Tag: Claim

Rape claim writer wants to face Strauss-Kahn

The French writer who alleges Dominique Strauss-Kahn tried to rape her said Thursday she wants to be brought face to face with the fallen...

Riots claim pensioner’s life

Riots in England claimed a fifth life Friday with the death of a pensioner who confronted looters in the worst unrest for decades, as...

CIA’s claim of zero civilian deaths in drone hits ‘bitterly disputed’:...

The civilian casualties from the drone campaign by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), which is widely credited with disrupting al Qaeda and its allies...

US holds Libyan talks, rebels claim oil town’s capture

Libyan rebels claimed they had wrested control of the strategic oil refinery town of Brega, as a US official confirmed American envoys had met...

LPG producer rejects minister’s claim

The Jamshoro Joint Venture Limited (JJVL), a private sector LPG producer, has taken strong exception to a recent statement attributed to Petroleum Minister Dr...

Police claim all is well in New Karachi, Landhi

Routine life on Saturday remained suspended in some parts of New Karachi and Landhi towns where tension still lingered and peace could not be...

Iran denies British nuclear missile claim

Iran denied on Wednesday testing a missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead as Britain says. “None of the missiles tested by Iran...

Iran denies British nuclear missile claim

Iran denied on Wednesday testing a missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead as Britain says. “None of the missiles tested by Iran...

KESC being re-nationalised, claim Rashid Rabbani and Waqar Mehdi

Traders protesting power outages on Tuesday have been told by government functionaries Rashid Rabbani and Waqar Mehdi that the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC)...

Mexico claim group win in Gold Cup

Mexico sealed their Group A victory in the CONCACAF Gold Cup on Sunday with a 4-1 triumph over Costa Rica. Andres Guardado scored twice,...

Fenerbahce claim 18th Turkish title

Fenerbahce clinched their 18th Turkish league title with a 4-3 win over Sivasspor on Sunday, moving ahead of the 17 won by arch-rivals Galatasaray....

Pakistan claim third place at AFC Festival

Munir Ahmed Baloch earned Pakistan Colts place among the top three of the AFC Under-13 Festival of Football that concluded at Iranian city of...

Road accidents claim four lives in Hafizabad

HAFIZABAD - At least four people were killed in two road accidents in district Hafizabad. In the first incident, Muhammad Aslam along with his two friends was going to his village on a motorcycle on Chiniot Road.
When they reached village Tibba Shah Behlol, a speedy bus hit their bike, killing all of them instantly. In the second incident, Muhammad Luqman was going home on his motorcycle along with his son Shahzad. When they reached Qatal Ghara Chowk, a van collided with their

Targeted killings claim another 17 lives in Karachi

KARACHI - At least 17 people were reported killed in various incidents of targeted killing in another violence-marred day in Karachi on Friday. The dead include, Sabeeh Khan, a nephew of Aamir Khan, prominent leader of Mohajir Qaumi Movement. He was attacked near Jauhar Morr.
In other incidents, Anwar Hussain was killed in Landhi near Mohammaden Ground when unknown armed men opened fire on him. A bullet-riddled body of a young man, identified as Adnan, was found near Azizabad

Opp parties claim achievement

ISLAMABAD - Opposition parties on Tuesday called their walkout from parliament during the president's address to the joint sitting "a positive achievement that could bear fruit in future", however, they did not directly hit out at President Asif Ali Zardari's speech.
Talking to Pakistan Today after his party's walkout, PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain pointed out that his party legislators had walked out to protest the skyrocketing prices, unabated drone attacks, hasty

AJK police claim on overseas Pakistanis proves false

LONDON - Inspector General of Azad Kashmir police Dr Tariq Kokhar's claims of special cells for the grievances of overseas Pakistani's have proved short lived as Kashmiri community in the United Kingdom sees no improvement in the situation, they face in their home country.
Tariq Kokhar, during his visit to UK last week, addressed various gatherings of overseas Pakistanis across the country and assured them solving the problems they faced at the hands of the corrupt police and

Karachi shooters claim 8 more lives

KARACHI - At least eight people, including the activists of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Awami National Party (ANP), were shot dead on Sunday in the ongoing spree of assassinations in the metropolis. The traders in the Old City Area, the hub of trading activities in Karachi, announced to keep their businesses close as tension gripped the provincial capital after the killing of MQM workers in Haji Camp and Eidgah.
The killings have been reported in Sachal Goth, Eidgah,