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anti land mafia protest violent sabzi mandi
May 01, 2013, 11:43 am

Karachi land mafia groups' clash leaves six shops, one car torched

Six shops and one car were torched as two groups clashed over a land dispute near Old Sabzi Mandi on Wednesday morning.Reports said that following the clash the angry demonstrators torched six shops and one car, while the firing, arson and stoning continued for sometime.Police said that the two ...

cheating mafia rules roost
April 10, 2013

Cheating mafia rules the roost

KARACHI – Cheating mafia has become active in the city during the Secondary School Certificate Examinations, begun on April 8, and started threatening the administration of the Board of Secondary Education Karachi and the invigilating staff to achieve its vested interests, The Nation has ...

land mafia stops igp transfer
April 09, 2013

Land mafia stops IGP’s transfer

 ISLAMABAD - Federal bureaucracy took a U-turn under Secretary Establishment who failed to comply with the directives of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to transfer the Inspector General of Police Islamabad Bani Amin mainly because of influence used by a famous property tycoon, TheNation ...

timber mafia rampage
April 05, 2013

Timber mafia on rampage

Chitral is the largest district of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa and greatly impacts the environment in the country due to its geographical location. The Chitral river, known in rest of the country as the Kabul river, originates from the north of Chitral and contributes to meeting water requirements in Khyber ...

JI urges citizens to reject extortionists, ‘thappa mafia’

KARACHI - Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi Chief Hussain Mehanti has appealed to the Karachiites to reject the terrorists and extortionists by their power of vote in the upcoming elections.Addressing a meeting of the JI sub-organisations at Idara-e-Noor Haq on Thursday, he said that the JI would not allow ...

Mafia grabs vast tract of land of 18 state-run schools

RAWALPINDI – Land mafia has illegally occupied land property costing billion of rupees in respect of 18 state-run schools in Rawalpindi city due to negligence of district administration. Despite clear directives from the chief minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif for recovery of the land from ...

Mafia active to dig gravel from Malir riverbed

KARACHI - Managing Director of Karachi Water & Sewerage Board, Misbahuddin Fareed has expressed his concerns over excavation of sand and gravel from Maleer riverbed. Despite repeated reminders, mafia is excavating gravel and sand near water supply bulk lines, siphons and conduits bringing water ...

Mafia builds 945 shops on govt land

BAHAWALPUR - In Cholistan, land mafia has grabbed government land whereon 945 shops have also been constructed illegally, finds a reported conducted by the Cholistan Development Authority. However, CDA Managing Director Javed Akhter Mehmood has sent the report to Secretary Revenue through the ...

Extortion of money by parchi mafia being dealt with sternly: Malik

Federal Adviser for Interior Affairs Abdur Rehman Malik has said that extortion of money ‘parchi’ system would not be allowed in Karachi, and warned that stern action being taken against parchi mafia in the metropolis. Speaking to media persons after holding a meeting with President ...

sindh people life 4 yrs nawaz
March 26, 2012, 8:30 pm

Sindh people had better life 4 yrs ago: Nawaz

Pakistan Muslim League-N President, Nawaz Sharif Monday, slamming the government for its complete failure in resolving citizens' problems, said the people of Sindh lived a much better life four years ago."Am I being expected to congratulate the government for increasing price hike, poverty, ...

Govt patronizing bhatta mafia: Wasim Akhtar

Muttahida Qaumi Moverment (MQM) leader Wasim Akhtar today accused the Sindh Government of patronizing bhatta mafia in Karachi.Speaking to newsmen outside the Parliament House, Akhtar said MQM has raised this issue in the corridors of power in the federal capital. He said markets and industries are ...

locals demand land mafia penalised
March 06, 2012

Locals demand land mafia be penalised

NANKANA SAHIB - After demolishing a 200-year-old graveyard in Kahlowan village near Shah Kot, a mafia of land grabbers has started constructing houses in the cemetery spanning over 6-acre land. Hundreds of villagers, on Monday, staged a protest against the mafia for showing desecration and ...

lpg mafia minted huge money
March 03, 2012

LPG mafia minted huge money in six years

ISLAMABAD : Chairman of All Pakistan LPG Distributors Association (APLPGDA) Irfan Khokhar Friday alleged that the 'Gas Mafia' had grabbed billion of rupees during last six years by creating artificial shortage of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and selling the domestic product in the name of imported ...

hosni mubarak’ mafia
February 26, 2012

Hosni Mubarak’s mafia ending

AHDAF SOUEIFAn old man, obduracy etched on every feature, lies on a hospital bed in the dock of a courtroom. He wears shades. His hair is well dyed. His hands are folded over the bed-covers and the cuffs of his pyjamas peep discreetly from beneath the sleeves of his dressing gown. His two sons, ...

Mafia clutches at 23,000 acres of government lands

JHANG - In response to an Assembly question, Revenue Department officers of all the four tehsils of Jhang have recently collected data of state agricultural and residential lands which have been occupied by different land mafias, it has been learnt.According to the figures collected by this ...

Traders condemn extortion mafia harassment

LAHORE - Pakistan Hardware Merchants Association (PHMA) has condemned the harassment incident of PHMA members by Bhatta mafia in Karachi.PHMA called an emergent meeting at its central office to consider the law and order situation, which was jointly chaired by the PHMA Central Chairman Sardar Usman ...

mafia active playing patients’ lives
February 01, 2012

Mafia again active for playing with patients’ lives

LAHORE  –  The ‘Mafia’ who plays with the lives of the patients on the name of treatment has again become active as the supply of other free medicines to the heart patients has also been stopped in hospitals.Whereas the heart patients are already being died due to the ...

tuition mafia
December 28, 2011

The tuition mafia

School children in Pakistan spend a busy day. In the morning, they attend the school session officially, while after school hours they are busy with tuitions that have become a necessity to score well in exams. The days when I attended school about two decades ago, it was a matter of great shame if ...

Pew Lauds Govt Thwarting Gb Oil Mafia Designs
November 28, 2011

PEW lauds govt for thwarting GB oil mafia designs

ISLAMABAD (INP) The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Sunday lauded government for not bowing to the pressure of the influential Gilgit-Baltistan oil mafia. The govt known for bowing to pressure to different interest groups and market forces took a firm stand to confront the oil mafia which had ...

Mafia Deforests 60pc Worlds Largest Park
November 11, 2011

Mafia deforests 60pc of worlds largest park

CHUNIAN - Throwing the Lahore High Court orders into the dustbin, the unbridled wood mafia in connivance with the forest officials are rapidly deforesting the worlds largest artificial forest and so far more than 60 percent of Changa Manga Wildlife Park has been deforested, TheNation has learnt. ...

Sugar mafia active to thwart govt relief bid for masses

LAHORE The sugar mafia has become active once again and trying to thwart the federal governments move to provide relief to poor masses by keeping the sugar rates under check. It is to be noted that the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet the other day decided to allow the import ...

Mafia Earns Rs223 Billion
October 13, 2011

Mafia earns Rs223 billion

Our Staff Reporter MULTAN - The Agri Forum Pakistan (AFP), a representative body of farming community, has demanded of the government to fix the price of DAP fertilizer at Rs3,500, Urea Rs1,200 and Nitrophas Rs1800 per bag. Talking to journalists on Wednesday, AFP chairman Ibrahim Moghal said that ...

Timber Mafia Hacks Down Trees Murree
August 22, 2011

Timber mafia hacks down trees in Murree

MURREE (Online) - Timber mafia hacked down trees in the forest of the hill station. Trees were cut down near the Survey of Pakistan Office late Saturday in connivance with of the forest guards. The incident was brought to the notice of Murree DFO Javed Gul who sent a team to the site. The team ...

Operation Tout Mafia Starts
July 23, 2011

Operation against tout mafia starts

ISLAMABAD The ICT Administration Friday launched an operation against the tout-mafia in its Excise and Taxation Department and arrested nine alleged present outside the office building. A spokesman of the Administration said that operation had been launched under the supervision of Assistant ...

Efforts on to eliminate adulteration mafia

MULTAN - Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture and convener pesticide sub committee Punjab Mian Asif Manzoor Mohal disclosed on Wednesday that the pesticide act would be made more effective through amendment besides approval of seed act in coming session of Punjab Assembly. Addressing a press ...

Drug Mafia Active Vehari
June 09, 2011

Drug mafia active in Vehari

Our Staff reporter VEHARI - The sale of drugs and its addiction is on the rise here in district Vehari, especially among the youth, exposing the tall claims and frequent press meetings the district police regarding the elimination of the menace of drugs from the district. Despite the fact that the ...

Nato Mafia Obama Snake Charmer Castro
November 24, 2010

Nato is mafia, Obama a snake charmer: Castro

HAVANA (AFP) NATO is a military mafia, the war in Afghanistan is genocidal and US President Barack Obama deserves the prize for the best snake charmer who ever lived, Cubas Fidel Castro said Monday. In an article published in response to the Western alliances weekend summit in Portugal, the former ...

'Mafia' sitting in Parliament created sugar crisis:'N' Senator

ISLAMABAD It was a dull day in the Upper House on Monday and the lack of seriousness on the part of legislators was visible as out of the 22 items, which were on the agenda, only one could be discussed before the House was adjourned without doing any legislative business. It was a private members ...

Land Mafia Grabs 200kanal Land
June 11, 2010

Land mafia grabs 200-kanal land

LAHORE - Despite the registration of at least 30 FIRs, the land mafia has allegedly grabbed 200 kanals land of Revenue Academy of Board of Revenue (BoR) located near Jallo Park, Moza Harban-spura, Aziz Bhatti Town, The Nation learnt on Thursday. The federal government had transferred its 667 ...

Staffagent Mafia Fleecing Applicants
February 25, 2010

Staff-agent mafia fleecing applicants

LAHORE - Due to poor management and security lapse the regional passport office located at Garden Town has been left at the mercy of agents and anti-social elements, sources in the office reveled. The sources claimed that over 600 applicants seeking new passports visited the office daily and in ...

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