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WAZIRABAD - Wazirabad Sadar police have solved the mystery of the murder of 65-year-old Imtiaz Sundal and arrested his fourth wife and her accomplice.
Reportedly, Imtiaz's wife strangled him with the help of her accomplice Imran two months before.
The police interrogated his 26-year-old fourth wife, Saman, and her accomplice for several days, but failed to find any clue to the murder. New appointed SHO Rana Aftab Haider started interrogations on modern lines, arrested the

SRINAGAR - The Police said that they have arrested three persons connected with the murder of the religious scholar, Maulana Showkat Ahmad Shah. He was killed in a blast in Srinagar on April 8.
SM Sahai, Inspector General of Police for Kashmir zone, told a media conference in Srinagar that the conspiracy to eliminate Maulana Showkat was hatched in the Srinagar Central Jail some time back.
"A radical religio-political outfit namely 'Sout-ul-Haq' and some other radical

MIRPURKHAS - Police arrested the ringleader of a gang arranging fake marriages in lower Sindh and obtained a four-day remand from a local court of Mirpurkhas on Friday.
A police official, Atalluah Jat, told Pakistan Today that Jameela Arain, a resident of Zardari Colony Tando Allihyar, in a FIR registered with the Town Police Station, stated that she arranged marriage of his father Muhammad Ismail Arain with Shama Langhani, the sister of accused Ghulam Haider Langhani of Marvi

KARACHI - The Sindh High Court on Thursday issued notices to the chief election commissioner, the local government secretary and the Sindh advocate general, seeking explanation over the delay in holding the local government elections.
After hearing preliminary arguments from the petitioner, the division bench comprising Chief Justice Mushir Alam and Justice Hasan Azhar Rizvi issued notices to the respondents while directing them to submit their comments on the constitutional

LAHORE - Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) Chairman Sahibzada Haji Fazale Karim said that all preparations for the "Isthkam-e-Pakistan Sunni Conference" had been completed and it would be held at all cost at Minar-e-Pakistan on April 17.
Addressing a press conference at Lahore Press Club, he said an emergency meeting of party heads had been called in Lahore on Friday to discuss the alliance's future strategy Fazale Karim said the government was trying to put up hurdles in the way of

KHANEWAL - One-day workshop for media professionals was held here in a local hotel to create awareness of the catastrophic situation and widespread destruction caused by the floods in the country. The workshop was organised by the provincial gender education team (PGET). Moneeza Hashmi and famous writer/poet Asghar Nadeem Syed were speakers and presenters on this occasion. They said that the flood-affected people in Khyber Pakhtunkhawa, Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan still need help in

ABIDJAN - Ivory Coast's internationally recognised president, Alassane Ouattara, called for peace after his rival was arrested with the help of French forces, but he faces a huge task reuniting a country shattered by civil war.
Ouattara, who won a November presidential election according to UN-certified results, can finally begin asserting his authority over the West African country after his predecessor Laurent Gbagbo was captured on Monday, ending more than four months of

WAZIRABAD - Wazirabad Sadar police, in a raid on a house in Thathi Arain, Allahabad, arrested Goga Khan and his brother-in-law Zahid Khan and recovered 8kg charas, 2kg heroin, 2kg opium, a pistol, a dagger and Rs 200,000 from them.
ARREST OF JOURNALIST'S KILLERS DEMANDED: Wazirabad Press Club President Iftikhar Ahmad Butt and some other members have strongly condemned the brutal killing of journalist M Asghar and demanded action against his killers. In a joint statement, they

LAHORE - Iqbal Town police arrested two employees of a franchise of a local telecommunication company after they clashed with the son of a former judge and employees of said franchise late on Sunday. Sources said former judge Shuakat's son, Umer, went to the franchise office of a local telecommunication company to get some issue resolved. They said Umer purchased a mobile card from the franchise and left, but returned after something went wrong with the card. Umer wanted the card

LAHORE - The elections for the post of President, Secretary and Treasurer of the District Cricket Association Quetta were held on April 8 at Bughti Stadium, Quetta under the supervision of Abdul Sami Khan, PCB Election Commissioner. The following office bearers were elected: Anwar Shah (President), Syed Attaullah Shah (Secretary), Khial Muhammad (Treasurer).

LAHORE - The Government College University (GCU), Lahore Career Guidance and Placement Center will organise one of its biggest career fairs for university students and Old Ravians today (Tuesday) on the varsity campus. The career fair will allow final year students and graduates to explore career opportunities at reputed organisations besides giving them opportunities to avail foreign scholarships.
Around 30 well-reputed banks, NGOs and multinational companies are coming to the

ABIDJAN - Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo was arrested on Monday after French armoured vehicles closed in on the compound where he has been holed up in a bunker. A column of more than 30 French armoured vehicles moved in on Gbagbo's residence in central Abidjan after helicopter gunships attacked the compound overnight. "Yes, he has been arrested," Affoussy Bamba, a spokeswoman for Ouattara, told Reuters. Earlier a Gbagbo adviser in Paris had told Reuters that French special forces had

ISLAMABAD - A musical evening was organised by the Islamabad Marriott Hotel (IMH) in collaboration with Mausikaar to entertain the guests and music lovers of the twin cities.
Other dignitaries also attended the programme which began with raag Aiman flowed by a performance of sitar by Amir Hussain, tabla by Ashiq Hussain and Kathak dance by Saima Khushnood. The performers mesmerised the audience.
IMH GM Hartmut Noack informed the gathering about the upcoming Terrace Cafe, an

LAHORE - A seminar titled 'Pak-India friendship' was held on Thursday which was attended by representatives of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Pakistan People's Party-Shaheed Bhutto (PPP-SB), Pak-India People's Forum and other activists.
The function was presided over by Shaukat Ali Chaudhry from the Awami Inquilabi Ittehad, which also organised the event. Asif A Sheikh, convener of the four party alliance, said that it was a good sign for the premiers of both countries to be

LAHORE - The Pakistan Rugby Union held the first camp for the Pakistan Under-20 team at the DHA rugby grounds, Lahore. The two-day camp was divided into three parts, training, fitness and game play. The players went through a vigorous fitness and training schedule on the first day of the camp, and on the second day the players were introduced to game situations.
The Pakistan U20 team have been invited to participate in the Asian U20 Championship Div III, which will be played in

MUMBAI - The Customs authorities in Mumbai detained the cricket World Cup trophy at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport on early Friday when it arrived from Colombo. The Customs detained the trophy, as no commercial value was attached to it making it difficult to assess the duty.
An ICC representative had carried the trophy and also a covering letter not addressed to anyone, but saying, "To whomsoever it may concern". Customs officials said that the letter mentioned that

LAHORE - A drama was presented at the Government College University (GCU), Lahore on Friday which revolved around antics of 'spiritual quacks', who were seen as a large source of social evils in society. The drama was performed at the Performing Arts Festival organised by the GCU Psychology Department. Around 16 universities and colleges took part in the festival and staged mimes and dramas on the themes of 'Sufism', 'Religion and Psychology' and 'Human Nature'. The plots of most