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Lahore: Blast accused granted bail

Lahore: Blast accused granted bail

Zeeshan Ahmed May 23, 2012 0

An anti-terrorism court on Tuesday granted bail to Asif Mahmood, involved in the Rescue-15 centre blast. The court allowed the bail subject to furnishing of bail bonds of Rs100,000. It dismissed bail petition of

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Corporal punishment: Beaten by teacher, second grader seeks justice in Swat

Corporal punishment: Beaten by teacher, second grader seeks justice in Swat

Zeeshan Ahmed May 23, 2012 0

The menace of physical violence against students in schools and religious seminaries not only persists but has also grown over the years. Despite the government’s ban on any kind of violence, school teachers openly

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3 deprived of vehicles in Rawalpindi

3 deprived of vehicles in Rawalpindi

Zeeshan Ahmed May 23, 2012 0

Unidentified carjackers took away two vehicles and a car was snatched in different localities of the city on Tuesday. According to details, a citizen Nusrat Arshad lodged a complaint with Police Station (PS) Airport

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Karachi: 31 students caught while cheating in inter exam

Karachi: 31 students caught while cheating in inter exam

Zeeshan Ahmed May 23, 2012 0

As many as 31 candidates were caught cheating in the paper of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) Part-I & II Annual Examinations-2012, held on Tuesday. The special vigilance team, setup by Board of Intermediate Education,

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Chief warden of Machh jail gunned down

Chief warden of Machh jail gunned down

Zeeshan Ahmed May 23, 2012 0

The chief warden of a prison was killed in a drive-by shooting in Machh town of Kachi Bolan district on Tuesday. According to police, Chief Warden Shaukat Ali was going home after performing his

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Afghan couple shot dead in Dir for honour

Afghan couple shot dead in Dir for honour

Zeeshan Ahmed May 23, 2012 0

A young couple was shot dead allegedly in the name of honour in Adenzai tehsil, police said. They said that the bodies of a girl and a boy were found in a field in

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Karachi: Man kills wife over ‘extra-marital relations’ with neighbour

Karachi: Man kills wife over ‘extra-marital relations’ with neighbour

Zeeshan Ahmed May 23, 2012 0

A man stabbed his wife to death on Tuesday over her alleged extra-marital relations with their neighbour. Ghulam Saddaqat, after a heated argument with his wife Sajida, 35, at their residence in Arfat Town,

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Lakki Marwat: Feud claims 2 lives

Lakki Marwat: Feud claims 2 lives

Zeeshan Ahmed May 23, 2012 0

Two people were killed over an old enmity in the busiest lorry adda bazaar on Tuesday. The double murder incident occurred in the jurisdiction of Lakki police station. Police said Gul Nawaz and Abdul

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