Tag: Firing

Sheen to sue TV chiefs over firing

Charlie Sheen's lawyer has vowed to sue TV bosses after the embattled actor was fired from hit show 'Two And A Half Men' on Monday - insisting executives have no "basis to terminate" the star's contract. Warner Bros. chiefs decided to kick Sheen off the show following weeks of bizarre behaviour and public rants against producers and writer Chuck Lorre.
In the letter terminating the star's contract, Warner Bros' legal team points out all the clauses which have allegedly been

Aerial firing kills two

LAHORE - Two young men were killed by wayward aerial fire in the precincts of Sanda police station late night Sunday, police told Pakistan Today.
The deceased, 20-year-old Riyasat and 22-year-old Rangu son of Noor Muhammad, were residents of Fazal Colony, Band Road.
They were both shot by wayward bullets in aerial firing at their neighbour Nadeem Bhatti's wedding, said police. The bullets were allegedly fired by the groom's brothers, Javaid and Vilayat, police added. Riyasat

Aerial firing at wedding claims boy’s life

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.

Firing erupts during IJT-police clash outside PU

LAHORE - An intense clash between students of Islami Jamiat Taliba (IJT) and police was witnessed outside the Punjab University (PU) New Campus' hostels after what the IJT claims was a protest against insufficient security in the varsity premises. During the protest firing was observed with police and IJT officials blaming each other. IJT activists also threw stones on police.
Sources claim the IJT was actually protesting against the arrest of senior member, Yasir Abbasi,

BSF’s firing at border

LAHORE - Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) opened unprovoked fire with heavy weapons at Sialkot working boundary, says a press release issued by Pakistan Rangers on Friday.
The BSF started fire in Bajwat sector on the night between Thursday and Friday that continued for an hour and panicked the locals. On retaliation by Pakistan Rangers, the BSF firing was stopped, no causalities were reported. Wing commander level meeting was called to lodge protest on the incident, the press

bite the bullet – People getting shot near firing range on...

LAHORE - On the 5th of January, Haji Maqbool Ahmad (63), of Engineers Town, was reading a newspaper on his terrace when a stray bullet hit him in the back and he died instantly. His autopsy report confirmed that the bullet removed from his body matched other stray bullets recovered from the area, bullets that residents allege originate at the Army Firing Range, about 2.5 kms from Haji Maqbool's house.
A Pakistan Today investigation into the incident reveals that residents of

Three killed in Jaffarabad firing

QUETTA - Three people, including a woman, were killed in an armed attack in Jaffarabad district, around 360 kms southeast of Quetta on Tuesday. Per details, unidentified armed men stormed into a house in Goth Azmat Bugti and opened indiscriminate fire on the residents.
As a result, Hassan, Palwar and a woman were killed on the spot. Police rushed to the site after the incident and shifted the bodies to a hospital for autopsy.
Police said the motive behind the killing

Baghdad Christians in firing line as deadly bombs stir panic

BAGHDAD: A string of anti-Christian bombings has cost six more lives in the wake of the Baghdad church bloodbath, sowing panic in Iraq's 2,000-year-old minority on Wednesday, many of whom now want to flee.
"Since Tuesday evening, there have been 13 bombs and two mortar attacks on homes and shops of Christians in which a total of six people were killed and 33 injured," a defence ministry official said. "A church was also damaged."
An interior ministry official earlier gave a

Four injured in Haqiqi rally firing

KARACHI
At least four people were injured when some unidentified men opened fire at a rally organised by Mohajir Qaumi Movement-Haqiqi (Afaq Group) near Quaidabad on Tuesday.
The injured, identified as Mohammad Ibraheem, Rehan, Izzatullah and Qamar were shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre. The duty officer at the Quaidabad police station said that the unidentified men attacked the rally and escaped. The police did not register a case till the filing of this