June 23, 2008

Senior journalist’s house robbed

Five unidentified masked bandits robbed the house of a senior journalist in Gulshan-e-Iqbal police limits and deprived the family of precious valuables. According to police, five armed bandits broke into

Cable service suspended in Kohat: Taliban deadline

KOHAT, June 22: The cable operators suspended service throughout the district following threats from the Taliban. Local cable operators said that all TV transmissions went off-air at 3PM on Sunday

FC assaulted Dawn News reporter

LAHORE: Frontier Corps (FC) troops have allegedly tortured a Dawn News correspondent in the Khyber Agency, the channel reported on Sunday. Wali Khan Shinwari was covering paramilitary combat against a

Scholars’ help sought for encyclopaedia

HYDERABAD, June 22: Sindh Minister for Culture and Tourism Sassui Palijo has said that instructions have been issued for compiling a Sindhi encyclopaedia and urged Sindhi writers, scholars and intellectuals

Blast rocks Taj Cinema in Mardan

MARDAN: A bomb blast damaged the walls of Taj Cinema located in Taj Bazaar here late Sunday. However, no casualty was reported. Officials said two locally made bombs exploded at

Music shop blown up

LAHORE: Militants blew up a music shop by hurling explosive material into its premises in Tirah Bazaar, Kohat injuring three people, including the shop owner, BBC Urdu reported. It said

Quick Links