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Protest held against PTI leader’s killing in Karachi

PeshawarActivists of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Monday staged a protest demonstration against the brutal killing of party senior leader Zohra Shahid in Karachi and demanded the government to immediately arrest the culprits.The protest demo led by PTI district President and MPA-elect Yasin ...

syria army storms rebel held town
May 20, 2013

Syria army storms rebel-held town

DAMASCUS Syrian troops backed by fighters from Lebanon’s Hezbollah attacked and entered the strategic rebel stronghold of Qusayr on Sunday, a day after President Bashar al-Assad insisted he would not quit.The advance came as opponents warned the Assad regime’s “barbaric and ...

annual parents day held
May 20, 2013

Annual parents day held

ISLAMABAD (PR): – Annual Parents Day & Mothers Day Celebration 2013 of Roots Millennium Schools, F-8/4 Campus, Islamabad was celebrated with great enthusiasm. Annual Parents Day is the day for parents in which their children’s comes up with beautiful and enchanting surprises for ...

Protest against excessive loadshedding outages held

PESHAWAR - The inhabitants of internal city on Saturday hit the roads against the excessive and unscheduled power outages and blocked main Circular Road for all kind of traffic in protest. The protestors holding sticks in their hands came out from Ganj, Kachi Mohalla, Gari Khana and surrounding ...

Chinese held in AJK over Quran desecration

MUZAFFARABAD - A Chinese man working on an energy project in Azad Kashmir was being held Saturday after hundreds of protesters attacked his company offices over the alleged desecration of Holy Quran, officials said. Lee Ping, administration manager of a Chinese consortium building the Neelum Jhelum ...

Sanjay Dutt held in ‘terrorist’ jail cell

NEW DELHI: Bollywood superstar Sanjay Dutt, who is in jail for arms possession, is being held in a cell built for militants where he cannot see daylight and wants to be transferred, a report said Saturday. Dutt, 53, surrendered on Thursday to serve out the remaining three-and-a-half years of a ...

trespasser held swift
May 17, 2013

Trespasser held near Swift’s home

CHICAGO: A swimmer has been booked for trespassing after drifting too close to Taylor Swift’s beachside home during a midnight dip. The unnamed man was taken in by cops in the early hours of Wednesday morning after he was spotted by the pop star’s security team in waves off the coast of ...

shahbaz vows held accountable corrupts
May 14, 2013, 8:26 pm

Shahbaz vows to held accountable corrupts

Former chief Minister Punjab and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Shahbaz Sharif has said that all of us should forget the bitterness of election campaign and move forward.Talking to media here on Tuesday, he said PML N would respect mandate of all parties and wanted to move forward with all ...

dozen held poll code breach
May 12, 2013

Dozen held for poll code breach

SHEIKHUPURASeveral firing incidents were reporting in various parts of the district during polling process and the police arrested more than one dozen people for breaching the election code of conduct and creating scene.As per detail, in village Muridke in NA-131 constituency some miscreants ...

fake pope held
May 12, 2013

Fake pope held

ROME - A Slovak street performer dressed in white papal vestments has been detained and fined by the police in Rome for bearing too close a resemblance to the late John Paul II, the police said. “The problem was that he looked a lot like Karol Wojtyla. He was detained for usurpation of title ...

polls held balochistan aimd fear
May 12, 2013

Polls held in Balochistan aimd fear

  QUETTA   Like other parts of the country, general elections were held in Balochistan for 14 national and 50 provincial seats aimed fears and tight security across the province. Over 70,000 Army, Frontier Corps, Police, Levies Force and Balochistan Constabulary personnel were deployed ...

SL frees Muslim leader held under anti-terror law

COLOMBO : - Sri Lanka freed an opposition Muslim political leader from jail without charge after detaining him earlier in the week under a tough anti-terrorism law, his lawyer said Saturday.Azath Sally, 49, the former deputy mayor of Colombo, was arrested on Sunday and detained in police custody in ...

Polls to be held amid tight security: Minister

Islamabad - Interior Minister Malik Muhammad Habib Khan Tuesday said that interior ministry had credible intelligence reports about some plans devised by militants from Afghanistan side to target main political leadership and sensitive army installations to sabotage the election ...

polls held time blasts nizami
May 07, 2013

Polls to be held on time despite blasts: Nizami

islamabad - Caretaker Minister for Information and Broadcasting Arif Nizami on Monday said that the interim government was committed to hold general elections on time despite terror attacks."Despite blasts, we have the resolve to hold polls on time," said the minister while addressing a reception ...

held child marriage
May 06, 2013

2 held in child marriage case

SWAT - Our staff reporter - Maidan police on Sunday arrested a person for allegedly engaging his 10-year-old girl with a 49-year-old man apparently in order to get his loan written off.A person named Bajaoray of Thaan , tehsil Madyan of Swat district some time back had borrowed Rs 20,000 from one ...

UK parliament's deputy speaker held over ‘rape’

LONDON : A deputy speaker of Britain's lower house of parliament was arrested on Saturday on suspicion of raping one man and sexually assaulting another, according to media reports. Media said Nigel Evans, a lawmaker in Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative Party, was being questioned over ...

pas awards held
May 05, 2013

PAS Awards 2013 held

KARACHI (PR) – The PAS Awards, one of the most recognized and credible advertising competitions in Pakistan, unveiled many jubilant winners across 28 categories during the awards distribution ceremony held amidst much fanfare and excitement. The glitterati gathered at Karachi Expo to attend ...

held myanmar anti muslim unrest
May 05, 2013

Two held in Myanmar over anti-Muslim unrest

yangon: Two Buddhists have been arrested after Muslim shops were destroyed in northern Kachin State, police said Saturday, in a new outbreak of religious violence. Myanmar is in the grip of acute religious tension after a deadly wave of unrest in March that saw monks and Buddhist mobs attack Muslim ...

Two held inChinaover poisoned yoghurt deaths

  BEIJING : Chinese police have arrested the head of a kindergarten and her associate over the deaths of two children from a rival school who ate yoghurt injected with rat poison, state media said Friday. The five- and six-year-old girls from northernHebeiprovince died after eating the yoghurt ...

Australian held on terror charges in Saudi Arabia

  SYDNEY: An Australian is being detained on terrorism-related charges in Saudi Arabia, Foreign Minister Bob Carr revealed Thursday, with the man’s brother claiming he has been tortured. Shayden Thorne, 25, has been held in a jail outside Riyadh for almost 18 months, reportedly after a ...

william roache held rape
May 02, 2013

William Roache held for rape

LONDON: British police arrested “Coronation Street” star William Roache, the longest-serving star in the world’s longest-running soap opera, on rape suspicion . Roache, 81, has played lothario Ken Barlow in the series portraying life in a fictional northern English town since its ...

bop agm held
May 01, 2013

BoP AGM held

LAHORE (PR): The Bank of Punjab held its Annual General Meeting on 30 April, 2013, which was attended by the bank’s directors, management and a large number of its shareholders. The bank’s financials forth year ending 31 December, 2012, were approved at the meeting. According to these ...

elections held time
May 01, 2013

Elections to be held on time: PM

ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister of Information & Broadcasting, Arif Nizami, called on Prime Minister Justice (Retd) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso at the Prime Minister's House on Tuesday.During the meeting, Nizami briefed the Prime Minister on his visits to the provinces of Sindh and Balochistan.While ...

CDA director held for violating master plan

islamabad - The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) here on Monday arrested a director level officer of the CDA on charges of creating new residential plots in already developed sectors of the capital in violation of the Authority’s master plan.FIA sources informed that Naveed-ul-Haq, ...

Four Indian police killed in Held Kashmir ambush

SRINAGAR :-Kashmiri fighters killed four Indian police Friday in an ambush on a patrol near the town of Sopore in Indian-held Kashmir, a senior officer said. The four had just descended from their vehicle to conduct a routine patrol in the village of Hygam when they came under attack from gunmen, ...

national 16 hockey holey trails held
April 26, 2013

National U-16 Hockey holey trails held

ISLAMABAD - A total of 40 players of different hockey clubs of Islamabad participated in the trials for the selection of U-16 team for the National U-16 Hockey Championship. The players were given two sessions for trials. Islamabad Hockey Association secretary Zia Shah and senior vice president ...

musharraf held responsible lal masjid operation
April 20, 2013, 9:06 pm

Musharraf held responsible for Lal Masjid operation

According to the report, ex-president Pervez Musharraf, former prime minister Shoukat Aziz and members of his cabinet were indirectly responsible for Lal Masjid tragic incident.As per details, three-dimensional strategy regarding Lal Masjid had been planned in order to hit the ...

five pos 10 outlaws held
March 25, 2013

Five POs among 10 outlaws held

ISLAMABAD – Islamabad Police on Sunday claimed to arrest 10 outlaws including five proclaimed offenders (POs) from various areas of the city and recovered weapons and hashish from their possession, a police spokesman said on Sunday.According to details, Sub Inspectors Alamgheer and Javid ...

serial rapist held
February 28, 2013

Serial rapist among two held

ISLAMABAD - Islamabad police chief told media persons during a press briefing on Wednesday that a team of Bhara Kahu police station has arrested a serial rapist who raped and then killed 11-year-old teenager a couple of weeks back.Bone chilling story of a teenager who was raped and burnt to death, ...

senate polls held time: latif khosa
January 21, 2012, 7:12 pm

Senate polls will be held on time: Latif Khosa

Governor Punjab Sardar Latif Khosa on Saturday said although some 'friends' wished for the government to be dislodged, 'our feet will not leave the ground' and the senate elections would take place on time, report said. Addressing a national conference on the topic of physical disability, Latif ...

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