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23rd Apr 2014

Pakistan: 19 people injured in Swat road accident

[File photo] SWAT, (Dawn): At least 19 people were injured on Wednesday when an over-speeding pick-up they were travelling in plunged into a trench near Swat’s Marghazar road, DawnNews reported. The accident took place when the pick-up lost control due … Continued

23rd Apr 2014

Pakistan: Five killed across Karachi in violent incidents

KARACHI, (The News): Firing and other violent incidents across the metropolis took the life of five persons on Wednesday, Geo News reported. According to police, two bodies were found from Mewa Shah graveyard in Pak Colony while another body … Continued

22nd Apr 2014

Pakistan: Peshawar: Five policemen among six killed in firing

PESHAWAR, (The News): Six persons including five policemen were killed in firing on a police mobile in Peshawar on late Monday night, Geo News reported. Police said unknown assailants attacked the police van in Badaber area, and as a … Continued

22nd Apr 2014

Pakistan: Three killed, 30 injured in Charsadda blast

By Zahir Shah Sherazi PESHAWAR, (Dawn): At least three people were killed and several others wounded on Tuesday in an explosion near a police vehicle in Farooq Azam chowk of Tehsil Bazaar in Charsadda. According to district headquarters hospital … Continued

21st Apr 2014

Pakistan: Karachi: Four bullet-riddled bodies discovered near Dhabeji

KARACHI, (The News): Four bodies of men bearing bullet wounds were found from the vicinity of Dhabeji police station early Monday morning, Geo News reported. According to police, the victims were abducted from some area and were shot dead. … Continued

21st Apr 2014

Pakistan: Three people gunned down in Quetta

[Photo: Jang/The News] By Syed Ali Shah QUETTA, (Dawn): Armed motorcyclists killed three people on Quetta’s Munir Mengal Road on Monday, the police said. Superintendent of Police (SP) Sariab road area Imran Qureshi told Dawn.com that armed motorcyclists began … Continued

20th Apr 2014

Pakistan: Journalists protest against attack on Hamid

KARACHI, (The News): Journalists across Pakistan are outraged over the attack on Geo News senior anchor Hamid Mir and are staging protests. Protest demonstrations are being held in Obaro, Multan, Dera Ismail Khan, Noaushehroferoze and many other cities and … Continued

20th Apr 2014

Pakistan: Road accident kills 41 in Sukkur

[Photo: Jang/The News) SUKKUR, (Dawn): At least 41 people were killed and several others were injured Sunday morning in a bus-trailer collision on the National Highway in Sindh’s Sukkur district, DawnNews reported. The accident took place near Pano Akil … Continued

20th Apr 2014

India: Stopping Modi key to voting in Bihar’s Muslim hub

By Aditya Nath Jha/Anirban Guha Roy Araria/Kishanganj, (Hinudstan Times): Defeating Narendra Modi, the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, is the main concern of the Muslim population in Seemanchal region of eastern Bihar. An air-balloon in the shape of lotus … Continued

19th Apr 2014

Pakistan: Police officer among two shot dead in Quetta targeted killings

Syed Ali Shah QUETTA, (Dawn): Armed militants killed a police officer and critically injured his son on Quetta’s troubled Sariab road area on Saturday, police said. Imran Qureshi, the Superintendent of Police, told Dawn.com that two militants on a motorcycle … Continued

14th Apr 2014

Pakistan: Five, including sister shot dead by brother over marriage of choice

SWABI, (Dawn): A brother gunned down five persons including his sister, brother-in-law and nephew over marriage of choice at Qab Ghani on Monday here, Geo News reported. Police said that the sister of the accused, who had married by choice … Continued

13th Apr 2014

Pakistan: Murder charge against Pakistani baby dropped

A nine-month old boy from the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, who had been charged with attempted murder, has been freed. The case drew widespread outrage and ridicule. A judge in Lahore freed Mohammad Musa on Saturday after all charges … Continued

11th Apr 2014

Pakistan: PML-N lawyer shot dead in Karachi

[Shah was gunned down while he was on his way to a court after leaving his house. — File photo] KARACHI, (Dawn): A lawyer was shot dead on Thursday when unidentified armed men opened fire on his car in … Continued

10th Apr 2014

Pakistan: Baloch separatists claim Islamabad terror attack, 24 killed

[Relatives sit beside an 18-year-old labourer Khursheed, a resident of Mohmand Agency in PIMS hospital.— Photo by Irfan Haider] Locals and law enforcement gathered at the Sabzi Mandi blast site – Photo by Irfan Haider By Syed Ali Shah … Continued

9th Apr 2014

Pakistan: At least 18 killed, dozens injured in Islamabad blast

[Locals and law enforcement gathered at the Sabzi Mandi blast site - Photo by Irfan Haider] [Locals and law enforcement gathered at the Sabzi Mandi blast site - Photo by Irfan Haider] By Irfan Haider ISLAMABAD, (Dawn): At least … Continued

7th Apr 2014

India: Lok Sabha elections: 25% votes cast in Assam till 10am

[Poll officials collect Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) at a distribution center in Jorhat. (PTI Photo)] New Delhi, (Hindustan Times & Agencies): The battle for supremacy between BJP’s prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi and Congress’ GenNext leader Rahul … Continued

6th Apr 2014

Pakistan: 15 of the same family out of 17 killed in Chakwal traffic mishap

CHAKWAL, (The News): Sixteen bodies out of the seventeen killed in yesterday’s traffic mishap have been shifted to Qasba Chota Sahiwal of Sargodha on Sunday morning, Geo News reported. Among the dead 15 persons including three children and four … Continued

5th Apr 2014

Pakistan: Blast injures four in Jaffarabad

[File photo] By Syed Ali Shah JAFFARABAD, (Dawn): At least four people were injured when militants hurled a hand grenade at a shop in Balochistan’s Jaffarabad district on Saturday, police said. Muhammad Ayub, a police official, told Dawn.com via … Continued

3rd Apr 2014

Pakistan: Musharraf’s convoy escapes blast in Islamabad

[Archive photo] ISLAMABAD, (Dawn): A powerful explosion on Thursday hit Faizabad bridge just after the convoy of the former president Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf passed from it, DawnNews reported. Musharraf was being shifted early Thursday from the Armed … Continued

30th Mar 2014

Pakistan: Seven of a family gunned down in Shikarpur

SHIKARPUR, (The News): In a gruesome incident due to old enmity seven persons of the same family including two women were gunned down at Lakhi Ghulam Shah area in the limit of Rustam police station here, Geo News reported … Continued