Terrorism

Karachi: 11 foreigners escape IED blast

KARACHI: An improvised explosive devise (IED) blast was reported in Clifton Karachi, media reported. The blast occurred in Block-I of Clifton near Sea View, however, no loss of life has been reported. The blast was carried out when a van, car...

DSP, robber killed in Chiniot shootout

CHINIOT: Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) and a robber were killed during a shootout as bank theft turned into a hostage situation here on Tuesday. As per details, the robber entered the bank at 12:00 PM and took the bank staff and visito...

10 Afghan police killed in latest violence: officials

KABUL: Ten police officers have been killed in Afghanistan, by a roadside bomb in the west of the country and during fighting in the south, officials said Tuesday. The bomb killed six police guards in Herat province Tuesday as they travelled t...

Deadly attacks kill 95 in Iraq

BAGHDAD: Iraq's wave of bloodshed sharply escalated Monday with more than a dozen car bombings across the country, part of attacks that killed at least 95 people and brought echoes of past sectarian carnage and fears of a dangerous spillover from ...

Iraq bombings kill five

TIKRIT: Four bombings in northern Iraq killed five people and wounded 69 on Tuesday, officials said, the latest in a spate of violence that has killed more than 370 people so far this month. Two car bombs exploded in a Turkmen Shiite area of Tu...

Saudi executes 5 Yemenis for murder

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Tuesday executed five Yemenis and displayed their bodies in public for killing a national and forming a gang that committed robberies across several towns in the kingdom, the interior ministry said. The five were execut...

Karachi police arrest 39 accused

KARACHI: Karachi police on Tuesday arrested 39 criminals from the jurisdictions of different police stations in separate raids and recovered 17 different kinds of weapons from their possession in last 24 hours. According to police report, Kara...

Karachi: Two bodies found from SITE area

KARACHI: Burnt bodies of a man and a woman were recovered from a house in SITE area Tuesday, media reported Tuesday. According to police, bodies of a man and woman were found from a house that were shifted to hospital for medico-legal formalitie...

Pentagon to take over some CIA drone operations: sources

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama's administration has decided to give the Pentagon control of some drone operations against terrorism suspects overseas that are currently run by the CIA, several US government sources said on Monday. Obama ha...

Three more fall prey to violence in Karachi

KARACHI: Three persons lost their lives in the on-going violent incidents in different areas of Karachi, media reported Monday. According to police, 42 year old Muhammad Jamal was shot dead by unknown gunmen at Iqbal Market in Orang Town. Uni...

Six more fall prey to Karachi violence

KARACHI: Six people were killed in separate firing incidents in different areas of the metropolis on Monday, media reported. According to police, man identified as Qasim Chandio was killed in armed clash between two groups near Met office. Panic...

Cop having links with banned outfits arrested: DIG

QUETTA: The Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Operations Quetta, Fayaz Ahmed Sumbal Monday said two policemen had been arrested for providing weapons and other support to banned organizations. Addressing a press conference here at the CCPO office,...

Faisalabad: Husband sets wife on fire

FAISALABAD: A man allegedly set his wife on fire on early Monday morning over domestic disputes leaving her critically injured. The police arrested the accused. According to rescue sources, the culprit, Muhammad Jamil, resident of Madina Town ...

Mardan: PTI workers scuffle with police, 3 hurt

PESHAWAR: The skirmish between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf activists and police left three activists injured in Mardan, media reported Monday. According to details, the election tribunal rejected a plea that had been filed by PTI for re-counting o...

Musharraf’s bail approved in Benazir murder case

RAWALPINDI: The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) has approved the bail of former president, General (retd) Pervez Mushararf in the Benazir Bhutto murder case. The former president has been ordered to submit two bonds of Rs 1 million each. Earlier, t...

PTI’s internal conflicts claimed Zahra Aapa’s life: MQM

KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Deputy Convener Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui Monday said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) internal conflicts led to Zahra Shahid Hussain's murder, media reported. Addressing a protest demonstration here...

Karachi: ANP leader survives hand grenade attack

KARACHI: Awami National Party’s (ANP) Sindh provincial leader Siraj Lala Monday escaped a hand grenade attack here, media reported Monday. According to sources unknown attackers hurled the grenade at his residence in Landhi area of Karachi. ...

PTI stages nationwide demos against Zahra's murder

KARACHI: Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf staged protest demonstration against the murder of party leader Zahra Shahid Hussain in various cities of Pakistan. The demonstrators, led by senior PTI leaders in Sukkur, Multan, Faisalabad, Lahore, and other ...

British PM takes notice of PTI protest in London

LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron has taken notice of the protest demonstration staged by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) at 10 Downing Street against the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain’s telephonic addresses in Pakis...

Slain PTI leader Zahra Shahid laid to rest in Karachi

KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Zahra Shahid who was gunned down here last night was laid to rest at a graveyard in Defence Phase IV on Sunday evening, media reported. Her funeral prayer was offered at Sultan Masjid which was att...