KARACHI: The death toll from various incidents of target killings in Karachi has risen to 19 with one more person killed on late Wednesday night, Geo news reported.
However, police and law enforcement agencies seem helpless as tension and fear gripped Karachiites following eruption of riots in Malir on Wednesday evening.
The latest incident of target killing [...]
KARACHI: Jinnah Hospital rape victim nurse have spoken to Geo News today. While talking to the correspondent she said that she was a victim of ‘gang rape’ and demanded strict punishment to the culprits so that they learn a lesson.
Meanwhile, the police have recorded the statement of the nurse. SSP Jamshed Town Amir Foroqui [...]
LAHORE: The spell of sporadic rain continued in different parts of Punjab including Lahore that turned weather pleasant on Tuesday.
Five people were killed in rain-related incidents in Lahore, Sheikhupura and Nankana Sahib. Heavy showers lashed different areas of Punjab on Tuesday morning. However, water accumulation in low-lying areas disturbed routine life.
Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz [...]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Central Information Secretary Fauzia Wahab said that there was no constitution in the era ruled by Hazrat Omar (R.A), as there was only Holy Quran.
Talking to a private TV channel in a program convened on the immunity enjoyed by President Asif Ali Zardari, she added that the then court subpoenaed [...]
LAHORE: Senior leader of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Federal Minister for Trade, Makhdoom Amin Fahim said the President had immunity under the Constitution, hoping that the judiciary will justly dispense of the matter.
Talking to media at Lahore airport, he said the party has decided that some ministers would appear before the Supreme Court (SC); [...]
FAISALABAD: The artificial raise in the thread prices began to dilute along with its enhanced availability at the national market following the promulgation of regulatory duty on thread export, Geo News reported Sunday.
The government imposed 15 percent duty on thread export after the protests by value-added textile sector.
According to Faisalabad yarn market sources, the [...]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt on Sunday dismissed allegations of match-fixing against the national team players.
Ijaz Butt added that if any of his subordinates raises the issue of match-fixing, “he is talking nonsense.”
In a leaked video recording of an inquiry committee hearing, Pakistan team coaches Intikhab Alam and Aaqib Javed raised suspicions about [...]
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah is presiding over a meeting here at Chief Minister House to review the overall law and order situation in Sindh province in the wake of recent wave of target killings in Karachi.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik is also present at the meeting which is being attended by Home [...]
HUNZA: The landslide-spawned Lake in Ata Abad area of Hunza is persistently rising, leaving the gap between the Lake and the spillway very little, Geo News reported Saturday.
Meantime, protest by the afectees against no announcement of relief package by the government has ended after Deputy Commissioner Hunza Zafar Waqar Taj assured them of release [...]
QUETTA: As many as 380,000 graduates and post graduates here on Saturday appeared in test held across the province to get jobs under the Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan Package.
In Quetta city, 2359 female candidates appeared for the written test in the premises of Government Girls Degree College while 5457 male candidates appeared at Law College and Children [...]
