PESHAWAR: At least three persons were killed and eight wounded in an explosion that occurred at the office of an independent candidate for Bara Khyber Agency NA-46 on Sunday here, media reported. Police said that the explosion took place in the offic...
KARACHI: A huge bomb explosion took place near Mosmiat Chowk located on University road, leaving took persons injured late on Sunday night, media reported. According to the police, the bomb that went off with a planted device, also partially damaged ...
KARACHI: Police carried out targeted operation in various areas of the metropolis, detaining 42 accused and recovering weapons and explosive material from their possession, media reported. According to SSP West Asif Ijaz, the police carried out raid ...
KARACHI: A policeman was killed and his daughter got injured when unknown gunmen opened fire on him in Orangi Town area Monday morning, media reported. According to sources, Sub-inspector (SI) Muhammad Owais Khan Abro was on his way to drop his daugh...
PESHAWAR: A suicide bomber killed at least eight people and wounded 45 others when he rammed his motorcycle into a bus on University Road in Peshawar on Monday, police said. The bombing took place at Peshawar's Jehangir Abad neighbourhood on Arbab Ro...
KARACHI: A student, Hamza, who was fired at and killed Saturday by a security guard of another student here in Defence area has been laid to rest, media reported. According to police, the two students, Hamza and Shoaib Naveed, got into a fight with e...
HYDERABAD: Two persons were killed when unknown armed men opened fire on a shop in Hyderabad’s Qasimabad area, media reported Sunday. According to sources, two armed motorcyclists opened fire on a shop killing its owner and a worker. Police is invest...
SWABI: A blast near an Awami National Party (ANP) election rally in the Rafiqabad area left two people dead and five others injured here on Sunday. According to police, the blast struck during ANP candidate Ameer Rehman's corner meetinig. Rehman was ...
PESHAWAR: Attacks on election offices and candidates continued across the country on Sunday. At least three people were killed and eight injured in an explosion at the office of an independent candidate for NA-46 (Khyber Agency) in Peshawar. Accordin...
QUETTA: A child was killed when a blast hit Quetta, the capital of Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province, media reported. According to reports, the blast struck a corner meeting in the Faizabad area located on the city’s main Sariab road. Superinte...
LONDON: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain Sunday regretted that MQM, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Awami National Party (ANP) were being exposed to brazen acts of terrorism, asking as to what was keeping the law enforcement insti...
HYDERABAD: A young boy sustained wounds when unknown assailants hurled a hand-grenade on a roadside restaurant in Latifabad area and fled, media reported quoting police sources on Sunday. According to police, the injured kid was rushed to a nearby ho...
KARACHI: Poll-related violence gripped the city once again as three bomb attacks rocked the city on Saturday, killing six people and injuring more than 65 others. The first two attacks took place at the election office of the MQM in Peerabad, while t...
BAGHDAD: Iraq suspended the licences of 10 satellite television channels, including Qatar-based Al-Jazeera, for promoting violence and sectarianism, an official from the country's media regulator said Sunday. "We took a decision to suspend the licenc...
MULTAN: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Raza Haroon Sunday said his party would welcome if the May 11 general elections were postponed. Talking to media persons here in Hussain Agahi area, Haroon said political activities are in full swing only...
QUETTA: At least three persons including a child were wounded on Sundday when a blast hit Quetta, the capital of Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province, media reported. According to initial reports, the blast struck Faizabad area located on the city...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Muttahidaq Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain during a telephonic conversation Sunday underscored the need for unity and better understanding between the ‘moderate parties’ in the wake of a sur...
ROME: An apparently disturbed businessman opened fire on policemen outside Italian government headquarters in Rome on Sunday just as the country's new coalition cabinet was being sworn in. Two policemen were wounded, as well as a passerby, in the sho...
KARACHI: The MQM has postponed a women’s meeting scheduled to take place at the Jinnah Ground in Azizabad on Sunday. According to a party press release, the coordination committee postponed the meeting due to indispensable reasons. A date for when th...
KARACHI: The funeral prayer of Hamza Ahmed, the seventeen year old who was shot and killed by the security guard of another student was held here on Sunday. Hamza had gotten into a fight with another student Shoaib Naveed over a girl. According to po...
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