Tag: Killed

LAHORE - The wife of one of two Pakistani motorcyclists shot dead by American Raymond Davis has committed suicide, police said. Davis was arrested on January 27 after shooting dead Faheem and Faizan, claiming he acted in self-defence fearing the pair were about to rob him.
A third Pakistani was knocked down and killed by a vehicle from the US Consulate in Lahore that tried to rescue Davis. The American was arrested by police and a case of double murder registered against him.

TANDO MUHAMMAD KHAN - Seven laborers were killed and eight sustained serious injuries when a Suzuki pickup overturned on Haider Abad Road due to intense foggy weather on Saturday. Reportedly, a Suzuki carrying labourers was going to Ganju Takkar Pahari in connection with the ongoing construction work in Choona Bhatta near Siri sugar mill when it turned turtle due to the intense haze, killing seven and injuring eight labourers.
The volunteers moved the injured and dead bodies to

SAHIWAL - Three people shot dead a man over a land dispute. Reportedly, Siddique, Ashraf and Mohsin, residents of Chak No, 63/12L, entered the house of Manzoor, murdered him over some land dispute and escaped from the scene.
Brother and sister electrocuted: A brother and his sister were electrocuted while repairing a tube-well's machine. Reportedly, Shah Muhammad, a resident of village Harrapa, was repairing the machine of the tube-well. All of a sudden, he received a severe

WAZIRABAD - In the court of Section 30 Magistrate Ijaz Ahmad Gondal, an accused, Sabir Bashir Proya of Kot Proya Wazirabad, was killed in the custody of policemen. The accused was brought from Gujranwala jail to Wazirabad city courts. All of a sudden, Ali Asghar, a resident of Sadiq Park Gujranwala, fired on Sabir Bashir, killing him instantly.
The policemen deployed at the barrier arrested the escaping killer and Wazirabad deputy superintendent of police and other policemen

LAHORE - At least two people were killed and 27 were injured when a low-intensity explosion near the main gate of the shrine of Baba Haider Saien near the Lahore Lorry Adda late on Thursday. The annual festivities were at their peak at the shrine when a device, believed to be a low-intensity explosive, went off at around 11pm.
A police officer said the impact of the explosion was mild, as no damage was reported from adjoining premises. The deceased were identified as Azhar Farid

QUETTA - Gunmen shot dead 4 police officers and abducted 6 other people, including a top administrator, from Aab-e-Gum area of the mountainous Bolan region, 60 kilometres south of Quetta, officials said Wednesday. "Gunmen shot dead four policemen on the main highway while they were heading towards Quetta," local police official Junaid Ahmad said.
"Earlier, we had reports of 5 police being killed but one of the policemen, who disappeared into the nearby mountains reported to his

PESHAWAR - The security forces on Wednesday said its one soldier was killed and 3 others sustained wounds when the Afghan National Army fired some 10 mortars on a security check post at Ghulam Khan over the Pak-Afghan border some 25 kms from Miranshah in North Waziristan.
No confirmation of the report could be received from Inter-Services Public Relations till the filing of this news report. Afghan authorities were holding Pakistani forces responsible for what they said an

KASUR - Four robbers killed a labourer during a dacoity bid in village Nandka Takiya in the precincts of Sheikham Police Station. Reportedly, Mumtaz Ahmad and other workers were returning from a textile mill after discharging their duty. When they reached near the village, four robbers intercepted them, looted cash and a mobile phone from Haider, Ramzan and Rafiq.
They shot dead Mumtaz when he resisted the robbery. Later, villagers and workers protested against the police after

COMMENT - There is a website called The Onion on the Internet that creates an alternate, comical version of the leading stories from around the United States of America. Sometimes when reading the local scribes of this country, I wish it wasn't reality they were reporting. Instead it was a comical version just like on The Onion.
All ruling parties in their brief stints in the history of Pakistan have been incompetent and corrupt; or so has been the perception among the general

PESHAWAR - Six policemen were killed and 18 injured in two bomb attacks on the police on the Ring Road on Monday. The day began with a suicide attack on a police mobile van at Garhi Qamar Din, Kohat Road, killing DSP Rasheed Khan, his driver, a police constable and two passersby.
At least 15 people were injured in the attack, senior officials said. In the second attack, a remote-controlled bomb exploded near a police van at Tajajabad checkpost on Ring Road hours after the first

CAIRO - At least 73 people have been killed across Egypt and thousands injured in anti-government riots since Friday, according to medics. At least 62 people were killed on Friday and 11 on Saturday, and thousands injured in clashes between protesters and police, in unprecedented rallies demanding the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak.
Condemning the violence, President Mubarak sacked the cabinet but made clear he intended to stay in power. The president went into crisis talks

PESHAWAR - Fighter jets and helicopter gunships bombed militant hideouts in Mohmand Agency near the Afghan border on Friday, killing 28 rebels, an official said. "Security forces launched an air offensive against militant hideouts in various areas of Mohmand and killed 28 rebels," senior local administration official Maqsood Amin told AFP.
He said 30 militants were also injured in the operation while eight houses belonging to them were torched. The details, however, could not be

PESHAWAR - Fighter jets pounded militant hideouts in Mohmand Agency on Tuesday, killing 18 militants, an official said.
"Security forces targeted militant hideouts in different areas of Mohmand tribal region, killing 18 militants," senior local administration official Maqsood Amin told AFP. He added that the security forces also destroyed at least 10 militant hideouts.

LAHORE - At least four security personnel among 13 people were killed and 52 others injured in a suicide bomb explosion in a mourning procession near its concluding point at the Karbla Gamay Shah, private TV channels reported on Tuesday.
Quoting security officials, rescue workers and eyewitnesses, the channels reported that the blast occurred soon after the Azan-e-Maghrib, the evening prayers, near the Urdu Bazaar Chowk.
The blast was so powerful that its bang was heard far

KARBALA - At least 50 people died in a spate of explosions across Iraq on Thursday, including 45 in twin suicide car bombs that rocked the holy city of Karbala, the third major attack in as many days. The attacks mostly targeted pilgrims marking the Shias mourning day of Arbaeen, and were the latest in a series of bombings that have shattered a relative calm in Iraq following the formation of a new government last month.
In Karbala, home to the shrines to two revered Shia imams,

SAHIWAL - Unknown robbers killed a security guard while resisting a robbery near Chak No 134/9L. Reportedly, Asghar Ali, the security guard of a cold storage, was going to his place duty. As he reached near Chak No 134/9L, two unknown armed dacoits stopped him and snatched from him cash, his mobile phone and bicycle at gunpoint. As he offered resistance, the dacoits killed him and fled away.
STOREKEEPER BOOKED FOR SELLING SPURIOUS MEDICINES: The local police registered a case

DOTAN CHECKPOINT - A Palestinian was shot dead on Thursday in an exchange of fire with Israeli troops at an army post in the northern West Bank, security sources on both sides said. The Israeli military said the man had approached the post near the settlement of Mevo Dotan and opened fire with a Kalashnikov after shouting "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest).
"The terrorist came out on a donkey from the olive trees," said Itamar Ashenazi, deputy commander of the battalion involved