Tag: Claims

GUJRANWALA - An aerial firing at a marriage ceremony at Jandiala, Baghwala, claimed the life of a 14-year-old boy while the relatives and heirs of the victim blocked traffic by putting the body on Pasrur Road. Nadeem Butt's friends resorted to aerial firing on his marriage.
One of the bullets hit Zohaib Gulzar who expired on his way to hospital. The villagers staged a protest and blocked the road. The police reached the spot and assured the protesters of arresting the culprits.

MESAIEED - Australian Heinrich Haussler won the third stage of the Tour of Qatar Wednesday to take the race leader's jersey from Belgium's former three-time winner Tom Boonen. Haussler's second consecutive win on the race came after Boonen, the winner of stage one, suffered a puncture in the final 40km of the 150.5km race from Al Wakra to Mesaieed in the south of Doha.
Having joined a breakaway group of around 20 riders, Haussler put his "great" legs to optimal use in a bunch

GREENSBORO - Alissa Czisny, who pondered retirement after a poor 2010 season, won her second women's crown in three seasons by taking Saturday's free skate at the US Figure Skating Championships. Czisny brought spectators to their feet with a spectacular performance that enabled her to win the long programme with 128.74 points and finish on 191.24 points, 7.86 points ahead of runner-up Rachael Flatt, who won the 2010 title.
"It was awesome," Czisny said. "I'm just so happy to

PESHAWAR - At least seven people including two women were killed and 19 others injured in twin truck bombings that targeted a key road tunnel which connects Peshawar to Kohat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, private TV channels reported early on Saturday.
The attacks took place late on Friday night in and outside the tunnel. In the first attack, an explosive-laden truck entered the tunnel and blew up, badly damaging another truck behind it, wounding five people, said Shahidullah, the

LAHORE - It is possible to save Rs 80 billion per annum in the Punjab government by curtailing expenditures and introducing revenue reforms, a proposal formulated by the PCS Officers Association read on Wednesday.
According to the formula proposed by the provincial service officers, Rs 30 billion per annum can be saved per annum by curtailing expenditures. The PCS officers put forward that a lot of money could be saved by restricting the number of vehicles for officers and

LAHORE/KARACHI - Two bomb attacks in Lahore and Karachi killed at least 17 people and left more than 80 injured on Tuesday. A teenage suicide bomber in Lahore blew himself up in Ghora Chowk Lohari Gate on the eve of Chehlum of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA) and Urs of Data Sahib, killing at least 13 people and injuring more than 50, in the attack claimed by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Fidayeen-e-Islam group.
About 90 minutes later a motorcycle bomb detonated in Kala Board, Malir

LOS ANGELES - Was U.S. network Fox deceitful in the creation of its hit show "Lie to Me?"
John Gertz Prods. says it acquired in 2005 the screen rights to the novel "The Interview Room," by Roderick Anscombe, about a psychiatrist and expert in detecting lies who confronts a challenging patient.
The book was turned into a screenplay entitled "Lie to Lie," according to a complaint filed in LA Superior Court. In September, 2007, JPG and Anscombe say they pitched the project to

KARACHI - A suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden motorbike into a police van at Malir in Karachi, killing at least two persons and wounding four others, private TV channels reported on Tuesday.
The bomber targeted the police van of Saudabad Police Station which was deployed for the security of Shia procession. Triggering tension around the already tense city, the powerful blast can be heard far and wide, and caused damages to nearby buildings.
Soon after the attack, the

LAHORE - The Punjab government claimed on Monday that that proposed healthcare commission will be an independent and separate entity, completely free of external influence by government and other channels.
"We will appoint a chairman of the commission and separate commissioners, who would be non-controversial and professionals of the highest integrity", Punjab Health Secretary Fawad Hassan Fawad said adding that the commission would neither recruit serving or retired officers nor

LAHORE - The CIA police claims to have busted three inter-district dacoit gangs after arresting its 20 members and recovering stolen valuables worth more than Rs 9.1m from their possession, DIG Investigations Zulfiqar Hameed said in a press conference on Friday. The DIG said that during preliminary investigation, gangsters have confessed to 130 cases of murder, attempts of murder, snatching vehicles and robberies in Lahore, Sheikhupura and Gujranwala.
He said that police also

ISLAMABAD - A delegation comprising students of Harvard Kennedy School who are on visit to Pakistan called on the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry at the Supreme Court on Thursday.
The CJP briefed them about the Supreme Court, the Constitution, Judicial System and the lawyers' movement in Pakistan. Talking about the movement, he said in the history of Pakistan the Constitution has been abrogated and Martial Laws have been imposed. However, since the

DURBAN - South Africa and India enter a five-match one-day international series at Kingsmead on Wednesday with at least half an eye on the Cricket World Cup which starts in Asia next month.
For both teams it will be the last chance to settle on combinations ahead of a global showpiece in which both have special reasons for wanting to shine.
South Africa have yet to reach a World Cup final, despite being among the favourites at every tournament since they surprised the world

ADEN - Al Qaeda militants killed nine soldiers in an ambush on a military convoy in the restive southern province of Abyan on Friday, Yemeni officials said.
"We were hit today in an Al Qaeda ambush which resulted in the killing of five soldiers and two others being wounded," a security official who requested anonymity told AFP.
But another security official later revised the death toll to nine soldiers.
Loder health department chief Mostafa Ahmed confirmed to AFP that

KARACHI - Despite the passage of more than two weeks since four lions were seized at the Karachi airport and shifted to the Karachi zoo, the provincial wildlife authority has still not made the final decision on the fate of these animals.
Osaka Traders owner Irfan Ahmed, who imported these lions from South Africa, claims that the Karachi zoo authorities have stopped feeding the animals, as they do not have sufficient funds.
"The four lions eat around 50 kg meat everyday

ROME - New Inter Milan coach Leonardo denied
on Wednesday that he is a traitor having taken over on the nerazzurro bench just six months after leaving AC Milan. A few eyebrows were raised when Inter plumped for Leonardo having fired Rafael Benitez in December after less than six months in charge.
Leonardo spent just one season at the AC Milan helm, guiding them to third in Serie A and a 7-2 aggregate defeat to Manchester United in the second round of the Champions

ROME - Italy Prime Minister and AC Milan president Silvio Berlusconi claimed on Tuesday that his club has the backing of the country's government.
Berlusconi visited the team at a preparation camp in Rome ahead of Thursday's trip to Cagliari in Sardinia.
And after doing so he bizarrely claimed that Milan's success is directly tied to national happiness. "When Milan win everyone in Parliament celebrates with me and there are happy faces, but when we lose everyone is a little

WASHINGTON - New US claims for unemployment benefits dropped more than expected last week to their lowest level in more than two years, suggesting the labour market recovery was gaining strength. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell 34,000 to a seasonally adjusted 388,000, the lowest reading since early July 2008, the Labour Department said on Thursday.
That was well below economists' expectations for 415,000. The prior week's claims figure was revised modestly up