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PESHAWAR: Gunmen on Friday opened fire on a convoy of Nato containers in a northwestern Pakistani town near the Afghan border, killing a driver and wounding a helper, officials said.The attack took place at Shagai area, 20 kilometres (12 miles) southeast of Landi Kotal, the main town of the troubled Khyber tribal region."Gunmen opened fire from the nearby mountains on the convoy carrying Nato military vehicles after it entered Pakistan from Afghanistan and killed a driver and injured one of the helpers," local tribal police official Khan Dad said.He said two vehicles in the convoy en route to Karachi were damaged in the attack.A local military official confirmed the incident.Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2013
ISLAMABAD: According to a Gilani Research Foundation Survey carried out by Gallup Pakistan, 79pc of Pakistanis think inflation has increased in the last three months; 46pc reduced spending in order to deal with it.A nationally representative sample of men and women from across the four provinces was asked "In your opinion, in the last three months, has inflation increased, decreased or remained the same?" Responding to this, 79pc said it has increased, 7pc said it ...
LAHORE: Pakistan on Friday as a goodwill gesture and on humanitarian grounds released 45 Indian fishermen from Karachi’s Malir Jail.It should be mentioned that Caretaker Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso last week had directed the release of Indian fishermen who have already served their sentences.The authorities released a group of 45 prisoners from Malir Jail who later were boarded on a bus that brought them to Lahore where they were handed over to Indian ...
QUETTA: Unknown assailants lobbed a hand grenade at a shop on Quetta’s Sariab Road on Friday killing its owner.The shop which dealt in CDs was located near the Awami petrol pump on Sariab Road.The owner of the shop who was initially injured in the attack was taken to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to his wounds.The proprietor Abdul Salam, was a resident of Quetta’s Ittehad Colony located on the provincial capital’s Kirani Road. Motives ...
KARACHI: Chief Justice of Sindh High Court (SHC) Justice Mushir Alam has said that the online verification system of sureties and securities is being evolved with the assistance of the Excise and Taxation Department for the convenience of the people.Speaking at a certificates distribution ceremony here on Thursday, the Chief Justice said that this system will help people who want to submit sureties in the shape of vehicles or property documents in connection with bails ...
LAHORE: Indian High Commissioner Sharat Sabharwal on Friday called on Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief and prime minister-designate Mian Nawaz Sharif in Raiwind.During the meeting, Nawaz Sharif and Sharat Sabharwal exchanged views on ways to boost bilateral ties. He conveyed the good wishes of Indian Prime Minister and hoped for improvement of bilateral relations during the tenure of Mian Nawaz Sharif.Nawaz Sharif said Pakistan wants to resolve all the issues at dialogue table on equal ...
HYDERABAD: Caretaker Sindh Chief Minister Justice Zahid Kurban Alavi (Retd) has said that PC-I of M-9 Project for the construction of Super Highway between Hyderabad and Karachi has been completed and it is to be executed soon after assumption of power by the new provincial government.The Highway will provide better transportation facilities to the common man and specially to the industrialists of the province, the CM added.He said this while addressing a dinner reception hosted ...More Articles...
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