Tag: Incident

‘Possible incident’ at nuclear power station in Pakistan

A spokesman from Poland’s National Atomic Energy Agency on Friday said there were “unconfirmed reports” about a possible incident at a nuclear power station...

Chitral residents demand judicial enquiry in Arandu incident

Residents of Domel Arandu, Chitral held a protest against Afghan militants for attacking Pakistani security forces and demanded that the government compensate the families...

Fazl opposes probe commission on Abbottabad incident

Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman Sunday opposed any commission to probe the Abbottabad incident. Addressing a press conference after a three-day meeting of the...

NA fact-finding body on Kharotabad incident formed

The National Assembly Standing Committee on Human Rights said Wednesday that uniform was being used by the law-enforcing agencies as a licence to kill...

PM establishes commission on Abbotabad incident

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani has established an inquiry commission on Abbotabad incident in which Osama bin Ladin was killed. As per details, Justice Javaid...

Likeminded call for judicial probe into Abbottabad incident

The leaders of Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Likeminded) have called for formation of a judicial commission, comprising retired judges of Supreme Court, on the Abbottabad...

CM orders probe into Gujjar Khan incident

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has ordered a judicial inquiry into the incident at Gujjar Khan and posting of the SP concerned as OSD....

SHO killed, 2 hurt in DG Khan firing incident

DERA GHAZI KHAN - A Station House Officer (SHO) was killed while two other people including another policeman were injured in a firing incident in the city in the wee hours of Tuesday.
According to police, some unidentified miscreants opened fire at a car near Taunsa Bypass area of Saddar Police Station here some hours before the dawn, killing SHO Kala Police Station, Safdar and critically injuring Sub-Inspector Nasrullah and their servant Mushtaq.
After the incident, the

13 soldiers killed in friendly fire incident

PESHAWAR - Thirteen members of the Pakistani Frontier Corps, including a colonel, were killed in an apparent friendly fire incident in a northwestern region infested with al Qaeda and Taliban-linked militants, a top military commander said.
The deaths occurred late on Monday during an anti-militant operation by the paramilitary Frontier Corps in Khyber, an ethnic Pashtun tribal region near the Afghan border.
Lieutenant-General Asif Yasin Malik, the seniormost officer in the

Christians condemn incident

LAHORE - Christian religious and political leaders have condemned the desecration of the holy Quran in Florida by two pastors, urging stern action against the individuals who created disharmony and misunderstanding among followers of the two religions. Church of Pakistan Presiding Bishop Samuel Azriah said the act was an attempt to harm reconciliation between Christians and Muslims, while Joseph Francis from the Centre for Legal Aid Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS) said the act was a

Six wardens record statements on Davis incident

LAHORE - Officials investigating the Raymond Davis case on Thursday recorded the statements of six traffic wardens, who were on duty around the crime scene when Davis killed two youths - Faizan and Faheem - Pakistan Today learnt on Thursday. According to police sources, all six traffic wardens recorded their statements, briefing the investigators about the crime scene and all the incidents that took place at Qartaba Chowk.
The wardens told the investigators that Raymond had

Senators oppose leniency in Lahore incident

ISLAMABAD - Legislators in the Upper House of parliament on Friday demanded authorities take notice of the Lahore incident involving the death of three young men by US citizens, without showing any leniency.
"The law should take its own course and the culprit be punished under the law of the land," the senators demanded. They were of the view that a thorough probe should be conducted into the incident to ascertain whether the accused was associated with any spy agency.

Gunmen kidnap 18 Afghan deminers in southeast

GARDEZ: Unidentified gunmen kidnapped 18 Afghan deminers on Thursday in southeastern Khost province, the provincial police chief said, the second abduction of a mine clearing team this month.
The group from the Kabul-based Mine Detection Centre were travelling in Musa Khel district when they were stopped by a group of gunmen and then seized, said Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai. "They had gone to the area on the request of the elders to clear mines from their village," Ishaqzai told

LHC CJ orders judicial inquiry into LDA torture incident

LAHORE: Taking notice of the torture on a former Lahore Development Authority (LDA) school teacher and journalists from a private television channel, the Lahore High Court chief justice on Saturday ordered a judicial inquiry headed by Cantt Magistrate Masroor Anwar to ascertain the facts of the incident.
The inquiry will begin on November 1 (Monday) and the magistrate will submit its report to the LHC in 48 hours. Fouzia Iftikhar Khan had visited the LDA Building on Friday along