Tag: Couple

UK royal couple invited to Shandur

Provincial Minister for Sports Syed Aqil Shah on Sunday informed that Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti had formally invited the newly-wed royal couple...

ANP activist, couple among five killed

At least five people, including an activist of Awami National Party (ANP) and a woman, were killed in separate incidents in the city on...

Parents cashing in on royal couple?

The parents of Prince William and Kate Middleton have not missed the marketing opportunity their children's upcoming royal wedding presents. Middleton's family, which runs a party paraphernalia company called Party Pieces, has begun stocking regal trivia cards with crowns to scratch off and retailing at 3.99 pounds for a pack of 10.
The cards, added to a range of products on offer for street parties - expected to be held up and down the country on the day of the wedding - have

Man demands his child, kills couple upon refusal

LAHORE - A couple was murdered in Kamahan Village in the Nishtar Colony police precincts on Monday evening. The deceased were identified as Nawaz and his wife Irshad, residents of Kamahan Village. Nawaz was a gardener by profession. A police investigator said that the accused, identified as Murtaza, was Irshad's cousin. Irshad had reportedly eloped with Murtaza, and they had a son, SHO Nishtar Colony Police Station claimed. Later, Irshad had returned home and had started living with

Couple adopts baby rescued by CWA

KARACHI - A couple adopted an abandoned baby that was rescued by the volunteers of the Chhipa Welfare Association (CWA). A CWA announcement issued on Sunday said that the baby has been named Yaqeen.
It said that the couple adopted the baby at a simple gathering held at a private hospital. CWA chief Ramzan Chhipa urged the couple to bring up the infant as their own biological child. He also asked them not to spare any effort for making Yaqeen a good citizen so that he can serve

Couple killed in the name of honour

HAFIZABAD - A couple was murdered in the name of honour while their infant was injured in village Ghari Gondal in the jurisdiction of Pindi Bhattain Police Station.
Reportedly, Sikandar, a resident of Ghari Gondal, married a girl Rukhsana Shan, a resident of village Kot Sarwar, against the will of her parents two year ago and, both of them, left the area for the sake of their life. The couple returned to the village after Rukhsana gave birth to a baby. After their return, some

Police rescue love marriage couple

FAISALABAD - Police, on a tip off, raided a house and rescued a couple who had recently got married in a court and was illegally detained by the family of the bride. The rescued man, Omar Hayat, told Razaabad police that he married 'A' in a court against the wishes of the bride's family and when her maternal uncle Zahoor came to know about their secret marriage, he kidnapped them and detained them in a house. He further said the bride's family had hatched a conspiracy to kill them but

British couple kidnapped from Gulberg

LAHORE - 24-years old British girl and Pakistan born British national husband have been kidnapped for ransom from Main Boulevard Gulberg in the police precincts of the Gulberg here on Saturday night. According to the Police, abductors have demanded Rs 6 million for their release.
According to the details, the abducted British citizen namely Jaima Lewis William and her husband identified as Syed Awais went for shopping. Sources said that Jaima had been living in Lahore for last

Couple escape honour killing on LHC premises

LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday saved a married couple from honour killing, by providing timely police protection from the girl's family who had taken positions around LHC to kill them for honour.
The couple had approached the LHC to quash the kidnapping FIR registered by the girl's father against her husband, at a police station in Kot Shakir, district Jhang. Once they reached the court's premises they could not leave as the girl's father had deployed armed men at the