LAHORE - Gunmen killed a 26 year-old lawyer in the Defense Housing Authority (DHA) in a drive-by shooting and escaped instantly, police said on Wednesday. The deceased, identified as Zain Ghaffar, left his house on Wednesday morning when seven armed men intercepted his car in the Phase-IV ...

A cab driver was shot dead by unknown assailant at Thalla on Chakbeli Khan Road, informed police here on Monday.According to Sub Inspector (SI) Shamim Shehzad of Police Station (PS) Chontra, who is investigating the case, one Muhammad Nazir, son of Fazal Dad, aged 60, was a private cab (LXJ 2910) ...

RAIPUR, India : Indian police reported Monday that eight villagers, including three children, died in crossfire between security forces and Maoist rebels, but opposition politicians said the victims were "massacred".A policeman also died in the incident on Saturday in the Edasmeta area of Bijapur ...

                   KHAIRPUR - Pakistan Muslim League Functional (PML-F) leader Ghulam Sarwar succumbed to injuries after he was targeted in a firing incident here.According to police, some unidentified gunmen opened fire on ...

HAFIZABADA police constable was shot and injured by three armed dacoits on Kolo Road, near Dhingranwali village and deprived him of his cell phone and Rs5,000. According to police source, constable of Muhafiz Squad was returning to his village Prem Kot after performing his duties when he reached ...

KHYBER AGENCY - A driver was killed when unidentified militants opened fire at a NATO supply tanker in Gariza area of Jamrud tehsil, sub-division of Khyber tribal region, on Thursday, official sources said.  According to an administration official, the trailer returned from Afghanistan and was ...

JAKARTA-Austria's Bernd Wiesberger snatched a dramatic win at the CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters with a five-under-par 67, defeating Ernie Els of South Africa by one shot on Sunday. Wiesberger won his second title inAsiaafter totalling a 15-under-par 273 at the $750,000 Asian Tour event. Els, the ...

karachi - Four women among five people were gunned down in Fareed Colony, Orangi Town within the remits of Mominabad police station.Police said that two gunmen were barged into the house and shot dead 40-year-old Nasreen Habib, owner of the house; Shazia, 28, her seven-year-old girl Zubaida, ...

khairpur - The dean of arts and commerce departments at Shah Abdul Latif University, Professor Lutfullah Phulpoto, was shot dead in Khairpur on Saturday.According to police, unknown men barged into the house of Phulpoto, located in the University Staff Colony of Khairpur, and shot him dead.Hearing ...

Pakistan's main government prosecutor in the murder case of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto was shot dead in Islamabad on Friday en route to the next hearing at the anti-terror court, police said.State prosecutor Chaudhry Zulfiqar was shot multiple times by gunmen who intercepted his vehicle ...

LAHORE - A security guard was found shot dead outside the house a TV anchor in the Defense-B police area on Tuesday. The police are investigating whether the deceased, identified as Ghaffar, committed suicide by shooting himself or he was gunned down by unidentified killers. The police have removed ...

SWABI   - Brother of the Awami National Party candidate of a provincial constituency, who was attacked Saturday night by unknown suspected militants, succumbed to his injuries at the Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, said party leaders here on Sunday.Akhtar Muneer, the brother of Muhammad ...

karachi - At least six people including a cop and an ANP activist were gunned down in separate incidents of violence here Sunday.A cop came under attack of armed assailants at Sultanabad within the remits of Manghopir Police Station. SHO Aslam Joya said 32-year-old constable Fida Hussain sustained ...

ICHEON - Alexander Noren ofSwedentook a one-stroke lead after three rounds at the Ballantine's Championship here on Saturday. Noren shot a three-under 69 to reach nine-under 207 for the $2.8 million tournament at the par-72 Blackstone Golf Club. Despite finding only half of the 14 fairways in the ...

CHICAGO  - Five people were shot to death and one injured as a result of a shooting in Manchester, Illinois, local television station KSDK and WLDS radio reported on Wednesday. A suspect from the shooting is in custody, according to WLDS radio. In response to the report, Jacksonville School ...

KARACHI Two cops and political activists among 15 people were gunned down in various violent incidents in last two days.An incident of firing took place in the remits of Jamshaid Quarter police station which claimed three lives, including a local leader of All Pakistan Muslim League and a ...

KHARTOUM : A peacekeeper was shot dead Friday in an attack on an African Union-UN base in Sudan’s Darfur, the mission said, two days after the government announced it regained control of the area from rebels.“In the early morning hours of 19 April, one peacekeeper of the African ...

KARACHI - A cop was gunned down and two others wounded in a targeted attack while a body of a man was found in separate acts of violence here on Monday.An Assistant Sup-Inspector was gunned down in a targeted attack at Shamsi Society within the jurisdiction of Pakistan Bazaar police station.Police ...

PESHAWAR - Two political workers of an independent candidate were killed and three others sustained injuries when unidentified gunmen attacked their vehicle in Dera Ismail Khan.According to details, when campaigners for an independent candidate Abdul Rahim Burki, who is contesting from NA-42 South ...

LAHORE – A 20-year-old girl was found shot dead in the Valencia Town on early Sunday, Kahna police said. The dead body was removed to the morgue for autopsy as the police began investigations to track down the killer(s) behind the blind-murder. Police sources revealed that unidentified ...

KARACHI – Five people, including a woman, were gunned down in separates acts of violence in the metropolis on Sunday.In the first incident, a man and his sister-in-law were shot dead at Hawksbay beach. The victims were identified as Bandeck and Pentissa, who were staying at a beach resort ...

AUGUSTA - Tiger Woods avoided possible disqualification from the Masters on Saturday when he was assessed a two-stroke penalty for taking an improper drop during Friday's second round.The world number one, a hot favorite at Augusta National where he is a four-times champion, earned his reprieve ...

KARACHI – A man and his son among six people were killed during targeted operation continued in the city.On one side, police and rangers continue operation against target killing while on the other side target killing on political and sectarian grounds have also been continued in the city. In ...

Unknown miscreants gunned down Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) candidate for National Assembly (NA) and Sindh assembly elections, Fakhrul Islam here in Hyderabad on Thursday.According to details, unidentified miscreants opened fire at MQM candidate for NA-221 and PS-47, Fakhrul Islam as soon as he ...

VELIKA IVANCA, Serbia (AFP) - A man shot dead 13 relatives and neighbours, including a two-year-old child, in a tiny Serbian village on Tuesday, in the country’s worst killing spree in two decades. The man shot most of his victims in the head as they were sleeping before he shot and wounded ...

A man shot dead 13 relatives and neighbours, including a two-year-old child, in a tiny Serbian village on Tuesday, in the country's worst killing spree in two decades.The man shot most of his victims in the head as they were sleeping before he shot and wounded himself, police said. The motive for ...

aRYAN Gosling has revealed that bank heist scenes from his new film The Place Beyond the Pines were filmed in front of real customers and not extras.Gosling - who plays a stuntman-turned-bank robber in the Derek Cianfrance crime drama - admitted that the film's crew decided to use real staff and ...

MICHAEL Jackson allegedly feared that he would be shot while performing on stage.The late pop music legend is said to have chosen the UK for his 2009 comeback gigs due to the strict gun laws in comparison to the US.Jackson's friend and dermatologist Jason Pfeiffer claims that the singer also ...

CINCINNATI  - A man who worked as a civilian Army employee was shot to death in a parking lot at the Fort Knox Army base in Kentucky in an incident that prompted a security lockdown there, officials said. Authorities said the shooting was “not a random act” and the shooter remained ...

QUETTA – An Excise Department official was shot dead in Quetta on Thursday.According to police, unidentified armed men opened indiscriminate fire on Qambrani Road and fled from the scene. Resultantly, a man sustained multiple wounds and died on the spot.Police rushed to the site after getting ...