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LAHORE - Another two suspects involved in carrying out the terror attack close to an intelligence agency's office in Faisalabad on Tuesday have been arrested by the Punjab police, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Javed Iqbal said on Wednesday. Iqbal was talking to reporters after addressing the passing out parade of the 7th Intermediate course at Police Training School, Chuung. The IGP said the suspects were arrested on information extracted from Usman, a key suspect arrested on

LAHORE - The English paper of the Matriculation examinations 2011 was held on Monday under strict vigilance at 634 centres established by the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE), Lahore in five districts. BISE Lahore Chairman Dr Akram Kashmiri inspected the sessions. Government Degree College, Sharaqpur, Sheikhupura centre superintendent complained that outside elements trired to disrupt the peaceful atmosphere. A control room was established in the BISE Lahore Office

LAHORE - A vigil was held outside the Lahore Press Club (LPC) on Monday to mark the Women's Day. Kashf Foundation staff and clients from low income groups gathered outside the LPC to express solidarity with women all around the world. Talking to journalists outside the LPC, Kashf Foundation Internal Audit Head Ghulam Haider Chaudhry said that Pakistan could have economic development by investing in women entrepreneurship.
A real socio-economic change is possible only if families

GAZA CITY - Hamas police on Monday detained at least six protesters at a Gaza City demonstration calling for unity between the Islamist group and its bitter West Bank rival Fatah. The arrests came a day after Hamas police held five demonstrators from the unity movement as they marched past Gaza City's Shifa hospital on their way to rally in front of the legislative building. A media coordinator for the unity movement in Gaza told AFP that the six people held on Monday were detained at

MURIDKE - Lahore police seized 16 stolen motorcycles and arrested two accused from the city area of Muridke. Reportedly, Hanjarwal Police Station conducted a raid here at Iqbal Park Muridke under the supervision of Sabzazar Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Shoaib Ahmed and seized 16 new Honda 125 motorcycles from a house. The police claimed that the accused had stolen and snatched the motorcycles from different areas of Lahore and had been living in the house which was the

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court (SC) is likely to issue on Monday (today) a contempt of court notice to the government for its refusal to sack Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director General (DG) Waseem Ahmed, legal experts told Pakistan Today on Sunday.
The government's written reply to the court on Saturday, in which it refused to remove the FIA chief, will be considered by a SC bench headed by Chief Justice (CJ) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry today. Earlier on March 1, a

LAHORE - The chehlum of three Pakistanis killed by United States national Raymond Davis and his colleagues was held separately here on Sunday. The political leaders who had earlier sympathised with the families of the deceased stayed away. The chehlum of Faizan, Faheem Haider and Ibad-ur-Rehman was held at their respective residences and a large number of people attended to show solidarity with the families of the deceased. Forty days had passed and the families are hopeful about

KARACHI - Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) is set to launch much-awaited margin trading system (MTS) from March 7, 2011, that would bolster the trading volume and sentiment of the market, sources told Pakistan Today on Thursday. From Thursday the KSE has started the mock trading of the shares to be traded under the Margin Trading System with the aim to streamline the system ahead of its launching. Sources said that Finance Minister Hafeez Sheikh is scheduled to visit Karachi Stock

SIALKOT- Hundreds of Christians on Thursday afternoon took out a peaceful rally to condemn the assassination of Federal Minister for Minorities Shahbaz Bhatti. The rally which was at the city's congested Allama Iqbal Chowk was led by Bishop Samuel Masih. A large number of people from all walks of life, including political workers, civil society members and the activists of various NGOs and human rights bodies, participated in the rally.
The protesters were holding banners and

KARACHI - The Khokhrapar police on Monday claimed to have arrested three alleged kidnappers and also recovered three TT pistols from their possession.
The suspects identified as Akbar, Yar Mohammad and Badal were involved in kidnapping and murdering a teenage boy, whose body found near the Malir River, earlier on Monday.
Khokhrapar SHO Arbab Ali said that Akbar is the relative of the victim, who was a matriculation student.
The SHO added that Mohammad Hussain, 17, was

KARACHI - The Sindh police's Crime Investigation Department (CID) has arrested two arms smugglers and recovered a huge cache of weapons and ammunition from their possession. During a press conference on Monday, CID SP Mazhar Mashwani said that the CID carried out a raid at Nadeem Centre on the University Road and arrested Sajid Khan and Muhammad Nazeer.
The suspects had arrived from Peshawar for a deal. The CID seized three Kalashnikovs, two 8mm rifles, a repeater, four mortar

QUETTA - A Swiss national was detained for traveling by road without proper documents in Loralai on Sunday. Levy officials told Pakistan Today that a Swiss citizen identified as Merco, who entered Pakistan from Iran via the Taftan border, was traveling by road on the main Loralai-Dera Ghazi Khan Road. Levies personnel took the foreigner into custody for not having valid permission from the Balochistan Home Department.
Afterwards, he was shifted to Quetta and is being interrogated

PARIS - Italian football's Champions League fortunes suffered a further blow on Wednesday as holders Inter Milan could not stem the tide of home defeats as they went down 1-0 at the San Siro to the team they beat in last season's final Bayern Munich.
Mario Gomez' last minute goal saw Inter join city rivals AC Milan and AS Roma in succumbing to home reverses in their Last 16 first leg ties and in real danger of seeing not one representative from Serie A in the last eight in a

LAHORE - The World Pasban-e-Khatam-e-Nabuwat staged a protest on Thursday against threats and attacks on families of victims of US national Raymond Davis outside the Lahore Press Club. The protesters chanted anti-US slogans and burnt US flags. Addressing the protest, Mumtaz Awan said that after Davis' arrest, terrorist attacks have stopped in the country, as all US spies have gone underground. He accused the US, Israel and India of hatching conspiracies in the country.

LAHORE - Qul of Punjab Governor Latif Khosa's daughter-in-law and People's Lawyers' Forum (PLF) President Khurram Latif Khosa's wife Hina Saeed were held on Tuesday at 84-H Model Town.
Federal Environment Minister and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Lahore President Samina Khalid Ghurki, Awami National Party (ANP) Senior Vice President Senator Haji Adeel, PPP Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) Qasim Zia, PPP Punjab Secretary General Samiullah Khan, former president Justice (r)

SRINAGAR - Suspected Muslim militants Friday shot dead a 47-year-old ruling-party activist in Indian Kashmir, police said, while four people were hurt in fresh clashes in the insurgency-hit region. Ghulam Hassan was shot from close range at a market place in the southern township of Hajin, 40 kilometres north of Indian Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar.
"He died spontaneously," a police spokesman said, blaming militants opposed to Indian rule in the region for the late evening

LAHORE - Mass Communication Department Queen Mary College (QMC) organized a seminar on "Social issues and the role of media" at the college campus on Thursday. Imminent journalists from different TV channels and newspapers addressed the seminar.
Speakers said that the role of media is increasingly becoming crucial in the wake of ever increasing social issues and growing democracy. They said, "Nevertheless, the prevalent trend being followed by media organizations needs to be