GUJRANWALA: Police recovered a youth’s dead body from a canal in Gujranwala, and started investigation into the incident. Reportedly, passersby spotted a dead body in a canal, and informed the area police. Police rushed to the spot and identified the deceased as 28-year-old Faizan, a resident of Satellite town in Gujranwala. Officers suspected that the […]
Man crushed to death by train
GUJRANWALA: A man was crushed to death by a Rawalpindi-bound train when he was crossing a railway line at Sialkoti Phatak in Gujranwala. The deceased’s body could not be identified. Published in Daily Times, August 2nd 2018.
Nine members of same family born on same day
LARKANA: Nine members of the same family defied the odds of being born on the same day, August 1. The Mangi family organizes its annual birthday celebration in a very special way. Amir Ali Mangi was born on August 1, 1968, his wife Khadija Amir on August 1, 1973, their daughter Sindhu on August 1, […]
Four youth whisked away allegedly by police in civvies
HYDERABAD: Four youths including three brothers were whisked away by men in civvies in two police vehicle from Kotri, Larkana and Jano Para. Reportedly, their family members held a demonstration in front of Kotri press club, and claimed that the area police have been expressing unawareness about the incident. The protesters alleged that police personnel […]
Eight-year-old left paralysed after being ‘punished’ by cleric
Multan: A cleric at a religious seminary in Qadir Pur Raan, in Multan district, on Tuesday beat up an eight-year-old girl for leaving his classroom without obtaining prior permission, and hung her up from a tree. She has been paralysed waist down. According to the Qadir Pur Raan Police, the girl had stepped outside the […]
SC orders NAB to continue probe into PIA CEO’s appointment
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar on Tuesday ordered the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to continue its probe against the appointment of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) CEO Musharraf Rasool Cyan. “The Supreme Court is not suspending Mr Cyan in a quo warranto petition filed against him as we do not want to set […]
Protest against ‘non-payment’ of rickshaws rent
LARKANA: The Rickshaw Drivers Labour Union president Gulzar Gopang on Tuesday strongly condemned the nonpayment of remuneration amount of 250 rickshaws which were allegedly hired by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) candidate for PS-11, Nida Khuhro, for transporting the general public of Larkana on the Election Day, July 25. Reportedly, he addressed a press conference […]
NAB to move SC against bails of Raisani, Lango
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has decided to file an appeal in the Supreme Court against the Balochistan High Court’s (BHC) decision to grant bail to corruption suspects Mushtaq Raisani and Khalid Lango. The NAB decided to file the appeal on Tuesday, and announced that their legal team will file an appeal against the […]
Education clerk shot, injured
GUJRANWALA: An education clerk received severe bullet injuries on Tuesday after being shot by a junior clerk over a trivial issue in education complex. Reportedly, Nadeem had quarreled with the head clerk Asif Khan, and then opened fire on him. Resultantly, Asif was rushed to the DHQ Hospital for treatment. Published in Daily Times, August 1st […]
FIA teams arrest 11 human traffickers
GUJRANWALA: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) teams on Tuesday arrested 11 suspects in a crackdown against human traffickers. The FIA deputy director Mufakhir Adeel said that the accused including Tahir Iqbal, Owais, Rizwan Anjum, Rashid, Ishrat Abbas, Jamshed Iqbal, Abdul Jabbar, Khalid Mehmood, Amin and Shahid Rasool transported people to Europe and other countries illegally, […]