Pakistan security & political review mar 2018

PAKISTAN Monthly Security Review MARCH, 2018

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OVER VIEW – MARCH 2018 In the month, as many as 15 terrorist attacks took place in Pakistan, which claimed the lives of 49 people, and wounded 66 others.

These attacks also included One (01) suicide blasts, which took place in Raiwind, Lahore. Those killed in terrorist attacks in March included 13 civilians, 11 LEA personals, and 25terrorist. Highest number of terrorist attacks and consequent casualties for any one region of Pakistan was reported from Balochistan.

CAUSALITIES IN TERRORIST ATTACKS

Region

Civilians

SFs

Terrorists

Total

Balochistan

8

2

11

21

FATA

1

0

2

3

Islamabad Capital Territory

0

0

0

0

KPK

0

3

0

3

Punjab

4

5

6

15

Sindh

0

1

6

7

Gilgit-Baltistan

0

0

0

0

Azad Kashmir

0

0

0

0

Total

13

11

25

49

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LIST OF MAJOR TERRORIST INCIDENTS IN MARCH 2018 Date

Type

Location

March 4

Shooting

Quetta

March 6

Shooting

Chaman, Balochistan

March 8

Shooting

Quetta

March 9

Shooting

Pasni Balochistan.

March 13

Grenade Attack

Lyari's Karachi

4

0

1

1

Four militants, including one commander, were killed in a gun battle with SFs in the Pasni area of Gwadar District in Balochistan.

4

0

Five militants and one Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) personnel were killed in an exchange of fire in Zikri Para area of Lyari area in Karachi.

6

4

35

Bomb Blast

Qilla Saifullah , Balochistan

A blast in a house in s district killed at least Six persons and left as many as seven injured including women and children. The house was situated near the railway station, which was completely destroyed by the explosion.

6

7

Shooting

Mohmand Agency, Pakistan

Terrorists killed two polio workers and seriously wounded two others in Safi tehsil of Mohmand Agency. The gunmen also attacked tribal police and the paramilitary Frontier Corps when they responded to the attack, killing one paramilitary and wounding another

3

3

Shooting

Mohmand Agency’s Safi tehsil

1

1

Shooting

Astarzai ,Kohat

1

1

March

20

22

0

10 (+1)

18

March

1

A youth was killed in an attack by Islamic State terrorists in Quetta, provincial capital city of Balochistan province.

CTD killed four suspected militants, belonging to a proscribed terror group, in an encounter at Chaman near Pak-Afghan border in Qilla Abdullah District of Balochistan.

One person was shot dead and another injured by terrorists in Killi Chakar Khan area near Sariab Road, Quetta

At least ten people were killed and 35 others injured in a suicide bombing that targeted a police check-post in Raiwind on the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan

March

21

Injured

Raiwind, Punjab

March 17

March

Dead

Suicide bombing

March 14

March 15

Details

A soldier of Frontier Constabulary (FC) was martyred while another injured when unidentified assailants opened fire at their vehicle.

SHO Abbas Ali was killed in an alleged encounter with bandits near the Bilitang area of the Kohat district, one of the kidnappers was also killed in the incident.

Land Mine Blast

Chagi A land mine blast killed two people near PakBalochistan Iran border in Chagi district of Balochistan

2

0

IED Blast / Attack

Bashirabad , Pajjagi Road

0

1

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A woman was injured as an improvised explosive device (IED) went off outside a house late night. According to details, the

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Peshawar

March

Shooting

26

March 30

Shooting

March 30

IED Blast

March 31

Shooting

house was targeted in the jurisdiction of Faqirabad Police Station in what appears to be an extortion-related case. The woman received minor injuries as pieces of glass hit her following the blast.

Punjab Rangers foiled an attempted terrorist Sakhi attack in Dera Ghazi Khan (DG Khan) district Sarwar by killing three terrorists. The suspected terrorists opened fire on paramilitary troops D.I.Khan in a bid to escape from the scene. One of the officers sustained was injured.

One person was killed and seven others injured in a firing incident in Quetta on Quetta Friday. Police said that armed men of rival group sprayed bullets at opponents at the Nawa Killi Bypass.

Three policemen were killed on Friday as a result of an improvised explosive device (IED) blast. According to the details, the incident D.I.Khan took place on Hathala Road when District Police Officer (DPO) Dr Zahidullah’s squad was passing by. The DPO escaped the attempt unhurt.

A security personnel embraced martyrdom Mastung , during an intelligence-based operation (IBO).

Balochistan The security forces killed an alleged militant in the exchange of fire.

TOTAL

3

1

1

7

3

5

2

0

49

66

SUICIDE ATTACKS

S.N. Date

1

March 14

Place / District Incidents

Raiwind

Ten people, including five Policemen, were killed and 35 others injured when a suicide bomber exploded himself near a check post outside the Tablighi Jamaat Markaz TOTAL

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killed

Injured

10(+1)

35

11

35

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SECTARIAN VIOLENCE

S.No

Date

Place / District

Incidents

killed

Injured

1

March 4

Quetta

A Shia Muslim youth was killed in an attack by Islamic State terrorists in Quetta.

1

0

Quetta

Two persons of Hazara Town were sitting in Jhelum Karaz, near Kuli Chakar Lehri in Maidani, when unknown persons started firing at them. The assailants managed to escape from the scene.

1

1

Karachi

Unknown gunmen shot dead an elderly man in the Sachal area of the Karachi, in a suspected ‘sectarian’ attack. The gunmen riding a motorcycle fired at Ameer Ali, 70, his young nephew Ali Raza, 28 and a grandson, Ali Asghar, outside their residence in Karachi, opposite the Memon Medical Institute near Safoora Chowrangi.

1

2

3

3

2

3

March 8

March 22

TOTAL

BOMB BLASTS S/N

Date

Place

Killed

Injured

1

March 2

Paindee Cheena / Zakhakhel bazaar / Tirah valley / Khyber Agency / FATA

0

2

2

March 4

Turbat / Balochistan

0

2

3

March 9

Perak / Hub town / Lasbela / Balochistan

0

2

4

March 14

Tablighi Jamaat Markaz / Raiwind / Lahore / Punjab

11

35

5

March 15

Killa Saifullah / Balochistan

6

0

6

March 30

D.I.Khan

3

5

20

46

TOTAL

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DRONE ATTACKS S.N.

Date

Place / District

Incidents

killed

Injured

NIL

MAJOR POLITICAL & SECURITY EVENTS - MARCH 2018

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Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif extended support to Kabul's proposed political process seeking to recognise the Taliban as a legitimate political group, and said Pakistan is ready for one-on-one talks with the Afghan Taliban.

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Indian border forces continued to violate the ceasefire at the Line of Control (LoC) on Thursday, killing an elderly man in Kotli district of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

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The Frontier Corps (FC) conducted an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in various areas of Balochistan on Thursday, according to the army’s media wing and recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition including suicide jackets, RPG rockets, submachine guns, mines, explosives and detonators.

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Four persons were gunned down over old enmity in district Kohat’ Nawan Kalley on Thursday. Police arrested all four accused along with weapons used in the murder.

According to the details, four persons were gunned down yesterday evening over old enmity in Ittehad Colony at Nawan Kalley situated on Hangu Road in Kohat.

March 2

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16-year-old son of a Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) in Sindh was killed in a road accident that took place in Karachi. According to initial reports, the SUV of Rubina Saadat Qaimkhani’s teenage son was headed speedily on Sea View Road when it overturned upon collision near Village Restaurant. Police and rescue officials arrived at the site instantly and shifted Hamza Qaimkhani to a private hospital. While Hamza succumbed to injuries, another person accompanying him in the car was critically injured but survived.

March 3

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A girl died and another was injured in the early hours of Saturday after an enraged man fired aerial shots upon discovering his apartment was being used for a party in the Bahria Town housing society in Rawalpindi. Girl panicked by gunshots dies after

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jumping from fifth floor.

March 4

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No end to encroachments in city, Cantt markets despite court orders

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Punjab Emergency Service, Rescue 1122 Rawalpindi has started its moto-ambulance service here on trial basis which would formally be launched on March 15. 100 motorbikes have been provided to Rescue Rawalpindi for the service.

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At least two suspects were apprehended Saturday night following a search operation carried out by police in the metropolis’ Alfalah area, law enforcement agencies (LEAs) stated, adding that two of their accomplices managed to escape arrest. The two arrestees were identified as Arshad and Gulzar, police said, adding that contraband was seized from their possession.

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The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Sunday announced the official results of 2018 Senate elections. Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) backed candidates won the majority seats from Centre and Punjab, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) won majority seats from Sindh and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) won majority seats from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) in election for fifty-two vacant seats. Details of seats are :           

March 5

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PML-N - 17 PPP - 12 PTI - 6 National Party - 2 Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PMAP) - 2 Jammiat Ulema-e-Islam – Fazl (JUI-F) -1 Jamat-e-Islami (JI) - 1 Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan (MQM-P) - 1 Pakistan Muslim League – Functional (PML-F) - 1 Independent candidates - 10 FATA - 4

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Criminal Investigation Agency (CIA) of Islamabad Police has arrested three persons allegedly involved in killing a Chinese woman during a robbery at her house and for also looting foreigners, said Islamabad Inspector General of Police Sultan Azam Temuri.

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The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) has raised an objection to the unusually high annual requirements of ephedrine in Pakistan, according to a local English daily. According to the report, the annual legitimate requirements for pseudoephedrine for Pakistan were below 50 tonnes between 2013 and 2017; whereas in 2017 the global average annual requirements are 14 tonnes.

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An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Monday declared Tehreek-e-Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah’s (TLYR) leader Khadim Hussain Rizvi an absconder due to non-appearance before the court despite being summoned repeated times.

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Rawalpindi from Dera Ghazi Khan.

March 6

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As many as nine people were killed and 29 others were injured in a road crash in Gujar Khan. The accident took place when a passenger bus collided with two trucks on the GT Road. The deceased and injured belonged to Narowal.

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An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Monday acquitted Sibtain Kazmi, who was a suspect in the assassination of MNA Maulana Azam Tariq in 2003. The suspect, Sabtain Kazmi, was detained in 2017 at the Islamabad airport while he was attempting to board a UK-bound flight.

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Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday issued a notice to Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) and sought a reply on a contempt of court petition filed against former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz for continuing their anti-judiciary speeches.

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An influential landlord on Monday allegedly cut off the nose of a seven-year-old kid after accusing the child of stealing sugarcane from the fields.

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SC dismisses Shahrukh Jatoi’s review plea in Shahzeb murder case.

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Sindhi politician, rights activist Jam Saqi passes away

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Marking a first in the history of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the provincial government on Monday issued driving licences to 15 transgender persons.

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Pakistan Army has shot down an Indian spy drone which flew into Pakistan’s territory from across the Line of Control (LoC) in Chirikot sector

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The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday summoned former Pakistan Muslim LeagueNawaz (PML-N) senator Nehal Hashmi on Wednesday over his most recent inflammatory speech — delivered after the PML-N leader completed his one-month sentence for contempt of court.

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A Senate Special Committee on Human Rights on Tuesday recommended that anyone falsely accusing someone of blasphemy should be subjected to the same level of punishment as a person who has been convicted of blasphemy. The committee also recommended that anyone looking to register a blasphemy case at a police station will have to bring witnesses in support of their allegation.

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Usman, the owner of the pharmaceutical company, manufacturing fake enhancement drugs, was arrested from the premises of Supreme Court at the behest of Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar.

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Officials of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) arrested on Tuesday former chairman of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) Imtiaz Inayat Elahi and finance member Saeed-ur-Rehman.

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Two labourers on Tuesday were killed while cutting stones at hills in the jurisdiction of the Sillanwali police. According to the police, Muhammad Ejaz and Asghar Ali were cutting stones at a hilltop in Chak 116-SB Block No 4 when a boulder fell upon https://issuu.com/pakistanupdates/docs

them, killing them immediately.

March 7

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A woman allegedly killed herself along with one of her three children after she had poisoned all of them in Sadiqabad.

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A youth, Naveed on Tuesday shot dead his younger brother, 23-year-old Nadeem at their home just three days after the slain youth’s marriage.

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MQM-P’s MPA Heer Soho joins PPP

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FIA arrests Daesh social-media operative from Karachi

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Customs Preventive staff recovered 20 kilograms of heroin from the suitcase of a couple at Jinnah International Airport and arrested the couple, who were leaving for Maldives via Dubai.

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A police officer Inspector Asif Usman, was arrested on the charges of murdering a youngster in Karachi.

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Sindh Health Services Director General Dr Akhlaq Khan said , as many as eight children have died from vaccine-preventable disease, measles, in Sindh province while more than 100 others were also affected from this disease this year so far.

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SHC rules in favour of private schools in fee increase case.

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Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) has arrested two alleged terrorists during a search operation conducted in the area of Basumira and Nara Basu Meera of Kot Najeebullah. Two hand grenades and a heavy amount of explosives were recovered from them.

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NADRA changes religious status of 10,000 Muslims to Ahmadis.

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SC gives five-day deadline for case registration against Hussain Haqani in Memogate scandal

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Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2017 approved in Senate

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Another PML-N MNA joins PTI. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz MNA Raza Hayat Hiraj has joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, PTI said in a statement on its social media.

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The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday barred the federal and Punjab governments from arresting or putting Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed under house arrest until further notice.

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A judicial magistrate of Islamabad, Muhammad Saqib Bhatti, on Tuesday declared Toyota Rawal Motors Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Nadeem Khalid a proclaimed offender due to non-appearance before the court despite being summoned multiple times.

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Six people drowned after a car fell into a river in Chitral

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sellers belonging to the Shia Hazara community who were commuting from Hazar Ganji to Hazara Town.

March 8

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International Women’s Day observed across Pakistan

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Senate panel rejects public hanging of child abusers

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Senate body approves status of provincial languages equal to Urdu

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Newly-appointed Federal Ombudsperson on Protection against Harassment of Women at Workplace Kashmala Tariq’s security staff on Thursday reportedly restrained the crew of a private news channel after the show’s anchor-person Matiullah Jan, otherwise famous for his obnoxious behaviour, asked her some tough questions.

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SC approves three-year extension of NAB judge hearing Sharifs’ case

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Missing social media activist and the head of Civil Progressive Alliance Pakistan (CPAP) Samar Abbas returned home after a year on March 6.

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Asma Rani murder: UAE police arrest main suspect Mujahidullah Afridi

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The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) police on Thursday arrested Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) councillor Mohammad Arif, one of the main accused in the lynching case of Mashal Khan.

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Interior minister Ahsan Iqbal on Thursday said the federal government was considering a proposal to upgrade the Frontier Constabulary (FC) to Pakistan Constabulary to bring the force and incentives for its personnel on a par with those of other civilian law-enforcement agencies.

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Pakistan Navy (PN) rescue teams conducted a rescue operation on at a busy marketplace in Turbat and evacuated six persons who got severely injured in a fire incident. The heavy fire broke out due to explosions of gas cylinders in a shop, engulfing the nearby shops and vehicles. Properties were also damaged and serious burns were inflicted on six persons.

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One person was shot dead and another critically injured by unknown persons.

According to the details, two persons of Hazara Town were sitting in Jhelum Karaz, near Kuli Chakar Lehri in Maidani, when unknown persons started firing at them, killing one person on the spot and critically injuring the other. The assailants managed to escape from the scene.

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Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Dr Qayoom Soomro has claimed that the party now has the support of 57 senators for the position of Senate chairman. A total of 33 members of the Senate belong to the PML-N while the PPP closely follows with 20 senators.

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The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday made it compulsory for all Pakistani citizens to take an oath regarding their faith if they seek to join the civil service, https://issuu.com/pakistanupdates/docs

armed forces or judiciary. The decision, was given in the case regarding changes in the Finality of Prophet hood (PBUH) oath in the Elections Act 2017.

March 10

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A man climbed an electricity pylon in Sector F-6/1 of Islamabad in an apparent suicide attempt.

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Ali Jahangir Siddiqui’s appointment as Pakistan’s new ambassador to the United States (US) has been challenged in the Lahore High Court (LHC).

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An eight-year-old servant was allegedly killed by her employer in Gujranwala, when she refused to make roti for him. The girl, Beenish, was pushed on to the stove by the employer at her refusal.

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The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) foiled a major terror bid, arrested a terrorist and seized a cache of arms in Multan.

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Sind Apex body decides to rename 60 buildings, roads honouring Altaf.

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The plan to kill the Chinese national, who had been shot dead in Karachi, last month, was made inside his own company. Chen Zhu, 45, had been in a senior position at a shipping firm named Cosco Shipping Lines Company Limited. He was shot dead while Ye Fan who was with him at the time of the incident remained unhurt when a lone gunman travelling in a car opened indiscriminate fire on their car parked near the Zamzama Park on February 5,2018.

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Sindh Assembly adopted a controversial Sindh Universities & Institutes Laws (Amendment) Bill 2018 that sees an end to the governor’s constitutional role in the public universities of the province.

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At least three people died and several others injured in a collision between two over speeding vehicles at Kohat. Police said that a Buner bound speeding passenger bus coming from Karachi collided head-on with a private car from the opposite direction near Kohat causing three people, including the car driver, to die on the spot.

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Undocumented Afghan refugees to be deported from April

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Pakistani physician-scientist awarded $4m for outstanding medical research

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Rights activists in Pakistan expressed concern over a court ruling that would require people to declare their religion on all official documents, saying it could lead to the persecution of minorities, particularly adherents of the Ahmedi faith.

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PIA flight steward detained for alleged heroin possession at French airport.

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A Nigerian citizen, Lamido Ogbeh, was arrested Sunday by Kohsar police for allegedly defrauding a Pakistani man of Rs35 million in Islamabad. The police arrested the suspect after the victim lodged a complaint against him.

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Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI) has decided to disconnect and remove illegal water-boring pumps and connections installed at residential and commercial units in different areas of the federal capital. It was decided to control unchecked and continued suction of groundwater which was leading to its severe depletion in https://issuu.com/pakistanupdates/docs

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Rawalpindi NAB arrested former district officer cooperative Imdad Hussain Mian in the case involving misuse of authority by illegally converting residential plots into commercial ones and criminal breach of trust against the management of Pak PWD Employees Cooperative Housing Society, Islamabad and others.

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A former Jamia Neemia student, reportedly a member of Tehreek-e-Labaik Ya Rasool Allah (TLYR), on Sunday hurled a shoe at Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif, while the former premier was about to address the event members at the seminary in Garhi Shahu.

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A man was beaten up and consequently handed over to police after attempting to fling a shoe at Pakistan Tehreeke-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan as he was getting into his vehicle for a political rally he addressed in Faisalabad.

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A man reportedly cut his wife’s nose over a domestic dispute in Kot Addu district of Muzaffargarh.

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Punjab Healthcare Commission (PHC) sealed 7,700 clinics and shops of quacks in the province and imposed Rs 58 million fine on them so far, sources said here Sunday.

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At least two people were killed and three others injured seriously in a cylinder blast at Shahdara. According to Rescue 1122, the cylinder exploded in a cloth factory near Shahdara Pind Phatak when people were working there.

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Four persons were reportedly killed with one injured in a road accident near Sheikhupura when a speedy dumper truck collided with a car. According to reports, two of the people killed were councilors of the Mananwala Municipal Committee.

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PFA seals 17 school canteens for selling banned, unhygienic food items

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The three-day anti-polio campaign scheduled to start from Monday has been postponed in Bajaur Agency due to security concerns. A statement issued by emergency operation centre (EOC), Fata Secretariat, stated that the drive would begin from March 19 in the agency

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The police arrested seven, including father, involved in the sale of underage girls and rescued four sold girls here on Sunday. On a tip-off, Band Korai SHO Shah Jehan, along with the police team, raided the house of one Fateh Sher s/o Allah Dad in Kech area of Dera Ismail Khan.

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After much deliberations and marathon meetings, the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and its allies have decided to pitch the independent senator-elect from Balochistan, Sadiq Sanjrani, against the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) potential nominee Hasil Bizenjo for the much sought after Senate chairman seat.

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Security forces conducted intelligence based operations (IBO) on suspected terrorist hideouts in Mastung, Pashin, Khad Kacha and Sibbi and arrested two terrorists, InterServices Public Relations (ISPR) said.

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The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) lost the race to appoint their favoured candidates to the top Senate slots as Sadiq Sanjrani, an opposition-backed candidate from Balochistan, was appointed Senate chairman.

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The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) registered a case against Pakistan’s former ambassador to the United States, Husain Haqqani on Monday. However, the case was registered by the FIA in reference to a corruption charge in which has been accused of illegally using a secret fund $7.2 million.

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The administration of Lal Masjid has ‘reclaimed’ the ownership of land that once housed children’s library and Jamia Hafsa,

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The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday decided to indict Pakistan Muslim LeagueNawaz (PML-N) leader Nehal Hashmi for his most recent inflammatory speech that he made after completing his one-month sentence for contempt of court on March 26. After his release from the Adiala Jail, Hashmi had declared himself “a victim of revenge” while complaining that his appeal against the verdict in the contempt of court case was not heard even after his sentence had ended. “This is the height of oppression,” he had said. “Who are you holding accountable? And who are you anyway? I stand by what I said [earlier],” he had said.

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The banned party Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) is likely to contest the upcoming general election under a new name, as reported by a local English daily. According to the publication, some leaders in the party were of the view that ASWJ might form a coalition with Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl or JUI-Sami but it proved to be otherwise.

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A 42-year-old woman, suspected of committing blasphemy, was arrested in Sialkot on Sunday, according to a local English daily. According to the publication, however, the accused was mentally unwell and had recently come back home after spending a couple of months in a hospital in Lahore for the same reason.

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Adding to the rising numbers of ATM skimming frauds across the country, hundreds of thousands of rupees have been illegally withdrawn from nine bank accounts in Lahore, the provincial capital. With hackers stealing at least a million rupees from nine customers of the Habib Bank Ltd, Garhi Shahu branch within the past few days, the presence of the ATM hacking group in the city has been confirmed.

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The murder of a girl during an alleged robbery at Murad Ka Kathia Village on March 7 is now being considered an ‘honour killing’ case, said police. The girl’s sister was also injured during the incident

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Six killed, four injured in Faisalabad road accidents

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A man gunned down his nephew and injured son over a domestic dispute in Burewala

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Liaquatabad police claimed to have arrested three accused of wall chalking in favour of MQM-London (MQM-L) in the wee hours of Monday.

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According to a recent study, compiled after undercover surveys of 55 markets of 23 cities across Pakistan, the majority of animals/species available for sale are listed within the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Red List of endangered species, reported a local English newspaper.

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Police arrested ten persons in a vani case that was registered against 22 in Dera Ismail Khan (DI Khan), a report said on Monday. According to details, the case was registered 22 people, including members of a jirga, the person who solemnised the nikah and the bridegroom. Jirga had ordered a family to give 14-year-old Muqadas, the sister of Abid who tied the knot against the wish of the girl’s family in Katch area, to the aggrieved party in vani.

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12 persons died in separate road accidents that took place in different parts of Balochistan.

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A French court on Tuesday sentenced two stewards of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to two years each in prison in drug smuggling case. In its verdict, the court ruled that after the completion of jail term both officials, Tanweer Gulzar and Amir Moeen will be deported. The court also barred them from visiting France for five years. On March 10, French authorities detained Gulzar and Moen after drugs were recovered from Gulzar’s possession in a PIA aircraft in Paris. Both stewards were also suspended by PIA after starting an investigation against them.

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New airport to be operational in April: Mehtab Abbasi

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After last month’s homicide case of Careem captain Junaid Mustafa in Islamabad, another driver of the cab-hailing service has been killed in Rawalpindi. The driver, Sajawal Ameer, 22, died at 10:35 pm in a “car snatching incident” that was the “second such incident in Islamabad in recent past” said the company.

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that Pakistan was provided with all intelligence information Iran had on Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav

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Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir informed the National Assembly that as many as 1, 671 Pakistani armed forces personnel have been deployed in Saudi Arabia followed by 629 in Qatar and 66 in United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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Two SHO’s of Islamabad have been suspended under Supreme Court’s (SC) order for filing wrong reports. Sources said that inquiry clerk submitted the report to higher authorities regarding the constructions on state land in Zone 3, stating that the report filed by these SHOs on construction in state land was incorrect.

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More than 3,000 Proclaimed Offenders (POs) are wanted by the Islamabad police in connection with various criminal activities, a local media outlet reported. Terrorism, murder, kidnapping for ransom and robbery are some of the crimes for which they are being sought. Former president General (r) Pervez Musharraf is included on a list of 3,273 PO’s, police said.

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The district administration on Monday gave additional magisterial power to assistant https://issuu.com/pakistanupdates/docs

commissioners (ACs) for dealing with the cases of Capital Development Authority (CDA). After this development, the cases of CDA now would be dealt by seven ACs of the capital instead of CDA’s own magistrate, Pakistan Today has learnt. Sources said that ICT administration has also issued a notification in this regard.

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A man threw a shoe at Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Aleem Khan while he was standing next to PTI Chairman Imran Khan during a rally in Gujrat on Tuesday.

According to reports, the PTI chief was addressing a rally in Gujrat when a person threw a shoe at Imran Khan. However, the shoe hit PTI leader Aleem Khan, who standing next to Imran.

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An eight-year-old Bengali tigress died at Lahore zoo on Tuesday. “The Bengali tigress was born at Bahawalpur zoo and brought to the Lahore zoo in 2014,” a zoo spokesperson said. “The eight-year-old tigress was suffering from a parasitic disease,”

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Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Monday arrested two terrorists during an operation in Jhangiwala area near Bahawalpur.

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The Punjab School Education Department (PSED) on Monday placed a ban on dancing at various events in schools all over Punjab, there was a blanket ban on all such performances on occasions of prize distribution, parents’ day, teachers’ day and other events. PSED Chief Executive Officer Zahid Bashir Goraya told the news outlet that the department would suspend the license of any school that allowed or forced children to dance at any school event.

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At least four suspected militants were killed in Lyari's Ali Mohammad Mohalla in an exchange of fire with the Rangers who were conducting a search operation in the area in the wee hours of Wednesday after a grenade attack martyred one personnel.

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Provincial Nurses Association (PNA) Sindh on Tuesday staged a sit-in outside the Karachi Press Club (KPC) for time-scale promotions, against the delay in implementation four-tier formula and health professional allowance.

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Police arrested a fake lady doctor from Karachi’s Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center (JPMC) and recovered surgical instruments from her possession. Karachi Women’s Police SHO Syeda Ghazala said the suspect had been working at JPMC’s gynaecology ward for the past one year.

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An eight-year-old girl with hearing impairment was raped in Bakshally area of Mardan, family and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) police said on Tuesday. Police stated that a case has been registered and nominated suspect is under arrest.

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Representatives of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) on Tuesday were booked by police in a case pertaining to criticising the army and intelligence agencies. Manzoor Pashteen, Mohsin Dawri and Ali Wazir of PTM have been nominated in an FIR which was registered at Qila Saifullah police station under the directives of the SHO.

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Balochistan High Court Tuesday granted bail application of former minister Mir Izhar Khosa against surety bonds of Rs 500,000 and ordered to release the accused.

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the Balochistan High Court. The case was heard by Balochistan High court Judge Justice Zaheer ul Din Kakar.

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Stephen Hawking, whose brilliant mind ranged across time and space though his body was paralysed by disease, died on Wednesday. He was 76.He died at his home in Cam-bridge, England, according to a statement by the University of Cambridge.

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A team of the United Nations Military Observers Mission for India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP), comprising of three members, got a first-hand experience of Indian atrocities along the Line of Control (LoC) in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Wednesday, after Indian forces shot and critically injured two locals who were informing them about ceasefire violations in the area, officials said.

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National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) has developed a smartphone app ‘Chaukas’ under its Tat’heer programme, aimed at countering online hate speech in Pakistan.

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The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) has decided to proceed further against Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of Islamabad High Court (IHC) for passing ‘unwarranted remarks’ against army personnel who assisted government to end Faizabad sit-in, reported a local English newspaper.

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The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has nominated Senator Sherry Rehman as its candidate for the post of opposition leader in the Upper House of parliament, while the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has named Azam Swati for the office.

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National Highway Authority (NHA) is all set to complete the country’s most economical Metro project by the end of this month, says a press release. The 25.6 km trek from Peshawar Morr to New Islamabad International Airport (NIIA) was initiated in April 2017 on the special directives of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and is being completed as per the original design in less than a year time at a cost of Rs15 billion.

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At least eleven persons, including five policemen, lost their lives and 35 others were injured in a suicide attack which targeted a police check post in Raiwind on the outskirts of Lahore, Punjab Health Minister Salman Rafique told DawnNewsTV. The police camp was set up for the security of an ongoing congregation of Tableeghi Jamaat. The Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had claimed responsibility, stating that a "suicide attacker" had used a motorcycle bomb to target police officials.

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The Supreme Court (SC) declined to stay proceedings of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) against Lahore High Court (LHC) judge.

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Punjab Assembly unanimously passes landmark bill to regulate Sikh marriages.

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At least 6,600 cops of Punjab Police have tested positive for hepatitis during the screening of 60,000 police officials across the province.

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Punjab Highway Patrol Addl IG Amjad Javed Saleemi has said 26 new checkpoints are being made operational in different districts of the province in current month by which 900-km roads will be secured for safe journey of public and it will reduce https://issuu.com/pakistanupdates/docs

highway robberies by eliminating criminals.

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An additional district and session’s judge, sentenced to death a woman for killing an aspiring model, Abeera, through poisoning when the deceased had refused to help kill convict’s former husband.

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An undertrial murder suspect, who was under medical treatment at Coronary Care Unit (CCU) of Bahawalpur Victoria Hospital, escaped from the premises of the hospital.

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Over a dozen passengers were injured when a bus collided with tractor trolley and overturned near Chiniot,

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Rao Anwar sends another 'letter' to CJP, asks court to unfreeze his bank accounts

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A man in Badin surrendered himself to police on Wednesday after killing his 38-yearold wife for 'honour' by repeatedly hitting her with an axe

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The bodies of a man and a woman were found from a forest in Thathi area of District Mansehra on Tuesday. “We have found the bodies of a man and his aunt, who had fled their houses some two weeks ago in Swabi,”

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Four people were killed and 32 suffered injuries in rain-related incidents in parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Kurram Agency on Tuesday. Also, a hailstorm caused severe damages to crops and orchards in the region.

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The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday rejected a petition filed by Pakistan Tehreeke-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan challenging the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) verdict that rejected his reference seeking the disqualification of Member of National Assembly (MNA) Ayesha Gulalai.

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The Advocate General of Balochistan, Amanullah Kanrani, has resigned and announced taking part in the elections of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SBCA) to be held in October.

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The law firm at the heart of the "Panama Papers" global tax evasion scandal that brought down two world leaders announced on Wednesday that it would shut down operations, citing negative press and what it called unwarranted action by authorities.

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The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique got into a war of words on Thursday after the premier anti-corruption watchdog in Pakistan said that it has launched a probe into various graft scandals, including alleged corruption in instalment of equipment in Pakistan Railways (PR) Rohri-Tando Adam Khan sector.

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Police arrested two suspects in connection with 22-year-old Careem driver’s, Sajawal Ameer, murder on Wednesday. Potohar Division Superintendent of Police (SP) Syed Ali said the suspects were arrested from different areas of Rawalpindi. One of the suspects is an Afghan citizen who also had a Pakistani national identity card, the SP said, adding that the person who hailed the cab ride was also among those arrested. https://issuu.com/pakistanupdates/docs

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The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday took suo motu notice of the closure of road leading to the Aabpara Market while hearing a separate case against the Capital Development Authority (CDA).SC noticed that the adjoining road near the headquarters of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) was barricaded for security reasons.

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar remarked, “We will not allow the barricading of roads on the pretext of security.”

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The Civil Lines police claimed to have arrested the alleged murderer of a local journalist, a senior police officer said here on Thursday. The police said that the alleged murderer was the co-worker of the victim journalist and he shot him dead over a minor issue. The alleged murderer has confessed his crime, the police added.

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More than 20 students including girls and boys were injured when a school van fell into a canal in Lodhran.

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A police sub-inspector on Thursday threw a minor girl on the ground in Sialkot out of sheer anger during a brawl. According to details, Sub-Inspector Tahir led a team to resolve a brawl case in the Dheera Sunda area of Sialkot which is situated within the vicinity of Saddar police station.

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A man on Thursday killed his brother after latter caught him stealing from a factory in Gujranwala. According to media reports, Ali was stealing iron from a factory when his brother caught him red-handed. The elder brother advised Ali not to steal after which a fight broke out between the two. During the scuffle, Ali hit Tayyab on the head with the iron rod. Ali then threw his brother’s body in the furnace, fled the scene and went into hiding, the police said.

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An anti-terrorism court (ATC) handed life imprisonment to a man on Thursday after finding him guilty in Kasur child abuse case. Haseem Amir was sentenced to life imprisonment by ATC Judge Chaudhry Muhammad Ilyas in one of the 29 cases that were registered against him since 2015.

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An anti-terrorism court on Wednesday acquitted five alleged agents of the Indian spy agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), for want of evidence, reported by a local English daily. According to the publication, the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) had claimed to have arrested employees of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board, in August 2015 in Gulistan-i-Jauhar for apparently working for the Indian spy agency RAW, and being involved in anti-state activities.

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A young student was killed for resisting robbery in Karachi on Wednesday night, reported local media. Unknown robbers intercepted the A-Level student to loot in the metropolis’ Gulistan-e-Johar area when the deceased tried to fail the bid.

Subsequently, the robbers opened fire on him, killing the boy on the spot.

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A 10-year-old snow leopard died in Peshawar Zoo on Thursday. According to the zoo’s project director Muhammad Ali, the snow leopard was brought to the zoo from Galiyat and was scheduled to be taken back on April 15. However, it died before it could be shifted. Ali said that the leopard died a natural death as snow leopards don’t live longer than 14 years.

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A blast in a house in Balochistan’s Qilla Saifullah district killed at least four persons and left as many as seven injured including women and children here on Thursday, the deputy commissioner confirmed. The house was situated near the railway station, which was completely destroyed by the explosion. The injured have been shifted to District Headquarters Hospital in Qilla Saifullah. A further investigation of the incident is underway.

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At least four people were killed after a fire broke out in a house in Sattu Kitla area of the metropolis on Friday. The deceased, two children and their parents, belonged to the same family. Reportedly, both the man and woman were domestic workers.

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A man on Friday injured his sister and killed her alleged paramour in the precincts of the Tandlianwala police station District Faisalabad. According to the police, Zulqarnain saw 36-year-old Riaz Ali, a resident of Chak No 423-GB with his sister Maria and attacked them “in the name of honour”.

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A Chopped body of abducted person stuffed in a gunny bag was recovered from a canal here on Friday. Police said that Asif Atari, a resident of village Pindi Dhotran of tehsil Phalia was abducted by armed car riders while he was at his shop in Mugowal area.

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Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Judge Tariq Mehmood Zargham on Friday awarded 28 years jail imprisonment to an accused involved in terrorist activities. The court sources said that on September 21, 2017, Jauhrabad police had conducted a raid at a home at Valley and arrested Sarfraz Ahmad besides recovering a hand grenade and ammunition material from his possession.

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Sindh Rangers on Friday claimed to have arrested 19 alleged criminals including four Lyari gang war members during targeted operations in different parts of the metropolis. According to Rangers’ spokesman, the paramilitary forces carried out a targeted raid in Edigah, Mithadar and Shahrah-e-Faisal areas and arrested four Lyari gang war members.

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A protest by University of Karachi (KU) students began on Friday after a female scholar accused a KU professor of harassing her. A female student on Wednesday alleged that a professor offered to pass her with flying colours if she agreed to marry him. Her friend corroborated the accusation and stated that the professor had failed him and three others for being friends with the student he was interested in. “He failed us because he didn’t want us to be friends with her,” he alleged.

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The police on Friday apprehended four suspects for possessing illegal weapons and their alleged involvement in raping a woman. According to police sources, the suspects were arrested from Samanabad area of the Karachi.

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Illegal plot allotment: SHC dismisses bail application of former KDA chief

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Three arrested in Peshawar for collecting funds for banned organisation.

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Parliamentary Secretary for Cabinet Division Raja Javed Akhlas on Friday apprised the National Assembly that work could not be initiated on the Iran-Pakistan gas https://issuu.com/pakistanupdates/docs

pipeline, also known as the peace pipeline, so far due to international sanction on the Islamic Republic.

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At least four mortar shells from Iran land in Panjgur. As many as four mortar shells landed in the Pakistani territory on Saturday which were fired by the Iranian side.Luckily, they did not cause any casualties and damage.These mortar shells landed in a barren land far away from the population in Parako area of Balochistan’s Panjgur district. Security sources, while confirming the incident, said that four mortar shells were fired from the Iranian side; however, no casualties occurred. It is pertinent to mention here that Iran often fires mortar shells into bordering areas in what officials term clear border violations.

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A girl killed herself by drinking poison in Ubauro, Ghotki on Saturday after refusing to be made Vani, to pay for her brother’s decision to marry of his own free will. The girl also poisoned her parents who are said to be in critical condition and undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Karachi. A jirga had decided that the girl must marry someone from her brother’s in-laws after he married a girl of his choice. The jirga also ordered her brother to pay Rs1 million. The deceased’s brother, Sarfaraz Sheikh, and Aasia contracted court marriage three months ago. Sheikh said that a local feudal lord summoned a jirga following his marriage to Aasia. “The jirga asked me to pay Rs1 million and give my sister, Ruby, as Vani to Aasia’s relative,” Sheikh said. He added that despite lodging a complaint with the police, they were not taking action against the jirga. However, Ubauro DSP said that they’re looking into the incident. “Action will be taken against the suspects as per the law,” he said.

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Karachi sixth cheapest city in the world: report

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Two minor girls among nine persons were injured after Indian troops fired mortar shells across the Line of Control (LoC) in Nakyal sector of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

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In an unprecedented move, SSP Operations Najeebur Rehman Bugvi has reshuffled SHOs of all the police stations of Islamabad.

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Keeping in view the security situation in the country and threats to Chinese nationals in Islamabad, a security seminar was held at Allama Iqbal Auditorium of International Islamic University, Islamabad (IIUI) by Industrial Area Police in collaboration with Chinese Student Council and representatives of the university security of NUML and IIU.

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Islamabad police have arrested 358 outlaws during the last 15 days including 18 dacoits and 108 absconders, besides recovering looted items worth Rs53.791 million from them, a police spokesman said.

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A seven-year-old boy was allegedly assaulted by an unidentified man in the Kohlia village (Taxila), in the limits of Hassanabdal police

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Punjab School Education Department signed an agreement on Sunday with the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), under which the Cadet College will be set up in Fort Munro area of Dera Ghazi Khan by PAF on 100 acres land and Rs1 billion provided by Punjab https://issuu.com/pakistanupdates/docs

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The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Sunday arrested 36 human traffickers including three women and 14 proclaimed offenders during separate operations across Punjab.

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A woman died while her husband was seriously injured when a vehicle hit a motorcycle in Chichawatni road mishap

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Four family members, who reportedly died in a ‘house fire’ in Lahore Saturday night, were allegedly murdered before their house set on fire, a hospital post-mortem report has revealed.

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Sindh Inspector General of Police (IGP) AD Khowaja Sunday inaugurated the School of Investigation set up in collaboration with GIZ Germany at Police Training College, Saeedabad here. Addressing as chief guest, the IGP said that investigation training on modern lines would help improve the performance of police investigators and in the eradication of crime from the society.

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A policeman was found dead in a motel near Bacha Khan Chowk here on Sunday.

According to Fort Police Station, in whose limits the dead body was found, the deceased has been identified as Idrees Rajput who belonged to Tando Muhammad Khan district.

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A man died after a banned chemical string used for kite flying slit his throat here on Sunday. Rescue sources said that the chemical string wrapped around the neck of a motorcycle rider at Jehangir Road in Karachi leaving him critically injured.

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The misery of the people of Tharparkar continues after an outbreak of measles and malnutrition killed five children in the impoverished area of Sindh. According to sources, the latest casualties that took place at Mithi Civil Hospital had taken the total number of infant deaths in Thar district to 123 this year.

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Two polio workers were killed and three others were abducted by unidentified attackers in Safi tehsil of Mohmand Agency, a private news channel reported on Saturday. According to officials, the six-member polio team came under heavy firing when they were administering polio drops to children in the area.

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A soldier of Frontier Constabulary (FC) was martyred while another injured on Sunday in Mohmand Agency’s Safi tehsil when unidentified assailants opened fire at their vehicle.

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In the wake of two violent attacks claiming lives of at least three including two workers of the polio monitoring team and a personnel of security forces, a massive search operation was launched in Tehsil Saafi’s Qandaro area of Mohmand Agency against the suspected terrorists.

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At least two passengers were reported dead and five others injured when a passenger high roof van carrying seven passengers was on its way to Donga Gali from Abbottabad fell into a deep ravine near Donga Gali.

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Five terrorists were arrested while six surrendered to security forces on Sunday, https://issuu.com/pakistanupdates/docs

according to an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement.

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Since their reinstatement in 2015, military courts in Pakistan have sentenced 186 convicts to death and issued verdicts for more than 300 terrorism-related cases, the country’s Ministry of Defence said.

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Air Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan has been sworn in as the new chief of air staff of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) at a ceremony in Islamabad on Monday. Outgoing air chief Aman handed over the ‘Command Sword’ to Air Marshal Khan and decorated him with the ranks of air chief marshal during the ceremony.

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An anti-terrorism court (ATC) ordered the arrest of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi, Pir Afzal Qadri and other absconding suspects in a case pertaining to the Faizabad sit-in held last year and directed that Rizvi and Qadri be arrested and presented in court on April 4.

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MoI accepts Musharraf’s request for security

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Banks, private companies and autonomous institutions owe at least 213 million rupees to the Punjab police for the police guard services that the private organisations sought almost three years ago. The Punjab police department offered its services to banks and private organisations including autonomous departments of 17 districts, in return of which the organisations owed it hefty amounts, but had not paid a single penny yet.

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Police on Monday apprehended at least two suspects involved in the killing of a man, his wife and two children and setting the servant quarter on fire. As per details, police have registered a murder case of a man namely Sarfraz, his wife and two children in Wapda Town area of the metropolis and arrested Adil and Mansha.

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At least 204 patients on Monday in Kot Imrana area of Sargodha have tested positive for HIV/AIDS. The health department started screening process in the area after reports regarding rapid spread of HIV/AIDS surfaced. The doctors took blood samples of 2,757 and sent to the laboratory for tests. The medical team has received 1,406 results according to which 204 patients were diagnosed with HIV and 306 with hepatitis. The department is keeping the toll and details of patients in secret as their treatment is underway. The authorities have decided to establish a permanent ward in the Kot Momin Tehsil Headquarters Hospital to keep a close eye on the scope of screening.

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Two heavy loaded vessels near the South Asia Pakistan Terminals Limited (SAPT) collided on Monday causing loaded containers on both the ships to fall into the sea.

“Approximately 55-60 containers from the ships fell into the deep sea,” said port authorities. According to sources, a loaded ship ‘Hapag Lloyd’ recently arrived at the SAPT deep water port on Monday and collided with another ship. Owing to the incident, the operation at the terminal has been temporarily discontinued.

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Suspect in Zafir Zuberi (DO DARYA MURDER CASE ) murder case escapes from court.

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Four people were killed and two others injured in a car trailer-truck collision in https://issuu.com/pakistanupdates/docs

Nooriabad area of Karachi in the wee hours of Monday.

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A man was shot dead by robbers on resistance in Baldia town area of Karachi on Monday. According to rescue sources, two muggers riding a motorcycle tried to loot a 45-year-old man, Saeed, in Rais Goth of Baldia town but shot him dead after resistance by him.

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Sabir Mayar, one of the two remaining absconders in the Mashal Khan lynching case, surrendered to the Mardan police.

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Twenty-four Pakistanis have gone missing in Afghanistan since September last year, their families told media.

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The construction work on Diamer-Bhasha Dam project may face more delay in its execution as a dispute over dam’s boundary has surfaced between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) governments.

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A survey of 300 women conducted by a local media outlet shows that sexual harassment is still present and gradually increasing in the Pakistani workplace. This survey was conducted by the publication through online questionnaires and interviews in Karachi, Islamabad, Lahore, and Peshawar, included working women from various industries. 61 per cent of the women surveyed said their employers did not force them to keep quiet about the harassment, but an alarming 35 per cent of the women said that they were specifically told to remain silent by their colleagues and bosses.

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Capital Development Authority (CDA) has declared four housing societies located in Zone-IV as illegal and has issued a public notice where the civic agency’s planning wing has announced that these schemes were advertised and marked without any approval of CDA. The notice declares that as per CDA Ordinance, 1960, ICT (Zoning) Regulation, 1992 and modalities and procedures framed under ICT (Zoning) regulations, Ghauri Town, Rehman Residentia, Akbar Enclave and JS Block launched in Zone-IV of the Islamabad Capital Territory by Messrs Green Spires (Pvt) Ltd on Islamabad Highway and Lehtrar Road are illegal. Furthermore, IESCO, SNGPL and PTCL were ordered to stop providing electricity, gas and phone services to illegally constructed residential and commercial buildings without the approval of CDA.

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a three-month ban on anchorperson Dr Shahid Masood’s talk show and asked the anchorperson to submit a written apology to the court. A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar was hearing suo moto notice of the anchorperson’s claims in Zainab case.

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Pakistan Army’s media wing on Monday criticised a media outlet for allegedly reporting a news about a “meeting of the army chief with the Punjab chief minister”, calling such form of reporting “highly irresponsible”. In a tweet, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor said: “News about the meeting of the army chief [General Qamar Bajwa] with CM Punjab [Shehbaz Sharif] twice during last 72 hours being reported by a media house is baseless and highly irresponsible. No https://issuu.com/pakistanupdates/docs

such meeting has taken place.”

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Former Sindh home minister, PPP MNA Ayaz Soomro passes away at 59

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At least 10 children have died of measles in Sindh over the weekend, adding to dozens of deaths since the apparent outbreak began last month. Out of these 10, six died on Sunday while other four passed away on Monday.

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Five members of a family were shot dead by unidentified gunmen on Monday night, according to report by a local media outlet citing law enforcement agencies. The attack took place at the residence of a civil servant named Yahya in Lala Kalay, said police officers.

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Astarzai Police Station Kohat , Station House Officer (SHO) Abbas Ali was killed in an alleged encounter with bandits near Kohat. According to police, encounter took place near the Bilitang area of the district, one of the kidnappers was also killed.

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509 Hazaraz killed, 627 injured over last five years in Quetta: NHCR

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Pentagon rules out hot pursuit of terrorists into Pakistan

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The multi-billion Safe City project in Islamabad has started to develop faults in less than two years of its inauguration, reported a local English newspaper. The media reports have stated that over 500 cameras installed across the capital are currently not working. A total of 1,840 cameras were installed in Islamabad under the project in 2016. The purpose of the mega project is to put the capital under surveillance and make it free from crime, sectarian and terrorist attacks.

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Suspended Malir SSP Rao Anwar, who had been absconding in the Naqeebullah Mehsud’s extra-judicial murder case for a month, appeared before the Supreme Court (SC) after the apex court at the last hearing gave the suspended cop another chance to surrender himself and warned those facilitating Anwar of repercussions.

Anwar was wanted in the murder case of Naqeebullah Mehsud, a 27-year-old native of Waziristan, who was among three others killed in an extra-judicial encounter on January 13, carried on Anwar’s orders.

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Nine people were dead while six others got injured on Wednesday after their jeep fell in a ditch in Jhelum Valley in Azad Kashmir. The rescue sources stated that they were on their way to Chikothi when the vehicle slipped near Line of Control (LoC).

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Religious teacher kidnapped in Taxila

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Three college students were abducted and stripped naked and tortured by an influential person of the area in Gujrat’s Rehmania neighbourhood, reported a private news channel. According to details, the students, identified as Hasnain, Zain and Usama, were abducted after a scuffle broke out between two rival groups in their college and were subjected to worst kind of humiliation. They were locked in a room and tortured after being stripped naked. The suspects also filmed the whole episode.

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The city zoo has lost yet another Bengal tiger to a blood parasitic disease, the third in https://issuu.com/pakistanupdates/docs

a week’s span. According to zoo officials, nine-year-old Raval was under medical treatment since March 10. “Raval was brought to the zoo when he was three years old,” a zoo official said

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Border Military Police on Tuesday arrested a man accused of mutilating his wife’s genitalia in the tribal area of Dera Ghazi Khan (DG Khan).

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Following the directions of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice Javed Iqbal regarding the enforcement of “Accountability for All” policy, NAB Lahore on Tuesday took custody of former Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) chairman Asif Akhtar Hashmi and after producing the same before an accountability court acquired his physical remand till April 4, 2018.

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Police have registered a case against a person over throwing a shoe on a judge in Multan district court. Sections related to anti-terrorism have also been included in the FIR. According to details, an under-trial theft accused hurled a shoe at a civil judge in the courtroom, claiming that he had been languishing in jail despite issuance of his bail orders.

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The district and sessions court hearing the Qandeel Baloch murder case indicted Mufti Abdul Qavi and other suspects.

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Man commits suicide in Manzoor Colony Karachi.

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A World Bank (WB) funded Sindh Skills Development Programme (SSDP) which aimed at preparing high-quality skilled workforce and promoting technical education in the province has allegedly become a victim of lack of transparency, corruption and nepotism.

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Twenty criminals, including four Lyari gang war member have been arrested during targeted operations in various parts of the city, by Sindh Rangers.

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An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Tuesday handed death sentence to the rapist and murderer of a minor girl in Quetta. The family of the minor has expressed satisfaction over the verdict. On September 14, 2014, the convict, Junaid Shehzad, raped and killed seven-year-old Sehar Batool and threw her body in a garbage dump.

The police arrested Shehzad under suspicion, and he later confessed the crime. The police presented the challan in the court along with statements by 12 witnesses.

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Authorities were unable to determine the cause of death of Gujranwala’s Deputy Commissioner (DC) Sohail Ahmed Tipu after his body was found at his home on Thursday. While talking to media, the Gujranwala District Headquarters assistant medical superintendent (AMS) stated that when the medical team reached the DC House on the commissioner’s direction, it found Tipu’s body hanging from the fan.

A woman was injured as an improvised explosive device (IED) went off outside a house late on Thursday night in the Bashirabad area of Pajjagi Road. According to details, the house was targeted in the jurisdiction of Faqirabad Police Station in what appears to be an extortion-related case. The woman received minor injuries as pieces of glass hit her following the blast.

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The nation celebrated Pakistan Day on Friday with renewed commitment to work https://issuu.com/pakistanupdates/docs

hard for progress and prosperity of the country. Pakistan Day commemorates the passing of the Lahore Resolution on March 23, 1940, when the All-India Muslim League demanded a separate nation for the Muslims of the British Indian Empire.

The Pakistan Day parade resumed in 2015 after a gap of seven years and was seen as a manifestation of the military’s show of strength in the wake of a shocking attack in 2014 on the Army Public School (APS) in Peshawar, which left 150 dead, including 132 schoolchildren.

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NA standing committee approves evening courts for capital.

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21m Pakistanis do not have access to clean water.

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As many as 144 more civil servants with dual citizenship were unveiled by the Supreme Court-formed committee, a media report said. While the total number of the senior bureaucrats with dual nationality now becoming 357, sources informed that these civil servants had citizenships of the United States, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, and some European countries.

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Punjab Additional Inspector General (AIG) Investigation Malik Abu Bakar Khuda Bakhsh was removed from his post after differences with Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Captain (R) Arif Nawaz over the former’s recommendation of including section 311 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) against the cops involved in the alleged extrajudicial killing of a young man in Kasur, according to a report by a private media outlet.

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A survey conducted in Gujrat revealed that as many as 35,000 women in the district don’t have computerised national identity cards (CNICs), and are not listed as voters with Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) despite attaining the minimum age required for the purpose—18, reported local media outlet.

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Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) central Punjab Information Secretary, Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar’ resignation from office was accepted by PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.

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Two labourers died while another was injured when an air compressor exploded here on Friday. According to the police, the incident took place in the Sakhi Sarwar area of Dera Ghazi Khan (DG Khan) where an air compressor tank burst at a tyre repair shop.

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Unknown gunmen shot dead an elderly man in the Sachal area of the Karachi, in a suspected ‘sectarian’ attack late on Thursday. The gunmen riding a motorcycle fired at Ameer Ali, 70, his young nephew Ali Raza, 28 and a grandson, Ali Asghar, outside their residence in Karachi, opposite the Memon Medical Institute near Safoora Chowrangi.

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Sindh Rangers on Thursday claimed to have arrested seven criminals, including a banned outfit member, during different search operations in the metropolis.

Rangers’ spokesman said the paramilitary forces carried out a targeted raid in New Karachi and arrested a banned outfit member.

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by armed dacoits in the Sharifabad Police Station jurisdiction in Karachi on Wednesday night. According to Rafiq, he was visiting his cousin’s house in Sharifabad when two armed dacoits riding a motorcycle approached him and snatched his mobile and cash. The dacoits managed to escape the scene after looting him. Rafiq then lodged a case against the unidentified dacoits at the Sharifabad Police Station.

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The Sindh government on Wednesday introduced a complete ban on the manufacture, sale and purchase of non-biodegradable polythene bags (plastic bags) across the province, according to reports in the local media. Under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code, the ban was imposed by the Sindh home department with immediate effect and until further orders. The notification issued read, “In exercise of the powers conferred under Section 144 (I) CrPC, the Government of Sindh, do hereby impose a complete ban on manufacture/sale/purchase of nonbiodegradable polythene bags/plastic products in the territorial jurisdiction of the province of Sindh with immediate effect till further orders.”

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Sindh Minister for Labour Syed Nasir Hussain Shah and International Labour Organisation (ILO) Country Director Ingrid Christensen Thursday signed a MoU to compensate the victims of Baldia factory incident which occurred in September 2012.

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The Peshawar police have arrested the alleged killers involved in the brutal assassination of five members of a family of Yahya Khan three days back in the outskirts of Peshawar who happened to be his brother and brother-in-law as both committed to the crime over the land dispute.

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Two youngsters including a teenage girl and a boy committed suicide for various reasons in different areas of tehsil Mastuj of Chitral. Police said that 14-year-old Tayyeba Bibi, daughter of Syed Ghaffar Shah, a resident of Booni, was frustrated due to maltreatment of her stepmother and ended her life by jumping into River Chitral.

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KP food authority bans carbonated drinks, chips at educational institutes.

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Three minors were killed in a locality near the Bedian area of the city. According to the local police, all three were strangled to death by their mother, Anika. Police told that upon reaching Anika’s house they found her sitting on a sofa with marks on her wrist after which they suspected the woman to be the children’s murderer considering her a person with mental disabilities, however, the mother accused a friend of hers of the killings.

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Dead Body Ex MPA Sherin Begum Ex MPA PMLN found at her home, Lahore.

According to local police it seems that death of said has occurred about 3-4 days ago & now due to smell it is intimated. Police is pursuing the matter & cause of death will be known after post mortem or forensic lab report.

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The Friday sermons will now be delivered on selected topics, after getting approval from the capital administration, which will also closely monitor them, reported a local English newspaper. Earlier, it was decided that written sermons will be sent to all the mosques and imambargahs in the capital. A meeting between the https://issuu.com/pakistanupdates/docs

administration and scholars from all school of thoughts and sects in this regard but the clerics strongly opposed the idea. Later, however, it was decided that selected topics will be sent to the mosques and imambargahs, which will be shared with the religious scholars, who agreed to this proposal.

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Eighteen officials of the capital police were demoted for their bad reputation, while three years’ service of nine constables was forfeited, media reports have stated.

According to police sources, the 27 officials had been served show-cause notices in December and had been asked to present explanations for their bad reputation and accusations of extorting money.

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Fake healer arrested over assault charges in Taxila.

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Attock police claimed to have arrested a man on the charge of killing his mother-inlaw. The police said Nisar Jamal had allegedly killed his mother-in-law a few months ago in Ijra and gone underground. The murder weapon was also recovered from the suspect.

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Police have arrested a man on Saturday for allegedly subjecting a girl to sexual assault after making her swallow intoxicants in Rawalpindi.

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Islamabad police fail to find SHOs meeting pre-set criteria.

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A soldier of Pakistan Army identified as Nazeer Ahmed Awan died when an over speeding passenger bus knocked down a motorcycle at Dalianwala Road in Darya Khan of Bhakkar. The bus driver fled the scene of accident.

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A Father killed his four children. Including three girls and one boy, in Gujrat using an axe, police told media on Sunday. According to details, the incident took place in the Saraye Alamgir area where accused named Ayub axed to death his children – Amana, 12, Nadia, 10, Ayesha, 8, and Zeeshan, 3. “[The father had] grown tired of poverty, butchered his children to death with an axe,” Ayub had locked the children in a room and mercilessly killed them while the children’s mother was not present

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Three children died while their parents and another were critically injured after an over speeding passenger coach hit a motorcycle here on Saturday. According to the police, a Rawalpindi bound passenger coach knocked down a bike carrying a couple and their four children while trying to overtake a Hiace van on the Sargodha-Bhalwal Road near Chak 21 Risala. The drivers of the passenger coach and the van fled the scene. The injured father, Allah Bukhsh, a PAF employee was taking his children to PAF School Sargodha where the annual results of the deceased children were to be announced.

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An earthquake of high intensity jolted upper districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Saturday-Sunday midnight but no causalities or property damages were reported.

According to the geological wing of PMD (Pakistan Meteorological Department), tremors measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale were felt in Mardan, Swabi, Nowshera, Chitral, Dir Upper, Malakand, Kohistan and various other surrounding areas. People of the areas were asleep at the time but woke up and vacated their homes in panic.

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The new Islamabad International Airport will start its operations from April 20 and the civil aviation has informed all the departments concerned accordingly. The federal government has issued a notification to this effect making the new airport operational for international airlines from April 20. Moreover, Metro Bus service leading to the airport will also become functional from the same date.

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Chinese Ambassador Yao Jing called on National Security Adviser (NSA) Lt Gen (r) Nasser Khan Janjua on Monday. Matters pertaining to bilateral relationship and China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) came under discussion.

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Three terrorists killed as Punjab Rangers foil DG Khan terror attack.

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Train collision with tractor-trolley IN Rahim Yar Khan leaves driver dead.

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Three siblings died after allegedly having poisonous toffees in the Manawan area of Lahore.

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Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday acquitted a cop murder accused after the prosecution remained unable to present concrete evidence against him. The trial court had awarded life imprisonment to Abdul Wahid on the charges of killing a policeman and injuring two others in 2012.

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A friend of Naqeebullah Mehsud, a Waziristan-native killed in a ‘police encounter’, was murdered in Karachi’s Gulshan-e-Buner vicinity.

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At least two suspected militants who were allegedly involved in numerous terror plots were killed in a gunfight with Frontier Corps personnel during a raid near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Safi tehsil, Mohmand Agency, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).

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Supreme Court accepts Nehal Hashmi's unconditional apology, withdraws contempt notice.

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National Security Advisor (NSA) Lt Gen (R) Nasser Janjua and head of Iranian Strategic Council on Foreign Relations Kamal Kharrazi Tuesday discussed matters of regional security situation and promotion of bilateral relations between Pakistan and Iran.

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A Lahore High Court (LHC) larger bench accepted on Monday unconditional apology of former president of the Multan High Court Bar Association Sher Zaman Qureshi and discharged contempt proceeding pending against him.

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Farooq Sattar loses MQM-P convener ship.The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday ruled that Farooq Sattar will no longer serve as the Mutahidda Qaumi Movement-Pakistan’s (MQM-P) convener, while declaring the intra-party elections held by the party;s PIB Colony faction on February 18, null and void.

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Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) fell flat on Tuesday with the benchmark KSE-100 index losing 79 points to close at 45,004 points in a range-bound session. https://issuu.com/pakistanupdates/docs

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Four terrorists were arrested after they tried to attack a caravan of Frontier Corps (FC) and Counter Terrorism Department near Margat. However, fortunately, all the officials escaped unhurt.

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According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).Security forces recovered a cache of arms and ammunition during intelligence-based operations (IBOs) conducted on suspected terrorist hideouts in Duki, Shoaib Nikka, Zhob, Kabo, and Mastung areas of Balochistan.

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SC orders govt to bring back Hussain Haqqani in one month. The Supreme Court directed the government to bring back former envoy to US, Hussain Haqqani to Pakistan to face the Memogate case. The Memogate scandal transpired back in 2011 when Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz revealed that he had received an ‘anti-army’ memo from then-Pakistan envoy in Washington DC, Hussain Haqqani, on Asif Ali Zardari’s request for US Joint Chiefs chairman Admiral Mike Mullen.

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National Accountability Bureau (NAB) summoned Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Fawad Hasan Fawad in the Ashiana-e-Iqbal Housing Scheme case, Geo News reported on Wednesday. Fawad was earlier summoned before the anti-graft body in February for his alleged role in illegally awarding the contract of the Ashianae-Iqbal Housing Scheme, however, he had failed to appear before NAB.

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At least 10 people were injured when a passenger bus turned turtle due to over speeding here on Wednesday. Police said that a Bahawalpur bound reckless driven passenger bus overturned near Adda Takht Mahal in Bahawalpur.

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At least twelve persons were reported dead after the roof of a warehouse in Sukkur collapsed on Wednesday. The incident took place at the Khajoor Mandi in Sukkur where at least ten workers of a warehouse died after being trapped under the collapsed roof, six women and two minors were among those dead.

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Two former members of Muthahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) joined Pak Sar Zameen Party (PSP) on Wednesday. Naheed Begum, a Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) of Sindh from constituency PSW-153 and Naila Munir, an MPA on the reserved seat for women from RSW-155, announced they are joining former Karachi mayor Mustafa Kamal’s party during a press conference in the metropolitan city. Addressing a press conference, Mustafa Kamal called for an end to “atrocities on people of Karachi” adding the representatives whom people of Karachi elected sided with thieves.

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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday arrested former Nestle Pakistan Limited, Peshawar area sales manager Jamal Khan Khattak for allegedly cheating public at large. In a statement, KPK NAB said Jamal Khan Khattak was arrested for involvement in cheating public at large and fraudulently collecting Rs145 million from innocent people in the name of fake investments in Nestle.

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Pakistan conducts successful test of SLC missile ‘Babur’. A successful test fire of homemade Submarine Launched Cruise (SLC) Missile ‘Babur’, having a range of https://issuu.com/pakistanupdates/docs

450km, was conducted on Thursday, Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. Fired from an underwater dynamic platform, the missile hit its target with precision and accuracy, meeting all the flight parameters, ISPR said. SLCM Babur has the capacity of delivering various types of payloads and is made using state of the art technologies including underwater controlled propulsion, advanced guidance and navigation features.

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The body of a university student, who had gone missing five days ago, was found on Wednesday, reported a private media outlet. Initial post-mortem of the woman, who was a student of MA English, has revealed evidence indicating she had been subjected to rape before being killed. According to the authorities, the body also bore marks of torture. The student had not returned home from her university earlier this week, after which her worried family had registered an FIR with the local police. No trace of her found was found until her body was recovered a day ago.

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The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday suspended the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) verdict of removing Farooq Sattar as the Mutahidda Qaumi Movement-Pakistan’s (MQM-P) convener. A five-member bench of the ECP, headed

by Chief Election Commissioner Justice (r) Sardar Muhammad Raza Khan, had given the order on Monday in the case pertaining to the intra-party dispute on the position of party convener. During Thursday’s proceedings, the court reinstated Sattar as the MQM-P convener until the final verdict is passed.

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A federal anti-corruption court indicted former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani and 25 others on Thursday in a corruption case pertaining to the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP). All the accused pleaded not guilty to the charges against them. Among those indicted are Tariq Iqbal Puri, Abdul Karim Dawood Pota, Muhammad Zubair, Adnan Zaman, Younus Rizwani, Javed Anwar, Najamul Haq Mirza Karim Baig, Sohail Mehmood, Farhan Ahmed and Asim Rizwani.

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As many as six members of a family, including four children and a teenager girl, drowned to death while others managed to save lives as a boat capsized here on Thursday. According to the media reports, the incident occurred in a private water park near Qazi Ahmad area of the city where a small boat with more than a dozen people on board capsized.

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The security forces on Thursday arrested three suspected militants and recovered six landmines from a house in Mohmand Agency. According to the details, the security forces, on a tip-off, conducted a search operation in Qandaroun area of Safi tehsil in Mohmand Agency. While searching a house, six landmines were recovered and three suspected militants present in the house were arrested.

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An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Thursday acquitted former provincial minister Gazain Marri in a case pertaining to his alleged links with banned militant organisations due to lack of evidence. Gazain Marri, a former separatist leader and the son of late Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri, had returned from self-exile on September 22, 2017, when he was arrested by the police from the airport. On Thursday, ATC Judge Dawood Nasar said that no substantial evidence against Marri was provided before the court. In 2017, police had registered a case against Marri https://issuu.com/pakistanupdates/docs

for supporting banned militant organisations in Balochistan. Marri has already been acquitted in four other cases, while he has been granted bail in the Justice Nawaz Marri murder case. In January, he had announced to quit separatist and nationalist politics, stating he would join mainstream politics.

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Independent lawmakers from Balochistan and dissidents of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Thursday announced the formation of a new political party named Balochistan Awami Party. Among the members of the Balochistan Awami Party are provincial Chief Minister Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo, independently elected senators and some dissident MPAs of the ruling PML-N.

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An earthquake of high intensity jolted the federal capital and districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Friday-Saturday midnight but no causalities or property damages were reported. According to the geological wing of PMD (Pakistan Meteorological Department), tremors measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale were felt in Islamabad, Peshawar, Abbottabad, Haripur, Swat, Mingora, Chitral, Mardan, Malakand, Kohistan and various other surrounding areas. People of the areas were asleep at the time but woke up and vacated their homes in panic. The epicentre of the quake was stated to be in the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border area, 230 kilometres beneath the earth’s crust.

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Some unidentified persons stabbed a transgender person in Gulbahar area of Peshawar. The injured, identified as Chitrali, was shifted to the Lady Reading Hospital in a critical condition. Police have arrested one of the suspects while two of them managed to escape from the scene. This is not the first incident as a transgender person and her friend were shot dead in Peshawar on Tuesday.

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One person was killed and seven others injured in a firing incident in Quetta on Friday. Police said that armed men of rival group sprayed bullets at opponents at the Nawa Killi Bypass. As a result of the firing, a youth Abdul Ali was killed on the spot while seven other were injured.

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Three policemen were killed on Friday as a result of an improvised explosive device (IED) blast. According to the details, the incident took place on Hathala Road when District Police Officer (DPO) Dr Zahidullah’s squad was passing by. The DPO escaped the attempt unhurt, however, five personnel in his squad were injured, said the police. A vehicle of the motorcade was also partially damaged.

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A delegation of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) led by co-chairs from Ireland and Iceland visited Pakistan on March 29, and held discussions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Pakistan side was led by Strategic Export Control Division Director General (DG) Dr Zafar Ali. This was the third consecutive MTCR outreach mission to visit Pakistan within the past couple of years. Both sides exchanged views on export control measures relevant to the MTCR and the latest political as well as technical development in this area.

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Five people were killed and six injured when a jeep on its way to the capital of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) plunged into the Neelum River in Muzaffarabad on Friday.

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which the jeep fell into the river.

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At least 17 people have been killed and another 36 wounded after a bus carrying illegal immigrants hit a lighting pole in eastern Turkey and burst into flames, local media reported on Friday. The bus, which crashed late Thursday on the Igdir-Kars highway, was carrying nationals from Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported.

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A man took his life after killing five members of his own family Gujrat, district of Punjab. Police officials told media that the man, identified as Mubashir Butt, in Bhadar village located in the vicinity of Gujrat committed suicide after killing his daughter, niece, two nephews and sister-in-law after a family dispute.

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Two youngsters died in separate incidents of firing and road mishap in Lahore. Police said that armed men gunned down 22-year-old Sheraz in the Mughalpura area of the city. The bullet-riddled body was later recovered from the house of the slain youth’s neighbour. Meanwhile, another youngster died when his over speeding motorcycle slipped in the Mughalpura underpass.

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An earthquake jolted the Harnai district of Balochistan on Saturday but no causalities or property damages were reported. However, locals were seen vacating their homes in panic. According to the geological wing of PMD (Pakistan Meteorological Department), tremors measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale were also felt in surrounding areas including Ziarat and Loralai. The epicentre of the quake was stated to be 30 km east of Harnai, 25 kilometres beneath the earth’s crust.

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A 13-year-old boy was allegedly raped before being thrown in an unconscious condition outside his residence in Sehwan, the local police confirmed on Saturday.

According to details, the minor boy was kidnapped on Wednesday and remained missing for a complete day. He was allegedly raped by two men before they threw him in an unconscious condition outside the residence during Thursday evening.

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The primary suspect in the 2010 Tipu Truckanwala murder case, Shahbaz Saeen, was arrested late Saturday night by Interpol. Arif Ameer alias Tipu Truckanwala, a businessman and alleged gangster, was shot dead in the parking area of Allama Iqbal International Airport in January 2010 after he arrived in Lahore from Dubai. Saeen, a resident of Lahore’s Gawalmandi area, had been a fugitive since 2010 when the murder took place, officials said.

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A security personnel embraced martyrdom during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Mastung district of Balochistan, the Pakistan Army’s media cell said on Saturday. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said while one soldier was martyred in the exchange of fire, the security forces killed an alleged militant in retaliation.

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KARACHI WEEKLY CRIME DATA Column1

Vehicles Theft 71

Street Crimes 186

1st Week 5-11 Mar Robberies 691

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Kidnaping 1

Bank Robbery 0

Kidnaping 2

Bank Robbery 0

Kidnaping 3

Bank Robbery 0

Kidnaping 1

Bank Robbery 0

2nd Week 12-18 Mar Vehicles Theft 70

Street Crimes 122

Robberies 941 3rd Week 19-25 Mar

Vehicles Theft 77

Street Crimes 134

Robberies 793 4th Week 26-31 Mar

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Robberies 572

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