Under Fire: Councillor, brother assassinated
MANSEHRA: A village councillor and his brother were assassinated while his son was critically injured when unidentified assailants ambushed them in Panjhol Shinkiari village on Tuesday. The deceased...
View ArticleTremors Felt: Earthquake jolts parts of K-P
PESHAWAR: An earthquake of 5.5 magnitude on the Richter scale jolted parts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in the early hours of Tuesday. The epicentre was in the Hindukush Mountains, some 85 kilometres east of...
View ArticleNarrow Escape : Journalist’s house attacked in Hangu
HANGU: Unidentified men attacked the house of journalist Zahidullah Bangash in Bilayamina area of Hangu district, police officials said. According to SHO Dost Muhammad, an FIR was registered in the...
View ArticleUNOCHA report: No displaced family sent back to South Waziristan since April
PESHAWAR: Repatriation of displaced families to South Waziristan Agency has nearly come to a standstill as not a single family has been sent back to their villages since April. According to the data...
View ArticleTuned up: In search of the power chords
MARDAN: Sitting in a bicycle workshop in one of Mardan’s oldest settlements, Babini village, he tunes his Chitrali sitar with shaky hands, the rifle to his soldier. Shad Muhammad today is one of the...
View Article[Jail]bird watching: The forgotten victim, the women outside the bars
MINGORA: Pleading with the reader at the court to let her inside, Zaiba Bibi, 55, is eager to lay eyes on her son who is there for a hearing. She knows she won’t get to see him again anytime soon as...
View ArticleDisqualification: UoP ordered to reply in Murad Saeed case
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court directed University of Peshawar on Tuesday to submit a written reply in a case in which a Swat voter sought the disqualification of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MNA Murad...
View Article‘100 Australian students visit FATA regularly’
PESHAWAR: Acting High Commissioner of Australia Jurek Juszczyk said over a 100 students raised and educated in his country have been found visiting the Federally Administered Tribal Areas frequently....
View ArticleLawyer’s abduction case: Court warns capital’s top cop, sends notice to ISI...
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday issued notice to the director general of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and warned IGP Tahir Alam Khan of registering a murder case against him...
View ArticleMurky affair: Plea seeking FIR against police, doctors disposed of
LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge on Wednesday disposed of a petition seeking the registration of a case against two policemen who had refused to register a murder case. The petitioner...
View ArticleIrony?: Cop looted at gunpoint
RAWALPINDI: A police official was robbed of cash and mobile phones in Kallar Syedan on Wednesday. Imran Ali, a resident of Mohra Sehaliyal, was on his way home when two armed robbers intercepted him at...
View ArticleBusted: Two held
The Secretariat police on Wednesday arrested two persons and seized weapons and ammunition from them. While patrolling, the police seized a 30-bore pistol with 10 bullets from Muhammad Asif and a...
View ArticleFaraway: Two houses burgled on outskirts
Two houses were burgled and a man was arrested on weapons charges in the Lohi Bher police limits on Wednesday. In the first incident, Zeeshan Shafiq, a resident of Bahria Town, lodged a complaint with...
View ArticlePower woes: ‘1,100km transmission line to be laid soon’
MULTAN: State Minister for Water and Power Abid Sher Ali said on Wednesday 1,100 kilometre transmission lines would be laid to resolve electricity crisis in the country. He said 93 grid new stations...
View ArticleFrom employer: Man booked for theft
A man was booked for allegedly stealing cash and valuables from his employer’s house in Banigala on Wednesday. Muhammad Shafiq lodged a complaint with the local police that his employee, Arbaz Tanvir,...
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Housing finance grows for 5th consecutive quarter
KARACHI: Gross outstanding housing finance of all banks and development finance institutions (DFIs) registered growth for the fifth consecutive quarter, according to the latest housing data released by...
View ArticleWidening cracks: PTI workers protest against Shah Mehmood
MULTAN: Hundreds of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) workers in Multan on Wednesday staged a demonstration against PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi, saying party chairman Imran Khan should keep a...
View ArticleVoicing opposition: PARC warns against giving land for housing society
ISLAMABAD: A special meeting of the board of governors at the Pakistan Agriculture Research Centre (PARC) headquarters has suggested the board head to approach the prime minister to oppose the CDA’s...
View ArticleAuto-thieves: Police claim two gangs busted
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Police on Thursday claimed to have busted to car-lifting gangs in the capital. In the first incident, the police arrested three Afghan nationals after an encounter in the limits...
View ArticleHell hath no fury: Woman arrested for killing husband
BAHAWALPUR: A woman and an alleged accomplice were arrested for killing her husband on Thursday. Baghdadul Jadeed police said Shahid had been arrested over 20 robbery and murder cases. They said he had...
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