, radios […]


=> PESHAWAR: An explosion occurred in an audiocassett

PESHAWAR: An explosion occurred in an audiocassette shop here, but no loss of life was reported. Police said that some unknown persons had planted explosives by the side of the tape repairs and audiocassette shop located in the main market at Phandu, the outskirts area here. The blast damaged the door of the shop and […]


=> PESHAWAR: An explosion occurred in an audiocassett

PESHAWAR: An explosion occurred in an audiocassette shop here, but no loss of life was reported. Police said that some unknown persons had planted explosives by the side of the tape repairs and audiocassette shop located in the main market at Phandu, the outskirts area here. The blast damaged the door of the shop and […]


=> MARDAN, Dec 16: A number of CD shops were damaged

MARDAN, Dec 16: A number of CD shops were damaged in an explosion at the Karim Manzil on the Gaju Khan road on Sunday. The explosive device was planted near the gate of the Shuaib CD centre which went off with a big bang and damaged several adjacent shops. The explosion was heard far and […]