Pakistan has developed smartest nuclear tactical devices

I> Ansar Abbasi/I> ISLAMABAD: Pakistan s nuclear programme has made some extraordinary progress by developing

Target killing claims another 17 lives in Karachi

KARACHI: Another wave of target killings hit Karachi that killed 17 people including Geo News reporter Wali Kahan Babar in different parts of the country’’s commercial capital, Geo News reported. At least seven people were killed yesterday while ten more lost lives after 12:00 am. The most serious incident occurred in Orangi Town when armed men attacked a bus of route 1-D near Qasba More, in which six people, including a seven-year-old girl Dua and a woman, were killed. The bodies and the injured were shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed and Qatar Hospitals. Those killed were identified as Faraz, Rashid Anwar, Javed and Dua while two remained unidentified. Later, large contingents of police and Rangers started patrolling the affected areas. In another incident, a man identified as Hamaad, an MQM supporter, was shot dead in Liaquatabad area late night. Police said the victim was standing outside his house when two armed men riding a motorcycle opened fire on him. Hammad was taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where he died. After his death, a large number of MQM leaders and workers reached the hospital and demanded immediate arrest of his killers. Earlier, unidentified assailants riding a two-wheeler opened fire on ANP Sindh Secretary General Basheer Jan and his colleague Arshad near the Civic Center. As a result, both received injuries and were rushed to the JPMC, where their condition is stated to be out of danger. Police said that Basheer Jan had come to visit an office in Gulshan area when he was attacked by some unknown armed men who later managed to flee from the scene. The ANP leader received bullets on both hands and on the back, hospital sources said. Police have registered a case and started investigation. Violence and firing incidents were reported from different parts of the city, including Manghopir, Orangi Town, Qasba More and the Kati Pehari area. Since the beginning of the year, in the last 13 days, 18 people were killed in target killings out of a total of 35 who were murdered. Five were ANP activists, four MQM, one Haqiqi, one PPP, one belonged to the Fiqh Jafferia and one was a policeman.

MRI machine for ASH this year

Friday, July 09, 2010 The Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (ASH) under the annual development programme for the fiscal year 2010- 2011 will be equipped with an MRI machine and other relevant investigative gad…

Sardar Abbasi refuses to withdraw resignation

MURREE: Former chief minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and MNA Sardar Mehtab Abbasi refused to withdraw his resignation from his seat. During an advisory council meeting held under the chairmanship of PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif, Abbasi was forced to withdraw but he did not do so. The meeting deliberated in detail on the issues like VAT, upcoming budget, petitions against NRO verdict and 18th Amendment. Sardar Mehtab Abbasi was specially invited in the meeting. Abbasi, a key party leader from the Hazara belt has resigned over the renaming of NWFP.

Death tally in Karachi violence climbs to 37

KARACHI: At least eight more people were killed and 17 injured on day two of the latest bout of politico-ethnic violence in the city on Thursday, taking the death tally to 37. The city remained tense as at least eight vehicles were set ablaze by miscreants in various parts of the metropolis. Shops in major markets as well as petrol pumps were closed and traffic suspended in Nazimabad, North Nazimabad, Qasba, Pirabad, Orangi Town, Korangi Landhi, Liquatabad, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Gulistan-e-Jauhar and Jackson. Armed men resorted to aerial firing in Taimuria, North Nazimabad, Shahre Noorjahan, New Karachi, Khawaja Ajmer Nagri, Gulberg, Liquatabad, Pirabad, Orangi Town, Manghopir, Mominabad, Korangi, Landhi, Saddar, Arambag, Sohrab Goth, Gulshan-e-Maymar, Sachal, Jackson and other parts of the city. All shops and major markets in the city centre of Saddar, including Zainab Market, Zaib-un-Nisa Street, Burns Road, were also closed. Petrol pumps in District Central, and District West and Saddar areas were also shut. Pushcart vendors were also not to be seen near major streets of the area. Police and Rangers’ personnel were seen patrolling the area and taking up positions in areas of potential conflict to keep an eye on the law and order situation. Police said that they had arrested more than 100 miscreants from various parts of the city and recovered large numbers of weapons from their possession. The Medico-Legal Officer (MLO), Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, conformed that five injured were admitted to his hospital. Sources at the Qatar Hospital said that three of the injured were treated in the hospital and four in Civil Hospital, while JPMC MLO confirmed that four injured were admitted to the hospital. Later in the night, Obaid, Faisal, Muhammad Fahim, Muhammad Rehan and Shakir sustained bullet wounds in Qasba Colony and were brought to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for treatment. The miscreants torched vehicles in Sachal and Jackson police jurisdictions. Armed men killed Muhammad Arshad, 25, Ajab Ali, 35, who were shot dead in sniper firing on Abul Hassan Isphahani Road in Sachal police limits. The deceased were lived in Bakhar Goth situated in Gadap Town police area. Constable Asadullah, 30, was gunned down when armed men riding a motorcycle opened fire at him just opposite NJV School on MA Jinnah Road in Nabi Bukhsh police jurisdiction, while he was returning home from duty. The deceased was posted in Saddar Town SSPís office and lived in Garden Headquarters. The deceased was killed.Muhammad Khan, 27, was killed and Raheem Khan, Siddque, Aga and Khalid Khan were injured, when armed men opened fire on a local hotel at Baldia Town in Saeedabad police limits, while they were sitting there. The injured and dead were rushed to Civil Hospital for treatment and post-mortem. Irfan, 30, was shot dead and his boss Mukhtar Ahmed was injured, when armed men barged into a shoe shop situated in Risala police area and opened fire on them and managed to flee after leaving them in pool of blood. The injured were rushed to the Civil Hospital where Irfan breathed his last. Bakhti, alias Mahmood, 25, was gunned down, when unidentified people opened fire in the Bazaar situated in Orangi Town No 5 in Pirabad police jurisdiction, while he was heading home. Abdul Ghaffar, 32, received bullet wounds in aerial firing in Shah Faisal Colony-5, while he was sitting outside his residence. The victim was rushed to the JPMC where during treatment he breathed his last. Meanwhile, an unidentified 25-year-old body of a man was found in Sohrab Goth police limits. His body was shifted to Abbasi Shaheed hospital for autopsy. The MLO claimed that deceased was hanged to death. Police surgeon said that one bullet-riddled body was brought to Abbasi Shaheed hospital, one in Civil hospital and one in JPMC. in a late night incident, a tea hotel located in Gulistan-e-Jauhar Block 12 was fired upon by armed men on a motorcycle. The assailants were however nabbed red-handed by Rangers’ personnel present in the area. They have been taken into custody for interrogation.

Pak Ambassador to Tehran escapes attempt on life

TEHRAN: Pakistan’s ambassador to Tehran M B Abbasi escaped unhurt a knife attack, Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit confirmed Tuesday. The foreign office said Abbasi is safe. He said there is also no truth about the deaths of two guards in the attack. Earlier, Arab TV claimed that the vehicle of Pakistani ambassador came under gun attack, killing two of his guards.

Pakistan proposes Gilani-Singh meet

Islamabad, April 10,IRNA– Pakistan has proposed a meeting between Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani and his Indian counterpart Dr Manmohan Singh at a regional summit in Bhutan later this month, t…

Hameed sentenced 4 yrs in jail for illegal assets

PESHAWAR: A local Accountability court sentenced Superintendent Customs Hameed Ali Abbasi four-year term in prison and fined him Rs10.5 million for building up illegal assets, Geo News reported Monday. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) filed a reference of Rs2.5 million against Hameed in 2007. Also, in 2008, it filed another reference of Rs8.255 million. Accountability Court judge Irshad Qaiser heard the references and delivered the verdict, as the guilt was proved. Hameed Ali Abbasi was fined Rs2.5 million in the first reference and Rs8 million in the other one. He was sentenced four years in jail and a total of 10.5 million was fined. Abbasi was arrested from courtroom after the verdict.

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