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Father of Afghan cricket captain taken hostage

JALALABAD - Unknown gunmen dragged the father of Afghanistan's cricket captain from his car on the outskirts of Jalalabad city and have taken him hostage, officials said on Wednesday. Mohammad Nabi, who took over the captaincy of the team in March, confirmed that his father, Khobai Isakhel, had ...

Rao Shakeel’s father sentenced to 5-year jail

LAHORE  - An Accountability Court on Wednesday sentenced Muhammad Falik Sher, father of former DG Haj Rao Shakeel to 5-years jail in illegal land allotment case. National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had moved a reference against Falik Sher and his son by submitting that the accused had ...

father son graduate college
May 21, 2013

Father, son graduate college together

ATLANTA: A man and his son graduated together from Morehouse College in Georgia, with the son saying he is “proud of his dad as a man” for going back to school. Dorian Joyner Sr, 46, was a student at the college in 1988 when he decided to take some time off. He pursued a career in ...

father girl missing
May 19, 2013

Father looks for girl missing since two years

LAHOREA court Saturday directed the Model Town police to submit a progress report on the next hearing-May 24 in the case of girl kidnapping.Allah Ditta, a resident of Okara, filed his petition through his counsel Irfan Tarar, telling the court that his daughter Samina was kidnapped from a house in ...

China pupil has father, sister 'killed over study'

BEIJING : A school pupil was arrested in China for hiring hitmen who killed his father and sister because of the pressure they put on him to study, reports said Monday, highlighting educational stress in the country.The teenager was detained in the central province of Henan following the death of ...

father robbed life
May 09, 2013

Father-of-four robbed of life

LAHORE - Dacoits shot dead a father of four children on offering resistance during a road robbery in the Sundar area, police sources claimed on Wednesday. A bakery worker, identified as Abdul Karim, was on his way home after closing the shop late Tuesday night when two motorcyclists stopped him ...

father punches bear save family
May 05, 2013

Father punches bear in face to save family

ALASKA: A dad has been hailed a hero after he fought off a 25-stone bear by punching it repeatedly when it tried to attack his family. Toby Burke threw himself between his wife Laura, his three children and the wild animal. The 48-year-old, who was on a bird watching trip inKenai PeninsulainAlaska, ...

Afghan father guns down daughter over ‘affair’

KABUL In front of 300 villagers, Halima’s father shot her in the head, stomach and waist - a public execution overseen by local religious leaders in Afghanistan to punish her for an alleged affair.Halima, aged between 18 and 20 and a mother of two children, was killed for bringing ...

father charged son drives ferrari
April 30, 2013

Father charged after 9-yr-old son drives Ferrari

  NEW DELHI   An Indian businessman who let his nine-year-old son cruise around in his Ferrari has been arrested after posting footage of the youngster at the wheel on YouTube, police said on Monday. Mohammed Nisham, from the southern state of Kerala, uploaded the 88-second clip of his ...

Italian walls up father’s body to pocket pension

ROME: An Italian man hid the body of his father for two years in a walled-up cubbyhole in his house nearRomein order to pocket his pension payment, Italian media reported on Friday. Police in the town ofSubiaconearRomearrested a 44-year-old man on Friday who allegedly hid the body of his dead ...

father life flee financial woes
April 20, 2013

Father-of-seven ends life to flee financial woes,

LAHOREA father-of-seven ended his life by setting himself on fire in the Defense-A police limits on Friday. His family told the police that Koray villager Ramazan had been facing financial constraints for the last several months. Police investigators said clashes between the deceased and his wife ...

girl dies father injured van bumps bike
April 15, 2013

Girl dies, father injured as van bumps into bike

LAHORE – Two people including a girl were killed in separate accidents, police said on Sunday. A teenage girl was killed while her father wounded critically when a recklessly driven van bumped into the motorcycle, they were traveling on, near the Suggian Bridge, police said on Sunday. The ...

tot abducted rivals father
April 13, 2013

Tot abducted by rivals, says father

LAHORE –A tot was kidnapped by the rivals of his father in the Gujjarpura area, police said on Friday.  Muhammad Altaf told the police that his opponent Mannan along with his accomplices kidnapped his son, Noman Ali, at gunpoint as they had an old enmity with him.  According to him, ...

father son
January 30, 2013

Like father, like son?

RAHUL SINGHThere have been several defining moments in India’s political history since its independence from British rule in 1947.Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination by a Hindu fanatic was one, as were the assassinations of Indira Gandhi and that of her son, Rajiv. I believe the speech that ...

father dr zafar dies
January 25, 2013

Father of Dr Zafar dies

LAHORE – Father of Professor Dr Zafar Ali Chaudhry, Principal of Government Khawaja Safdar Medical College, Sialkot and former Additional Director General Public Relations Safia Imran Malik passed away. His funeral prayer will be held today (Friday 25th Jan) at 1pm at Doctors Colony Jinnah ...

malala yousafzai father diplomatic job
January 03, 2013, 12:55 pm

Malala Yousafzai’s father given diplomatic job in UK

Father of Malala Yousafzai, a teenage Pakistani activist shot in the head by Taliban, was given a diplomatic post in the United Kingdom.Malala has been recovering at a hospital in Birmingham, England, after she was shot in October in Swat Valley. The Taliban have vowed to target her ...

father 2 flees poverty death
December 21, 2012

Father of 2 flees poverty to death

LAHORE – A poverty-hit father of two children committed suicide at his house locate in Liaqatabad area, police said on Thursday.  The 30-year-old resident of Behar Colony, Sajid, committed suicide by hanging himself with the ceiling fan at his house in Chand Street. The family told the ...

father appeals missing girl
November 21, 2012

Father appeals for missing girl

LAHORE – A salesman has appealed to Chief Minister Punjab Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif to order the police to recover his 12-year-old daughter, who was kidnapped by unidentified men three months ago. Muhammad Nawaz told the Islampura police that his daughter, Malayka, went to fetch some ...

Father, son killed in road accident

KHAIRPUR – Two persons were killed while another injured in a road accident near Baberloi on Tuesday. According to details, one Chhanchhar and his 8-year-old son were riding a motorcycle, and collided with a oil tanker as they reached near Baberloi at the National Highway. Both the father and ...

father ajk info adviser passes
November 12, 2012

Father of AJK Info adviser passes away

MIRPUR (AJK) - Rustam Khan Durrani, father of Murtaza Khan Durrani, Adviser to AJK government on Information, was laid to rest at H-11 graveyard in Islamabad late the other day.Rustam Khan Durrani, 58, had succumbed to cancer in a UK hospital. His body was brought for burial to Pakistan.Senior ...

father hanging tree
May 23, 2012

Father of seven found hanging from tree

LAHORE – A father of seven was found hanging from a tree close to an under-construction factory located at Defense Road in Chuhng police area, police and eyewitnesses said. It was not clear whether the deceased, later identified as Zameer Ahmed of Okara district, committed suicide or ...

father merah sue raid
April 01, 2012

Father of Merah to sue RAID

PARIS  - The father of extremist gunman Mohamed Merah plans to sue the elite French police force which shot his son dead in a shootout last week, his lawyer said. The legal action will not be taken against the French state "but against RAID (the elite police unit) who are responsible for the ...

Sister Berchmans Conway, Father Robert McCulloch given awards

ISLAMABAD  - President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday approved conferment of Sitara-i-Quaid-i-Azam on Sister John Berchmans Conway, Principal Convent of Jesus & Mary Karachi, and Father Robert McCulloch, Religious Priest Procurator General.Sister John Berchmans Conway, Principal Convent of ...

father cherish
February 11, 2012

A father to cherish

Fathers are special, particularly for their daughters. It is an endearing bond that lasts for a lifetime and one that colours the first impressions of a girl about the opposite sex. As somebody said that, in actual fact, girls seek their father’s attitudes in their husbands and are so often ...

newlywed killed father
February 11, 2012

Newlywed killed by father

RAHIM YAR KHAN - A girl who contracted marriage against the wishes of her parents was abducted by her father and later put to death. She had eloped with her paramour and contracted court marriage with him.Saeed Ahmed, the husband of the victim, told media that he was the resident of Chak 46 NP. He ...

father throws son river
February 05, 2012

Father throws son into river

ROME - An Italian man threw his 16-month-old son off a bridge into the river in Rome in a fit of rage following a row with his partner over custody, Italian media reported.The man, 26, admitted to  police that he had thrown his son into the freezing waters of the Tevere river after arguing ...

car-riders gun father 3
January 29, 2012

Car-riders gun down father of 3

LAHORE – Gunmen shot dead a father of three, in broad daylight here in Shahdara area and fled away, police said on Saturday. Police investigators believe that the motive behind the killing was old enmity. Resident of Qalandar Colony, Dilawar Malik, 30, was on his way to supply milk to some ...

authorities neglected arfa: father
January 25, 2012

Authorities neglected Arfa: Father

Rafia Naheed IkramLAHORE – The illness of 16-year old Microsoft certified professional degree holder Arfa Kareem Randhawa, who astonished the whole world at age 9 to get that milestone, could not be diagnosed till her death. The doctors at the CMH Hospital could not succeed to know what had ...

condolence father kasur dco
January 24, 2012

CM condolence for father of Kasur DCO

Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has expressed deep sense of grief and sorrow over the death of Muhammad Iqbal Langrial, father of Muhammad Ahsan Waheed, District Coordination Officer of Kasur. In a condolence message, he prayed that may Allah Almighty rest the departed soul in eternal peace and grant ...

Financially-hit father of four drinks poison to end his life

LAHORE – A 40-year-old shopkeeper committed suicide by drinking poisonous chemicals here in Shahdara area, police said on Monday. The deceased’s family told the police investigators that Abdul Razzaq committed suicide because he suffered huge financial loss in his business. He was ...

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